GMG Radio is the radio division of the Guardian Media Group. The group is based in Leeds. John Myers is the Chief Executive Officer. John Simons is the group's programme director. It owns several stations across the United Kingdom: Guardian Media Group plc is a company of the United Kingdom owning various mass media operations including The Guardian, The Observer and the Manchester Evening News. ... Statistics Population: 443,247 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE297338 Administration Metropolitan borough: City of Leeds Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Ambulance service... Cassette compilation of the wind ups Myers performed at Century Radio (See also John J. Myers) John Myers (aka John Morgan) is a British radio executive and presenter. ... A chief executive officer (CEO), or chief executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, or agency. ...

• Real Radio
  • Real Radio (Scotland)
  • Real Radio (South Wales)
  • Real Radio (Yorkshire)
  • Q96 (Renfrewshire, Scotland)
• Smooth FM
  • Smooth FM 100.4
  • 102.2 Smooth FM
• Century FM
  • 100-102 Century FM (North East)
  • 105.4 Century FM (North West)
  • Century Digital

In January 2005 it launched a service, named Hear It Buy It Burn It, to permit users to legally download music from its station's websites. Real Radio is a brand of regional radio stations in the United Kingdom owned by GMG Radio. ... Real Radio Scotland is a regional radio station within the Real Radio brand. ... Real Radio South Wales was the first radio station within the GMG Radios Real Radio brand. ... Real Radio (Yorkshire) Real Radio (Yorkshire) is the second regional radio station within the Real Radio brand (the first being in South Wales). ... Q96 is a local radio station, which broadcasts to the Scottish region of Renfrewshire. ... Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friù in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority regions in Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by... Smooth FM is a brand of radio stations in the United Kingdom owned by GMG Radio. ... Smooth FM is a independent local radio station based in Manchester. ... 102. ... Century FM is the name of a number of UK regional radio stations mostly owned by GCap Media. ... 100-102 Century FM is the name of a radio station now controlled by GCap Media as part of its Century Network. ... 105. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In February 2005, Myers announced that they have scrapped plans to launch Channel M Radio, a 24-hour news and talk station for Manchester due to commercial viability issues. Manchester is a major city in North West England, historically notable for being the worlds first industrialised city, and its subsequent central role in the Industrial Revolution. ...

In March 2005, the Guardian Media Group rejected a £115 million bid from the Chrysalis Group for the GMG Radio division. [1] Chrysalis Group is a UK media company with music, publishing and radio divisions. ...

In June 2005 London station 102.2 Jazz FM was rebranded to 102.2 Smooth FM after disappointing RAJAR figures. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Jazz FM logo in use until 2002. ... 102. ... RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research Limited) was established in 1992 to operate a single audience measurement system for the radio industry in the United Kingdom. ...

On October 18, 2006, it was announced that GMG Radio had bought the two Century branded stations from Gcap Media [2]. The Century brand was originally launched by Myers and Simons in North East England in 1994 , whilst they were at Border Television. October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... GCap Media plc is a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group. ... North East England is one of the regions of England. ... Border Television is the ITV franchisee for the border region between England and Scotland (including the south of Scotland, much of Cumbria and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed), and also the Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man. ...

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