Galaxy is a network of radio stations operated in the United Kingdom by Chrysalis Group. It comprises stations in Manchester, Birmingham, Yorkshire and Newcastle, and specialises in dance and R'n'B music. Each station broadcasts local programming from its respective city by day, and evening and late-night programmes are broadcast from one of the network's stations to all cities in the network. Chrysalis Group is a UK media company with music, publishing and radio divisions. ... Location within the British Isles. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Yorkshire as a traditional county. ... Places on Earth named Newcastle Australia Newcastle, New South Wales Canada Newcastle, New Brunswick Newcastle, Ontario West Indies Newcastle, Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis South Africa Newcastle, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa United Kingdom Newcastle, Northern Ireland Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside, England Newcastle-under-Lyme... Dance music is music composed, played, or both, specifically for social dancing. ... Rhythm and blues (or R&B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ...

The first Galaxy station, Galaxy 101, launched in 1990 in South West England broadcasting from Bristol and was operated by the Chiltern Radio group. Chrysalis purchased the station in 1996, and in 1997 expanded the network by buying the Faze FM-operated stations Kiss 102 and Kiss 105 in Manchester and Yorkshire respectively. In 1998, black community station Choice FM was acquired in Birmingham and became Galaxy 102.2. Chrysalis scored another success in 1999 with the Radio Authority's award of the North East regional licence to Galaxy 105-106. However, Galaxy 101's success in Bristol was starting to falter, and the station was sold to the GWR Group in 2002, becoming Vibe 101. South West England is one of the regions of England. ... Bristol is a city in south-western England, through which flows the River Avon. ... Galaxy 102. ... The Office of Communications, usually known as Ofcom, is the UKs communications regulator. ... Galaxy 105-106 Galaxy 105-106 is a regional radio station owned by the Chrysalis Group as part of its Galaxy group of stations specialising in dance music and RnB. It is based in Wallsend. ... The GWR Group is a United Kingdom radio company. ...

See also

• Galaxy Manchester
• Galaxy 102.2 Birmingham
• Galaxy 105 Yorkshire
• Galaxy 105-106 North East

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External links

• Galaxy Network (http://www.galaxyfm.co.uk/)