XS Manchester

Rock Talk (Pre-launch)


The Manchester licence was won by GMG Radio under the Rock Talk name, which was intended to be a dual format station of news/talk programming by day and Classic Rock by night.

Rock Radio (2008-2011)


The service commenced broadcasting on 106.1 FM to Manchester on May 5th 2008. By this point, the news/talk element had been dropped.

2011-2012


The service was rebranded on September 5th 2011.