Contents 1 Beacon Radio 1.1 1987–1988 1.2 1988–1996 1.3 1996–2001 1.4 2001–2006 1.5 2006–2007 1.6 2007–2010 1.7 2009–2012 2 Free Radio 2.1 2012-2013 2.2 2013–2015 2.3 2015–present Beacon Radio 1987–1988 1988–1996 1996–2001 2001–2006 2006–2007 2007–2010 2009–2012 Free Radio 2012-2013 2013–2015 2015–present V • T • E Bauer Media Group Business publications AM | Fleet News | Pet Product Marketing | Sewells Information and Research Consumer publications Germany: Autozeitung | Bravo | Das Neue Blatt | Volksstimme United Kingdom: Angling Times | Bella | Bike | Bird Watching | Car | Classic Bike | Classic Cars | Closer | Country Walking | Digital Photo | Empire | FHM | First | Freesail | Garden Answers | Garden News | Golf World | Grazia | Improve Your Coarse Fishing | Heat | Instant Beauty | Kerrang! | Land Rover Owner International | Landscape | Match | Model Rail | Mojo | More! | Mother & Baby | Motor Cycle News | New Woman | Parker's | Performance Bikes | Pop | Practical Classics | Practical Fishkeeping | Practical Photography | Pregnancy & Birth | Puzzle Magazines | Q | RAIL | RiDE | Sea Angler | Shopping for Baby | Skiing | Steam Railway | Spirit&Destiny | Take a Break | That's Life! | Today's Golfer | Top Sante | Total TVguide | Trail | Trout & Salmon | Trout Fisherman | TV Choice | Waves | What Bike? | Your Horse | Yours | Zoo Weekly United States: ASTROgirl | First for Women | In Touch Weekly | iD | J-14 | Life & Style Weekly | Life Story | M | QuizFest | Soaps in Depth | Twist | Woman's World Hits Radio Network Northern Ireland: Cool FM | Downtown Radio England: Hits Radio Manchester | CFM | Fire Radio | Free Radio Birmingham | Free Radio Coventry & Warwickshire | Free Radio Hereford & Worcester | Free Radio Black Country | Free Radio Shropshire | Gem | Hallam FM | Metro Radio | Pulse 1 | Radio City | Radio Aire | Rock FM | Signal 1 | TFM | Viking FM Franchise: Hits Radio South Coast Wales: 96.4 The Wave Scotland: Clyde 1 | Forth 1 | Northsound 1 | MFR | Tay FM | Radio Borders | West FM Greatest Hits Radio Network England: Central Lancashire | Humberside | Leeds | Liverpool | Manchester | South Yorkshire | Tyne & Wear | Teesside | West Midlands Future stations in England and Wales1: The Beach | The Breeze (Andover | Basingstoke | Bath | Bridgwater & West Somerset | Cheltenham & North Gloucestershire | East Hampshire & South West Surrey | Frome & West Wiltshire | Newbury | North Dorset | North Somerset | Reading | South Devon | Yeovil & South Somerset) | Compass FM | Dearne FM | Dream 100 | Eagle Radio | KLFM 96.7 | Minster FM | Mix 96 | North Norfolk Radio | Peak FM | Pulse 2 | Radio Norwich | Ridings FM | Rutland Radio | Sam FM Swindon | Signal 107 | Signal 2 | Spire FM | Spirit FM | Stray FM | Swansea Sound | Tower FM | Town 102 | Trax FM | Radio Wave 96.5 | Wessex FM | Wire FM | Wish FM | Yorkshire Coast Radio Future franchises1: KCFM | Sam FM South Coast Scotland: Clyde 2 | Forth 2 | MFR 2 | Northsound 2 | Tay 2 | West Sound (AM) | West Sound FM Regional: Downtown Country | Wave 105 Others: Lincs FM | Pirate FM | Sam FM Bristol Defunct: 3C | Bauer City 3 (Hallam 3 | Key 3 | Metro Radio 3 | Radio Aire 3 | Radio City 3 | Rock FM 3 | TFM 3 | Viking 3 | Clyde 3 | Forth 3 | MFR 3 | Radio Tay 3) | Radio City Talk Bauer National Absolute Radio: Absolute Radio UK | Absolute Radio West Midlands | Absolute Radio 60s | Absolute Radio 70s | Absolute Radio 80s | Absolute Radio 90s | Absolute Radio 00s | Absolute Radio 10s | Absolute Radio 20s | Absolute Classic Rock Kiss Network: Kiss 100 | Kiss 101 | Kiss 105-108 | Kisstory | KissFresh | Kiss DNCE | Kiss Garage | Kiss Jams | Pop-up Services: Kiss Ibiza Magic: Magic 105.4 | Magic Chilled | Mellow Magic | Magic Soul | Magic Workout | Pop-up Services: Magic Abba Heat: Heat Radio | Pop-up Services: Heat Radio Soundtracks | Heat Radio School Disco Kerrang!: Kerrang! Radio | Kerrang! Radio Unleashed | Klassic Kerrang! Radio Other digital stations: Country Hits Radio | Hits Radio | Jazz FM | Planet Rock | Scala Radio Defunct: Absolute Radio Extra | Dabbl | Q | Smash Hits | The Hits Other Companies Charity: Cash For Kids DAB Digital Platforms: Emap Digital | Score Digital | Bauer Digital Co-owners of: Sound Digital | CE Digital | UTV Bauer Digital Former Are Media | Emap Radio | Metro Radio Group | Scottish Radio Holdings | Yorkshire Radio Network Categories: Radio stations in the United Kingdom Orion Media Shropshire Digital radio stations in the United Kingdom Radio Birmingham Contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.