Greatest Hits Radio Lancashire
radio station in Manchester
Greatest Hits Radio Lancashire is an Independent Local Radio station, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Lancashire and North West England.
As of December 2024, the station has a weekly audience of 207,000 listeners according to RAJAR.
History
The radio station launched as Red Rose Radio on 5 October 1982 at 6:00am on 301 metres medium wave (999 kHz) and 97.3 VHF stereo, broadcasting from a converted church (St Paul's) at St. Pauls Square in Preston, Lancashire. The station's first presenter on air was Dave Lincoln - the first record played was "Evergreen" by Barbra Streisand. Other early presenters on the station included Dave Lincoln, Allan Beswick, Sally Moon, Derek Webster, Keith Macklin, Russell Harty and Steve Collins. At this point it was owned by Trans World Communications.
On 1 June 1990, Red Rose Radio split into two stations - the FM service became Red Rose Rock FM (now known as Rock FM, while the AM service became Red Rose Gold playing music from the 1960s to the 1980s, as well as airing other specialist shows. Programming director John Myers hired Colin Lamont, under his on-air pseudonym Scottie McClue, to present the late-night phone-in.
In 1994, Red Rose Gold and Red Rose Rock FM were bought by the Emap group.
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