Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire

Summary

Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire is a radio station regional sub-network serving Yorkshire, Lincolnshire & the North Midlands as part of Bauer’s Greatest Hits Radio network. Whilst all programming is shared either across the region, or nationally, the local areas which were formerly separate stations retain local identities (e.g. GHR West Yorkshire), with local news, travel updates, weather forecasts and advertising. It is not possible therefore to listen to a station branded "Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire".

Greatest Hits Radio
Broadcast areaYorkshire
Lincolnshire
Bassetlaw
FrequencyDAB:
10C (N. Yorks)
11B (Bradford and Huddersfield)
11C (S. Yorks)
12A (Lincs)
12D (W. Yorks) FM:
96.1 (Rotherham & Sheffield)
96.2 (Scarborough)
96.3 (Leeds)
96.4 (Grimsby)
96.7 (Grantham)
97.1 (Penistone)
97.2 (Harrogate)
97.6 (Scunthorpe)
102.0 (Barnsley)
102.2 (Lincolnshire, Hull, E. Bassetlaw, Central & E. Nottinghamshire)
102.3 (Thirsk)
102.4 (Bridlington)
103.1 (Whitby)
103.5 (Northallerton)
104.7 (York, Central & S. North Yorkshire)
106.8 (Wakefield)
107.1 (Doncaster)
107.1 (Ilkley/Otley/Yorkshire Dales)
107.8 (Craven)
107.9 (Worksop)
BrandingThe Good Times Sound Like This
Across TSA
Programming
FormatClassic Hits
NetworkGreatest Hits Radio
Ownership
OwnerBauer
History
First air date
1 September 2020
Former frequencies
99.8 (Hull)
828 (Leeds)
990 (Doncaster)
1278 (Bradford)
1305 (Barnsley)
1530 (Huddersfield)
1548 (Sheffield)
Links
WebsiteGHR York & North Yorkshire
GHR West Yorkshire
GHR East Yorkshire & Northern Lincolnshire
GHR South Yorkshire
GHR Harrogate & The Yorkshire Dales
GHR Grimsby
GHR Lincolnshire
GHR Yorkshire Coast

History edit

Under relaxed OFCOM requirements for local content on commercial radio, Greatest Hits Radio is permitted to share all programming between thirteen licences located in the ITV Yorkshire broadcast region.

Prior to the launch of Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire, there were four medium-wave stations:

Ten local FM licences are folded into the regional station:

In May 2020, Bauer announced it would merge the AM and FM stations to form the Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire sub-network as part of a wider restructuring of its local radio stations.[1]

On 16 July 2020, Bauer announced Radio Aire would close and switch from the Hits Radio network to GHR, merging with the aforementioned stations in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.[2]

The regional station launched on 1 September 2020.

A single DAB-only station for Lincolnshire launched in November 2020.[3] On 3 April 2023, this was extended to FM utilising the analogue frequencies of Lincs FM, with Lincs FM's contemporary music programming continuing to operate on digital radio. From this point GHR Lincolnshire had its own afternoon show, separate from that of other stations in the Leeds-based cluster.[4]

On 12 November 2023, it was announced that the station's remaining medium wave transmissions, in Doncaster, Barnsley and Sheffield, would cease before the end of the year.[5]

Regional programming edit

Regional programming is produced and broadcast from Bauer's Leeds studios from 1-4pm on weekdays, presented by Steve Priestley.[6]

News edit

Bauer’s Leeds, Scarborough and Lincoln newsrooms broadcast local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside traffic bulletins.

Separate local news and traffic bulletins are produced for the following areas:

Bauer produces its own England and Wales national bulletins on weekend (and public holidays) afternoons. National bulletins from Sky News Radio are carried at other times.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Most of acquired Bauer stations to become Greatest Hits Radio Stuart Clarkson, Radio Today, 27 May 2020
  2. ^ Radio Aire to become Greatest Hits Radio, Radio Today, 16 July 2020
  3. ^ Radio Today, 2 September 2020
  4. ^ RadioToday, 2023-03-01
  5. ^ Bauer to turn off AM services in Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland Radio Today, 12 November 2023
  6. ^ Greatest Hits Radio regional Drivetime presenters announced Stephen Chapman, Prolific North, 27 August 2020

External links edit

  • Official website