Global Media & Entertainment
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Media |
Founded | 2007 |
Headquarters | Leicester Square, London, England, UK[1] |
Key people | Ashley Tabor CEO Charles Allen Chairman Richard Park Director of Broadcasting |
Website | Global Radio |
Global Radio is a British commercial radio company, the largest in the country following acquisitions of Chrysalis Radio in July 2007 and GCap Media in June 2008.
The company's Chief Executive Officer is Ashley Tabor, while the Group Chairman is Charles Allen. Richard Park is Group Executive Director and Director of Broadcasting, while Stephen Miron is Chief Executive of Radio. Mike Gordon is Group Commercial Director, Nicola Thomson is Group Director of Marketing and Don Thomson is Chief Operations Officer.
Global Radio officially took control of all GCap Media brands at 23:59 on 31 October 2008. The GCap Media name was axed at this time.
Stations owned by Global Radio
Classic FM
- Classic FM - also nationally on Sky and Virgin Media.
Galaxy Network
- Choice FM (London) - also nationally on Sky and Virgin Media.
- Galaxy Birmingham
- Galaxy Manchester
- Galaxy North East
- Galaxy Scotland
- Galaxy South Coast
- Galaxy Yorkshire - also nationally on Sky and Virgin Media.
Gold Network
- Gold London (AM & DAB) - also nationally on Sky and Virgin Media.
- Gold Birmingham (AM & DAB)
- Gold Black Country (AM & DAB)
- Gold Bournemouth (AM & DAB)
- Gold Bristol & Bath (AM & DAB)
- Gold Cambridge (DAB)
- Gold Cardiff & Newport (AM & DAB)
- Gold Coventry (AM & DAB)
- Gold Derby (AM)
- Gold Essex (AM & DAB)
- Gold Gloucester & Cheltenham (AM)
- Gold Humberside (DAB)
- Gold Kent (AM & DAB)
- Gold Lancashire (DAB)
- Gold Leeds (DAB)
- Gold Luton & Bedford (AM)
- Gold Manchester (AM & DAB)
- Gold Norfolk & North Suffolk (AM & DAB)
- Gold Northamptonshire (AM)
- Gold Nottingham (AM & DAB)
- Gold Peterborough (AM & DAB)
- Gold Plymouth (AM & DAB)
- Gold Reading (AM & DAB)
- Gold Reigate & Crawley (AM)
- Gold Shropshire (AM)
- Gold South Hampshire (AM & DAB)
- Gold South Yorkshire (DAB)
- Gold Suffolk (AM)
- Gold Sussex (AM & DAB)
- Gold Teeside (DAB)
- Gold Tyne & Wear (DAB)
- Gold Wrexham & Chester (AM)
Heart Network
- Heart London - also nationally on Sky and Virgin Media.
- Heart West Midlands
- Heart East Midlands
- Heart Bedfordshire
- Heart Luton
- Heart Peterborough
- Heart Milton Keynes
- Heart Northampton
- Heart Cambridge
- Heart Norfolk
- Heart Colchester
- Heart Suffolk
It is expected that within the next 12-18 months the Heart brand will be expanded to the majority of the One Network heritage stations that were purchased as part of the takeover of GCap Media. It is anticipated the following stations will be rebranded:
On March 23rd:
- 2-Ten FM - will become Heart Berkshire and North Hampshire
- Fox FM - will become Heart Oxfordshire
- GWR Bath - will become Heart Bath
- GWR Bristol - will become Heart Bristol
- GWR Wiltshire - will become Heart Wiltshire
- Orchard FM - will become Heart Somerset
- Severn Sound - will become Heart Gloucestershire
- Gemini FM - will become Heart South Devon
- Lantern FM - will become Heart North Devon
- Plymouth Sound - will become Heart Plymouth
- South Hams Radio - will become Heart South Hams
Stations that have not been given date to re-brand are:
- 2CR - will become Heart Dorset and Hampshire
- Invicta FM - will become Heart Kent
- Ocean FM - will become Heart South Coast
- Southern FM - will become Heart Sussex
- Essex FM - will become Heart Essex
- Wirral's Buzz - will become Heart Wirral
- Champion - will become Heart Ynys Mon a Gwynedd
- Coast - will become Heart North Wales
- Marcher Sound - will become Heart Cheshire and North Wales
Hit Music Network
- 95.8 Capital FM - also nationally on Sky and Virgin Media.
- Leicester Sound
- RAM FM
- 103.2 & 97.4 Red Dragon
- Ten 17
- Trent FM
West Midlands Network (To Be Sold)
LBC Network
- LBC 97.3 in London on FM and DAB. - also nationally on Sky and Virgin Media.
- LBC News 1152 in London on AM and DAB.
XFM Network
- Xfm London - also nationally on Sky and Virgin Media.
- Xfm Manchester
Digital-only stations
- Chill - also nationally on Sky and Virgin Media.
- The Arrow - also nationally on Sky and Virgin Media.
Internet Television stations
Criticism of Global Radio
In February 2009 Global Radio and LBC were the subject of widespread criticism by technical and scientific bloggers following their threat of legal action against medical journalist Ben Goldacre for mounting part of an LBC 97.3 broadcast by Jeni Barnett on his website. [2] The move was widely interpreted as an attempt to suppress criticism and debate rather than enforcement of copyright.
See also
References
- ^ thisisglobal.com - Radio Global Radio
- ^ "Radio Station Uses Copyright Claim To Try To Silence Bad Science Critic; Guess What Happens?", TechDirt, 6 February, 2009