Bauer City 3
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| Broadcast area | Scotland and northern England |
|---|---|
| Frequency | DAB: 11B (Humberside, Liverpool, Teesside) 11C (Glasgow, Manchester, South Yorkshire, Tyne & Wear) 12A (Lancashire) 12D (Edinburgh, Leeds) |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Popular mainstream music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bauer Radio |
| Bauer City 1 Bauer City 2 The Hits | |
| History | |
First air date | 19 January 2015 |
Last air date | 31 August 2017 |
| Links | |
| Website | The Hits |
Bauer City 3 was a network of 12 popular mainstream music radio stations in Scotland and northern England, owned and operated by Bauer Radio.
Overview
[edit]From Monday 19 January 2015, The Hits on DAB was absorbed into the new Bauer City 3 network of stations.[1] The new services were locally branded and identified, with the opportunity to split for individual local news, information, advertising and jingles, with The Hits content as a national programme feed.
Programming was broadcast among all Bauer City 3 stations in Scotland and Northern England, originating from the studios of Key 103 in Castlefield and Clyde 3 in Glasgow. Some other output was broadcast from Bauer's London Studios at Golden Square, Soho.
From 1 September 2017, the local City 3 branding of the stations on DAB was withdrawn, in favour of reverting to using The Hits name in all areas.[2]
Stations
[edit]- Clyde 3 (Glasgow and the West of Scotland)
- Forth 3 (Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife)
- Hallam 3 (South Yorkshire and the North Midlands)
- Key 3 (Greater Manchester)
- Metro 3 Radio (Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and County Durham)
- MFR 3 (Scottish Highlands, Moray and Orkney)
- Radio Aire 3 (Leeds and West Yorkshire)
- Radio City 3 (Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales)
- Rock FM 3 (Lancashire)
- Tay 3 (Tayside)
- The Hits (UK-wide on Freeview and online)
- TFM 3 (Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire)
- Viking 3 (East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire)
References
[edit]- ^ Bauer City Network 3 launches on local DAB Radio Today, 19 January 2015
- ^ "The Hits to replace Bauer's City 3 network", RadioToday, 2017-08-29