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* [[Orchard FM]] - will become [[Orchard FM|Heart Somerset]]
* [[Orchard FM]] - will become [[Orchard FM|Heart Somerset]]
* [[Severn Sound]] - will become [[Severn Sound|Heart Gloucestershire]]
* [[Severn Sound]] - will become [[Severn Sound|Heart Gloucestershire]]
* [[Gemini FM]] - will become [[Gemini FM|Heart South Devon]]
* [[Gemini FM]] - will become [[Gemini FM|Heart Torquay]] and [[Heart Exeter]]
* [[Lantern FM]] - will become [[Lantern FM|Heart North Devon]]
* [[Lantern FM]] - will become [[Lantern FM|Heart North Devon]]
* [[Plymouth Sound FM]] - will become [[Plymouth Sound FM|Heart Plymouth]]
* [[Plymouth Sound FM]] - will become [[Plymouth Sound FM|Heart Plymouth]]
* [[South Hams Radio]] - will become [[South Hams Radio|Heart South Hams]]
* [[South Hams Radio]] - will become [[South Hams Radio|Heart South Devon]]


Stations that have not been given date to re-brand are:
Stations that have not been given date to re-brand are:

Revision as of 13:25, 22 March 2009

Global Radio UK Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryMedia
Founded2007
HeadquartersLeicester Square, London, England, UK[1]
Key people
Ashley Tabor CEO
Charles Allen Chairman
Richard Park Director of Broadcasting
WebsiteGlobal 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 dropped at this time.

Stations owned by Global Radio

Classic FM

  • Classic FM - also nationally on Sky and Virgin Media.

Galaxy Network

Gold Network

Heart Network

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:

Stations that have not been given date to re-brand are:

Hit Music Network

West Midlands Network (To Be Sold)

LBC Radio

  • 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

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 interpreted as an attempt to suppress criticism and debate rather than enforcement of copyright.

The broadcast has been characterised as irresponsible by David Aaronovitch in The Times, and LBC and Barnett were specifically identified in a critical Early Day Motion by Norman Lamb MP.

Ownership and Capital Structure

According to media reports [1] Global Radio was funded 75% by a consortium including John Magnier, JP McManus, Michael Tabor and Dermot Desmond. Debt from HBOS and Bank of Ireland comprised the remaining 25% of the 375 million pounds used to form the group.

See also

References

  1. ^ thisisglobal.com - Radio Global Radio
  2. ^ "Radio Station Uses Copyright Claim To Try To Silence Bad Science Critic; Guess What Happens?", TechDirt, 6 February, 2009
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