GMG Radio was a company that owned the Real Radio and Smooth Radio networks. As GMG Radio, the company was the radio division of the Guardian Media Group...
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previously operated under a number of regional licences, Smooth Radio's owners, GMG Radio, merged its five English stations into one quasi-national station...
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became Chief executive of GMG Radio, developing the Real Radio, Smooth Radio and Rock Radio brands and overseeing GMG Radio's acquisition of the Century...
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Smooth Radio was an independent, commercial, national radio station in the United Kingdom. Owned by Real and Smooth—a company formerly known as GMG Radio—the...
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the former GMG chief executive, enlisted John Myers to establish GMG Radio. Myers became the company's managing director in 1999, and won GMG its first...
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Look up GMG in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. GMG may refer to: Gamecock Media Group Garden Media Guild (formerly the Garden Writers' Guild), a British...
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Global Media & Entertainment (redirect from Chrysalis Radio)
commercial radio company in Europe having expanded through a number of historical acquisitions, including Chrysalis Radio, GCap Media and GMG Radio. Global...
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Heart North West (redirect from Century Radio 105.4)
stations such as Capital and Heart) had bought GMG Radio. The former GMG stations, including Real Radio, continued to operate separately as 'Real and Smooth...
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Smooth North West (redirect from 100.4 Smooth Radio)
format. On 5 July 2007, GMG Radio announced that it was requesting a change of format from Ofcom, which would bring Smooth Radio 100.4 in line with the...
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sale. In June 2012, GMG sold its GMG Radio division, which operated Real Radio and Smooth Radio, to Global Radio. In January 2014, GMG disposed of its remaining...
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Saga 105.2 FM, Glasgow (category Articles using infobox radio station)
Quirk. Following GMG Radio buying Saga Radio in December 2006, it was announced that Saga 105.2 FM was to be rebranded as Smooth Radio from March 2007...
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Heart South Wales (redirect from Real Radio (Wales))
forms part of the expanded Heart radio network of stations. On 3 October 2000 the Real Radio brand was launched after GMG Group won its first broadcast licence...
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Century Network (category GMG Radio)
competition reasons. GMG Radio, with Myers and Simons as senior executives, bought the stations in 2006. They were rebranded Real Radio to conform to the...
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Heart North East (redirect from 100-102 Century Radio)
share a building with fellow GMG Radio stations, Smooth Radio and Rock Radio. The station was originally called Century Radio, before changing its name to...
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XS Manchester (redirect from 106.1 Rock Radio)
Media. RADIO TODAY - GMG drop Rock Radio for Real Radio XS GMG Radio sold to Global for £50m Mark Sweeney, The Guardian, 25 June 2012 Global Radio seals...
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102.2 Jazz FM (category Articles using infobox radio station)
2 Jazz FM (also known as London Jazz Radio and JFM) was an Independent Local Radio for London run by GMG Radio. The station was based in and broadcast...
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Smooth London (redirect from Smooth Radio London)
licence requirements, focused on jazz music at night. On 20 October 2006, GMG Radio announced that it was requesting a change of format for 102.2 Smooth FM...
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acquisition of GMG Radio, requiring Global to sell radio stations in seven locations. 1 October – Smooth Radio is moved to Global Radio's Leicester Square...
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Heart Yorkshire (redirect from Real Radio (Yorkshire))
stations such as Capital and Heart) had bought GMG Radio. The former GMG stations, including Real Radio, continued to operate separately as 'Real and Smooth...
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Heart Scotland (redirect from Real Radio Scotland)
leading to a relaunch as Real Radio Scotland. Global Radio acquired GMG Radio on 25 June 2012, but operated Real Radio in a "hold separate" situation...
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102.2 Smooth FM (category Articles using infobox radio station)
newly launched radio station was Sade Adu's "Smooth Operator", and was owned by the radio division of the Guardian Media Group, GMG Radio. Following disappointing...
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family. The Scott Trust is a limited partner in GMG Ventures LP, founded in 2017, according to the GMG 2018 annual report, "this £42m venture capital fund...
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Guardian Media Group (GMG), which is controlled by the Scott Trust Limited, a company which aims to ensure the editorial independence of GMG's publications and...
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to the CBS Radio Network. In the United Kingdom, he has reported on The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent for Heart London and GMG Radio stations under...
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Smooth East Midlands (redirect from Smooth Radio 106.6)
DAB Multiplex. The station came into existence following GMG Radio's purchase of the Saga Radio Group in December 2006, and the granting of permission from...
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Jazz FM (UK) (category Articles using infobox radio station)
Group in 2002, and became part of the company's radio division, GMG Radio Holdings Ltd. In 2003, GMG Radio conducted market research into the type of music...
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station and entered talks with GMG Radio on buying out the station along with a group of private investors. Two months later, GMG announced the station would...
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Director for GMG Radio. "RAJAR". RAJAR. Retrieved 27 September 2015. "BBC confirms local radio medium wave closures". January 2018. BBC Radio Nottingham...
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Smooth North East (redirect from 97.5 Smooth Radio (North East))
originally awarded to the Saga Radio Group. However, GMG Radio inherited it following its purchase of Saga in December 2006. GMG had been granted permission...
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started to cover it which continued until 2010, when GMG Radio, under its Real Radio and Smooth Radio brands took over the broadcasting of the switch on...
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