Greatest Hits Radio East Yorkshire & Northern Lincolnshire is a local
radio station
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serving
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to t ...
and
Northern Lincolnshire. The station was replaced by a relay of
Magic UK, as part of a restructure, on 1 September 2020.
On 19 September 2022 GHR Hull & East Yorkshire became part of the Nation Radio network, and was relaunched as
Nation Radio East Yorkshire following the end of the licensing name agreement which had allowed GHR to broadcast on the Nation-owned licence.
History
On 31 October 1988, Viking Radio permanently split its 1161 (originally said "Double-One-Six-One")
medium wave frequency from its FM service when it launched "Viking Gold". Many different station names have been used over the years. "Viking Gold" was followed by "
Classic Gold
Classic Gold was a network of three "Gold" music formatted stations which broadcast on AM in Bradford, Hull and Sheffield. They were the sister stations of Pennine Radio, Viking Radio and Radio Hallam respectively and they were part of the Yo ...
" (not to be confused with the service operated by UBC), "Classic Gold Radio", "Great Yorkshire Gold" and "Great Yorkshire Radio". Most of these formats, with the exception of "Viking Gold", shared programmes with the AM stations of the "
Yorkshire Radio Network
The Yorkshire Radio Network was a group of three radio stations which shared programmes in the evening and at weekends. YRN was made-up of Pennine Radio in Bradford, Viking Radio in Hull and Radio Hallam in Sheffield.
History
YRN was based ...
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At the start of 1997, new owners
Emap decided to scrap the regional Classic Gold station and replaced it with local stations under the brandname of ''Magic'', with a new format of
Hot Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...
music. Magic 1161 launched on 12 February 1997.
In December 2001, EMAP decided that it was more economical for the Magic network to share off-peak programmes and in line with the other Magic AM stations began networking between 10am-2pm, and 7pm-6am. During these hours it was simply known as Magic, although there were local commercial breaks, and local news on the hour.
In January 2003, after a sharp decline in listening, the station ceased networking with the London station,
Magic 105.4, and a regional northern network was created with
Magic 1152
Greatest Hits Radio North East is a local radio station serving North East England, as part of Bauer’s Greatest Hits Radio network.
History
Great North Radio (also known as G.N.R) was formed in March 1989 using the AM frequencies of Me ...
at the hub at the weekend and the Newcastle station of the same name during the week. During networked hours, local adverts are aired, as well as a local news summary on the hour.
From July 2006, more networking was introduced across the Northern Magic AM network, leaving weekday breakfast as the only locally produced show. The local show was replaced with a regional breakfast programme from Leeds, which ran from March 2013 to December 2014.
On 5 January 2015, Magic 1161 was rebranded as Viking 2 as part of a revamp of the Bauer network and the station is now entirely networked with the other Bauer AM stations in the North although local news, weather and travel continue to be broadcast as opt-outs during the day.
On 7 January 2019, Viking 2 rebranded as Greatest Hits East Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire.
Closure
On 31 August 2020 the station was replaced by a relay of
Magic UK.
On 19 September 2022 GHR East Yorkshire & Northern Lincolnshire returns on DAB only whist the Hull & East Yorkshire equivalent has now become part of the Nation Radio Network.
In February 2021, Bauer Media announced that the Goxhill transmitter will be switched off. Transmissions on 1161 medium wave ceased on 30 April 2021.
Reinstated
On 19 September 2022 GHR East Yorkshire & Northern Lincolnshire has been reinstated on DAB Digital radio only, whilst GHR Hull & East Yorkshire has become part of
the Nation Radio Network as
Nation Radio East Yorkshire.
References
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External links
Media UK
Bauer Radio
Mass media in Kingston upon Hull
Radio stations in Yorkshire
Radio stations established in 1988