Pulse Gold was an
Independent Local Radio
Independent Local Radio is the collective name given to commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. As a result of the buyouts and mergers permitted by the Broadcasting Act 1990, and deregulation resulting from the Communications Act 2003, ...
station broadcasting from Bradford. It broadcast alongside sister station
The Pulse Of West Yorkshire
Pulse 1 is an Independent Local Radio station based in Leeds, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to the West Yorkshire.
As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 131,000 list ...
.
History
The station was previously known as
Pennine Radio,
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 ...
, Great Yorkshire Gold, Great Yorkshire Radio,
1278 and 1530 AM West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire's Big AM, Pennine's Big AM, and West Yorkshire's Classic Gold, and under previous ownership was part 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 ...
.
It was then branded as Pulse Gold, and recently has launched as West Yorkshire's Pulse 2.
Ownership
It was previously owned by
The Radio Partnership The Radio Partnership was a media company which operated radio stations in the UK.
About
Initially, the Metro Radio Group which owned TFM, Metro FM and Great North Radio, bought Viking FM, Hallam FM, Pennine FM (later rebranded as The Pulse) ...
,
The Wireless Group
Wireless Group Limited is a radio and digital broadcasting network with headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland and with radio operations in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. It currently operates five stations in Ireland and ...
, and now is operated by
UTV Radio
Wireless Group Limited is a radio and digital broadcasting network with headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland and with radio operations in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. It currently operates five stations in Ireland and ...
. Most programmes on Pulse Gold come from The Gold Network, which was formed in August 2007 following the merger of the
Capital Gold
The Capital Gold radio station started in London in 1988 on Capital Radio's AM frequency, after the Independent Broadcasting Authority had urged stations to end simulcasting (broadcasting the same programmes simultaneously on AM and FM) and t ...
and
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 ...
radio networks.
Aiming to deliver the widest breadth of music currently available anywhere else on commercial radio, Gold plays songs from the last five decades and offers a variety of specialist music shows, interviews, celebrity podcasts, guest DJs and gigs.
Local Presenters
Local presenters on Pulse Gold included Elisa Hilton, Danny Lacey, Paul Fairclough & Colin Lowther as well as Tim Thornton and Ian Ormondroyd who were the commentary team for Pulse Gold Sport.
See also
*
The Pulse of West Yorkshire
Pulse 1 is an Independent Local Radio station based in Leeds, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to the West Yorkshire.
As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 131,000 list ...
– sister station
External links
Pulse GoldListen LiveThe Gold Network
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Radio stations in Yorkshire
Mass media in Bradford