The Breeze (Cheltenham & North Gloucestershire) was a local radio station serving Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
The station was folded into
Greatest Hits Radio South West
Greatest Hits Radio South West is a regional radio station serving the South West of England, as part of Bauer’s Greatest Hits Radio network.
Coverage
The ten local stations broadcast to the areas of Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Glouceste ...
, as part of a rebrand, on 1 September 2020.
History
The station originally launched in 1993 as CD 603, broadcasting on the AM frequency left free by BBC Radio Gloucestershire. The station went through a number of name changes in that time including 603AM, BOSS 603 and Cheltenham Radio. After securing an FM licence Cheltenham Radio relaunched on 7 September 1998 as CAT FM.
In 2002 following a takeover by
UKRD Group
The UKRD Group Ltd was a British media company that owned 15 commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. The name originates from UK Radio Developments. Since its acquisition in March 2019, it has been run as a subsidiary of Bauer Radio.
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it was re launched as Star 107.5. UKRD themselves sold the station in 2008 to Storm Media Services who later changed the station name to Total Star. In March 2013 Storm Media Services sold the station again, this time to Celador Radio who confirmed it would relaunch as The Breeze.
It is based in Knightsbridge Business park in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and plays music from the 70's to today.
As Total Star it held responsibility for networked programmes for the short lived Total Star network of radio stations in the South West of England.
References
External links
GHR Gloucestershire
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Radio stations in Gloucestershire
Radio stations established in 1998