Virgin Radio Groove was a digital radio station in the UK, broadcasting on DAB and online and is a sister station to

Virgin Radio UK Virgin Radio UK is a national Hot Adult Contemporary radio station in the United Kingdom that launched on 30 March 2016, owned by Wireless Group which is itself a subsidiary of News Corp. It is the second incarnation of Virgin Radio in the UK: t ...

History

The original

Virgin Radio Groove Virgin Radio Groove was a digital radio station in the UK, broadcasting on DAB and online and is a sister station to Virgin Radio UK. History The original Virgin Radio Groove operated between 2000 and 2008, playing motown, soul and disco mu ...

operated between 2000 and 2008, playing

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and

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music. At the end of 2019,

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 ...

, which had taken up the Virgin Radio brand in the UK from 2016, revived the Virgin Radio Groove name as a new digital station, broadcasting upbeat music to London in DAB+ and central Scotland as a stereo standard DAB. The station replaced regional variants of TalkSport on the Switchdigital multiplexes owned by Wireless. Like the existing Virgin Radio UK spin-offsVirgin Radio Chilled and Virgin Radio Anthemsthe station simulcasts the ''

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'', with its own programming at other times. Virgin Radio Groove officially began on 21 January 2020, with a 'takeover' stunt on the main station, the date chosen as it was the first anniversary of the launch of the ''Chris Evans Breakfast Show''.

Presenters

The station's launch line-up of presenters was confirmed by Mike Cassthe station's Content Directoras: * Chris Brooks * Steve Denyer * Bam * Rich Williams * Gina McKie * James Merritt * Dave Kelly

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* * Radio stations established in 2020 Radio stations disestablished in 2022 Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom Wireless Group 2020 establishments in the United Kingdom 2022 disestablishments in the United Kingdom {{UK-radio-station-stub