The Radio Partnership
The Radio Partnership was a media company which operated radio stations in the UK.
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About
Initially, the Metro Radio Group (which owned TFM, Metro FM and Great North Radio, bought Viking FM, Hallam FM, Pennine FM and Classic Gold) was acquired by East Midland Allied Press in 1996. Ownership rules meant that because they owned Radio Aire in the same area, one of the station had to be sold, and that was Pennine FM and its AM sister station which were purchased in a management buyout from senior staff and ex-Metro Group executives for £4.6m. Under the new company, called The Radio Partnership, the station was renamed The Pulse and it became number one in the West Yorkshire radio market for the first time in its history.[1]
The Radio Partnership expanded over the years to include other stations, such as Signal Radio in Stoke-on-Trent.
In 1999, Kelvin MacKenzie's Talk Radio UK bought The Radio Partnership and formed The Wireless Group to include the national broadcaster and a series of local stations. In July 2005, The Wireless Group was in turn acquired by UTV radio.[2][3][4]
Licence bid
The Radio Partnership was one of 14 applications to broadcast a regional station in the North East. Under the name The Point the group proposed a dance and alternative format for 15-30 year. They were unsuccessful in their bid and licence was won by Chrysalis Radio's Galaxy format.[5]
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