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Chris Country
CountryLine Radio is a UK-based radio station playing country music. Founded by Chris Stevens, it launched as Chris Country on 27 April 2013. The station is now owned by CountryLine, having purchased the station from Chris Stevens and Nation Broadcasting in March 2020 and its owners rebranded the station on 7 March 2022 to CountryLine Radio. On 13 December 2023, it was announced that TuneIn and CountryLine Radio have signed a deal with The Big 615, a station owned by country singer Garth Brooks, and will rebrand as CountryLine Radio: The Big 615 in January 2024. As of December 2023, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 36,000, according to RAJAR. DAB availability CountryLine Radio is currently available in several areas of the UK. The station's first carriage agreements were on three of Ofcom The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, internet, telecommunication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, and the largest in Northern England. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Stockport, Tameside, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury and City of Salford, Salford. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort (''castra'') of Mamucium, ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers River Medlock, Medlock and River Irwell, Irwell. Throughout the Middle Ages, Manchester remained a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American Country music, country singer and songwriter. His integration of pop and rock elements into the country genre has earned him his immense popularity, particularly in the United States, with success on the country music single and album charts, multi-platinum recordings and record-breaking List of Garth Brooks concert tours, live performances, while also crossing over into the mainstream pop arena.. Archived frothe original on March 21, 2017. Brooks is the only artist in music history to have released nine albums that were certified RIAA certification#RIAA Diamond certifications, Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (surpassing The Beatles' former record of six); those albums are ''Garth Brooks (album), Garth Brooks'' (diamond), ''No Fences'' (17× platinum), ''Ropin' the Wind'' (14× platinum), ''The Chase (Garth Brooks album), The Chase'' (diamond), ''In Pieces (Garth Brooks album), In Pieces'' (dia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DAB Radio
Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) is a digital radio standard for broadcasting digital audio radio services in many countries around the world, defined, supported, marketed and promoted by the WorldDAB organisation. The standard is dominant in Europe and is also used in Australia, and in parts of Africa and as of 2025, 55 countries are actively running DAB broadcasts as an alternative platform to analogue FM. DAB was the result of a European research project and first publicly rolled out in 1995, with consumer-grade DAB receivers appearing at the start of this millennium. Initially it was expected in many countries that existing FM services would switch over to DAB, although the take-up of DAB has been much slower than expected. In 2023, Norway became the first country to have implemented a national FM radio switch-off, with others to follow in the next years, Switzerland and the UK. Terrestrial digital radio has become a requirement for all new cars (not busses and tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3C (radio)
3C was a United Kingdom radio station, based in Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland and was provided by Radio Clyde, owned by Scottish Radio Holdings, later bought by EMAP Radio. It played country music. Its sister stations were ''Clyde 1'' and '' Clyde 2''. On 26 March 2007, the station told listeners that it was closing at the next day, stating that :''"It is the result of a brand review undertaken by our parent company, which operates a large number of radio stations and other media interests."'' At 5pm on 27 March 2007, they played their final song (Tennessee by The Wreckers) and began re-broadcasting Clyde 1 on Freeview to see out the final year of the five-year contract. Successors Bauer Radio launched Downtown Country in April 2015 as a sister service to Downtown Radio in Northern Ireland. The station is available on the Northern Ireland DAB multiplex. In 2019 Bauer launched a new contemporary country music station, Country Hits Radio, on DAB in various locations fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country 1035
Country 1035 was a country music based Independent Local Radio station based in London, England. History Announced as Europe's first dedicated country music radio station, Country 1035 began broadcasting across Greater London on 1 September 1994. Transmissions were on frequency 1035 kHz on the medium wave band. Martin Satterthwaite, the station’s senior music consultant, speaking to ''Billboard'' magazine prior to the launch envisaged a playlist of predominantly American artists divided equally between established and newer, less familiar. Roger Trapp writing in ''The Independent'' described country music in the station's proposed playlist as "pretty much anything you want it to be". He questioned whether the genre would be attractive to advertisers, given country music had an image problem in Britain. After airing test transmissions the first voice officially heard on air was the station's chairman John Wellington. In his opening words he noted that the station will "''ful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio News Hub
Radio News Hub is a provider of news bulletins for radio stations based in the United Kingdom. The company, which has its head office in Leeds, West Yorkshire, provides 1-minute and 2-minute bulletins for English-speaking radio stations both in the United Kingdom and internationally. As of 2021 it produces bulletins for more than 300 stations. History Launched in 2014, Radio News Hub was established to provide an alternative news service to existing providers, and was founded by a team of four journalists; Dave Uttley, Jamie Fletcher, Jon Francis and Stephanie Otty. As well as providing news updates it also supplies weather, travel, sport and entertainment bulletins. In 2018 the company celebrated providing its one millionth bulletin to its providers. Also in 2018 the company launched a new website and redesigned its dispatch system. In 2020, Radio News Hub appointed former TalkRadio news presenter Carl Hartley as a senior journalist. Having started its operations in an undergrou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40
''Country Top 40 with Fitz'' (sometimes abbreviated as CT40), formerly known as ''Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40'', is an American country music radio countdown show created by former ''American Country Countdown'' host Bob Kingsley, who hosted the show from its January 2006 debut until shortly before his death in 2019. Currently hosted by Fitz, the program is distributed by Skyview Networks and produced as a joint venture between Hubbard Broadcasting and KCCS Productions, the holding company operated by Kingsley's widow. It uses the ''Mediabase'' Country Singles chart as its source. The program is syndicated to more than 200 radio stations in the United States and Canada. History Prior to the inception of ''Country Top 40'' in 2005, radio host Bob Kingsley was the host of ''American Country Countdown'', a Top 40 country music countdown show based on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. ''Country Top 40'' first aired January 1, 2006, on 300 affiliates, three weeks before Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switch London
Switch London is a DAB ensemble operated by Switchdigital; it broadcasts from a variety of sites in and around London (Alexandra Palace transmitting station, Alexandra Palace, Arkley, Bluebell Hill transmitting station, Bluebell Hill, BT Tower, Colindale House, Crystal Palace transmitting station, Crystal Palace, Guildford, Hampstead, Harrow Weald, Hemel Hempstead, Leatherhead Stoke d'Abernon, Mount Vernon, Otford, Reigate, Richmond Hill, Shepherds Bush, Shooters Hill, Sidcup, Staines, Uxbridge and Zouches Farm). It has been on air since July 2000. It is also referred to as the Greater London 2 multiplex. In their application to the Radio Authority, Switch proposed using Brookmans Park as a transmission site in its Single frequency network, SFN, but this has not yet been implemented. In 2010, the Otford relay site was replaced by the much more powerful Wrotham site in Kent which broadcasts at 5 kW. Stations carried References See also *DRG London *CE London *Switch Scotl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofcom
The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, internet, telecommunications and mail, postal industries of the United Kingdom. Ofcom has wide-ranging powers across the television, radio, telecoms, internet and postal sectors. It has a statutory duty to represent the interests of citizens and consumers by promoting competition and protecting the public from harmful or offensive material. Some of the main areas Ofcom regulates are TV and radio standards, broadband and phones, video-sharing platforms online, the wireless spectrum and postal services. The regulator was initially established by the (c. 11) and received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21). History On 20 June 2001, the Queen's Speech to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament announced the creation of Ofcom. The new body, which was to replace several existing authorities, was concei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAJAR
Radio Joint Audience Research Limited (RAJAR; ) was established in 1992 to operate a single audience measurement system for the radio industry in the United Kingdom. RAJAR is jointly owned by the BBC and Radiocentre. RAJAR's predecessor was called Joint Industry Committee on Radio Audience Research (JICRAR; ). Prior to this, the BBC and Radiocentre's predecessor CRCA carried out their own measurements independently of each other. Structure The company operates as a joint industry committee (JIC) and its board is chaired by an independent chairman. It has shareholder representation from the BBC and the commercial sector, as well as the, Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) and the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA). The company is a non-profit making entity. Purpose and methodology RAJAR collects information on behalf of over 300 BBC and Ofcom The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big 615
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
