Original 106
Original 106 may refer to: * Original 106 (Aberdeen), an independent radio station broadcasting to Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire in Scotland * Original 106 (Solent), formerly a radio station broadcasting to the Solent region of southern England * Original 106.5 (Bristol) Original 106.5 was the name of a radio station that broadcast to Bristol, England between 20 May 2007 and 1 December 2009. The station management was Tom Hunter as MD and Stewart Smith as Programme Director. Following a change of format request ...

Original 106 (Aberdeen)
Original 106 is a radio station owned by Dc Thomson media and broadcasting to Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. It was initially owned by Canadian media company Canwest, and was awarded its broadcast licence (the last new commercial FM licence to be issued by Ofcom) in January 2007 and the station launched on 28 October 2007 at 1:06 pm, when the first record played was "Revolution" by The Beatles. On 12 September 2009 the station was sold to a consortium led by Adam Findlay which included John Quinn and Murray Strachan. Adam Findlay's New Wave Media owned Dundee radio station Wave 102, John Quinn is the majority shareholder and chairman of Central FM, a station which covers the Forth Valley in the Central Belt. On 20 March 2019 it was announced that the publisher DC Thomson, which already owned Wave FM in Dundee, had bought the Fife-based Kingdom FM and Original 106 taking its tally of radio stations to three. Since its launch until June 2019, Original 106 operated from st ...
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Original 106 (Solent)
Original 106fm was formerly a radio station broadcasting to the Solent region of southern England, centred on the towns and cities of Portsmouth, Southampton and Bournemouth, from its transmitters at Chillerton Down, Mannings Heath (Poole) and Crabwood Farm (Winchester). It was awarded its broadcast licence in September 2005 and launched on 1 October 2006 and ceased broadcasting on 30 September 2008. The station broadcast an Adult Alternative format, with only 35% of its music coming from past or present Top 20 charts. ''Original 106fm'' was notable for holding the first United Kingdom broadcast licence to be awarded to an overseas group when Canwest won the licence in 2005. They sold it to Celador Radio Broadcasting in August 2008. The station ceased broadcasting on 30 September 2008 and was replaced by Celedor's new station The Coast. Original 106 music Original 106 played a mix of hit singles and album tracks from a full range of adult-oriented genres including rock, ...
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