87-422: Bauer Media Audio UK is a UK-based radio division of Bauer Media Group owning brands; Absolute Radio , Greatest Hits Radio , Jazz FM , Hits Radio , KISS , Planet Rock , Magic , Kerrang! Radio and Heat Radio . In early 2008, German magazine publisher Bauer bought the radio division of British company Emap , which had been established as East Midland Allied Press in 1947. Consequently, Emap Radio Limited
174-613: A brand-licensing agreement with Global Radio. This change will see the Quidem stations rebrand under the Global brands. At the beginning of October, Ofcom opened a consultation following Quidem's request for its six stations to make significant changes to their formats. On 20 December 2021 it was announced that Global has acquired the UK podcast hosting, distribution and monetisation startup, Captivate with founders Mark Asquith and Kieran McKeefery joining
261-858: A digital UK-wide version . On 3 January 2011, Capital London , The Hit Music Network and the Galaxy network became part of the nine-station Capital radio network; two former Heart stations became Capital in May 2014. Local news hours were extended as part of the agreement to increase programme-sharing, and advertising remains locally sold. Programming outside local hours originates from Capital's network studios in Leicester Square , London. Unlike its competitor BBC Radio 1 , Capital only plays pop dance music and does not play rock or alternative music. Capital runs two major multi-artist events each year, Capital's Summertime Ball and Capital's Jingle Bell Ball . Capital Dance
348-460: A 24-hour station, dropping its simulcast of LBC, but otherwise keeping the same format of rolling twenty minute bulletins, but with a UK wide focus. Its news presenters include Lisa Aziz and Martin Stanford , whilst John Kettley is one of the weather presenters. Radio X (formerly XFM) broadcasts alternative rock and independent music. It began officially in 1997 as an independent London station, it
435-513: A Break. Q began as a music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. Originally it was to be called Cue (named after the act of cueing a record to play). However the name was changed so that it would not be mistaken for a snooker magazine. The Q music brand has expanded to Radio and Television, with Q Radio and Q TV being music entertainment that specialises in indie, rock and alternative. Q also holds annual music awards in
522-561: A Global Player stream) and Smooth Chill , the successor to Chill . A pop-up digital Christmas music station, Smooth Christmas, was operated by R&S in the run-up to Christmas of 2011 and 2012, and having not run in 2013 was revived by Global in 2014 but was in 2015. In 2016, Smooth Christmas was not revived, instead Heart Extra Xmas, a pop-up digital Christmas music station, appeared from 12 November 2016 until 27 December 2016. It returned on 9 November 2017. Heart 80s launched in March 2017;
609-497: A brand licence by Communicorp ) has also reintroduced local programming. Classic FM is a classical music station broadcast nationally on FM and DAB , and also available on Freesat , Sky , Freeview and Virgin Media . It is one of three Independent National Radio franchises, and the only one to broadcast on FM. On 3 January 2024 it was announced that Dan Walker was joining to host Classic FM's breakfast show. Acquired as part of
696-470: A daily morning show) ceasing. However these were subsequently switched off as part of Global's decision to withdraw from AM broadcasting - the last to go being Greater Manchester at the end of April 2024. A number of areas gained or regained Gold as a DAB service in September 2015 in space vacated by XFM, following XFM's move from local to national transmission as Radio X. This was then in turn superseded by
783-645: A further three with Global Radio ; the firm was also formerly a minority partner (of Wireless Group ) for local services in three further areas. Bauer operates the following DAB multiplexes: Bauer has a 30% holding in Sound Digital , operator of the second national commercial DAB multiplex to launch in the UK; this began transmissions in spring 2016 and several Bauer stations broadcast on it, some transferred from other multiplexes. The other partners are Wireless Group (30%) and Arqiva (40%). Bauer's wholly owned digital multiplexes are primarily located in areas where
870-557: A larger Heart Network that covers most of southern England and parts of North Wales – the stations which would become Heart in the North were acquired later. The remaining stations briefly formed The Hit Music Network before being merged with the Galaxy network and Capital London into the Capital network. On 25 June 2012, Global acquired GMG Radio for a sum thought to be between £50 and £70 million; it continued to be run separately while
957-533: A national network strategy, including Capital , Heart , Gold , Classic FM , Smooth and LBC . Global is also one of the leading out-of-home advertising (OOH) companies in the UK. Global was founded by Ashley Tabor-King in 2007, with financial backing from his father Michael Tabor , and purchased Chrysalis Radio, where Global took control of the radio brands Heart, Galaxy, LBC and The Arrow. A year later on 31 October 2008 Global Radio officially took control of all GCap Media and its brands. The GCap Media name
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#17328549129791044-415: A newspaper in 1955. The brand now has an online presence and is a digital business, with sub-brands including MCN compare, a motorcycle insurance comparison service and MCN classified Bikes for Sale. MCN covers news on all major motorcycle sporting events as well as bike and equipment tests. Parker's Car Guide is a monthly magazine and, more recently, a website listing prices for new and used cars in
1131-568: A number of big Hollywood roles. Wilson was awarded A$ 4,567,472. The award consisted of $ 650,000 in general damages and $ 3,917,472 in special damages. Wilson's lawyer Richard Leder, said "Today's verdict is a significant record — it's about four times the highest previous verdict in a defamation case in Australia". While the guilty defamation decision stands the amount of payment was later appealed and reduced. Wilson announced in July 2018 she will be taking
1218-476: A number of puzzle magazines. In 1987, Bella was H Bauer's first venture into publishing in the UK. In 1990, H Bauer launched a weekly women's magazine named Take a Break . H Bauer also has a sister title, that's life! that launched in 1995. The H Bauer Publishing brand also includes puzzle magazines that carry the Take a Break name. In 1991, Bauer launched its first TV listings publishing with
1305-401: A period of ten years. This comprises seven decade-themed services and dedicated classic-rock and country stations. The network is aimed at 35- to 54-year-olds. The brand, combined with other Bauer brands, has additional stations available online with a single premium subscription: Seasonal: Former: The brand, combined with other Bauer brands, has additional stations available online with
1392-573: A radio portfolio of national radio brands such as KISS FM UK and Magic , and regional radio brands across major UK cities. In 2013, Bauer Media also acquired the Absolute Radio Group from the publishers of The Times of India . Bauer Media also formerly broadcast TV music channels including The Box TV, in a joint venture with Channel 4 . In the UK Bauer Media is the sister company of H Bauer Publishing, who publish titles including Take
1479-590: A regulatory review was conducted. In May 2013, the Competition Commission ruled that Global would be required to sell seven stations across the network. The company initially offered to dispose of three stations, Real XS in Manchester and Scotland, and Gold in the East Midlands, to try to prevent the sale of the seven stations mentioned in the ruling. When this failed Global Radio launched an appeal against
1566-724: A separate station owned by Communicorp as XS Manchester . Most of the Gold AM stations switched to taking the Smooth London/Network output; all but one no longer broadcasts on that platform. It was announced in June 2015 that Darren Singer would be appointed as Global's chief financial officer. In February 2017, Global changed its company name from 'This is Global Limited' to 'Global Media & Entertainment Limited'. It also changed all its social media handles from 'thisisglobal' to 'global' and its web domain to global.com. Global also combined
1653-518: A single national breakfast show for each network, whilst Smooth kept its regional breakfast shows, instead turning its drive time show national. Capital's new breakfast show launched in April with Roman Kemp, Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden launched in June and Smooth Drivetime with Angie Grieves launched in September. In September 2019, it was announced that Quidem, the owners of Banbury Sound , Rugby FM and Touch FM had entered into
1740-467: A single premium subscription: Seasonal: Pop-Up: From 7 May 2021, the brand, combined with other Bauer brands, has additional stations available online with a single premium subscription: Current: Seasonal: Former: A network similar to Absolute, dedicated to rock music. From 7 May 2021, the brand, combined with other Bauer brands, has additional stations available online with a single premium subscription: Current: Former: The KISS network
1827-824: A social media research company. In Touch Weekly , a celebrity/entertainment weekly magazine, was introduced in the U.S. in November 2002. It was the first launch of a new celebrity magazine in the U.S. in more than a decade and ranks in the top 10 magazines sold at retail in the country, according to the Alliance for Audited Media . The company debuted Life & Style Weekly , a celebrity and fashion weekly, in 2004. Adding its third celebrity weekly in October 2013, Bauer Media introduced an American edition of Closer Weekly , geared towards women 40+. All three entertainment titles were awarded with Media Industry Newsletter's "Hottest Launch of
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#17328549129791914-533: A week later on 16 October. Since 2014, LBC has been broadcasting nationally on DAB, television and Global Player, and FM in London only. On 28 October 2019, what had been LBC London News changed its name to LBC News; since that date, it has been available on DAB+ via the D1 multiplex nationwide, using the space vacated by Radio X switching to DAB+. It continued to broadcast on 1152 AM in London until October 2024. It has reverted to
2001-467: A women's magazine. Alliance for Audited Media reports that Woman's World and First for Women are the #1 and #2 selling magazines at retail, respectively. The company's popular teen brands include Twist , launched in 1997; J-14 , launched in 1999; M , launched in 2000; Girls' World ; launched in 2013, and Animal Tales , launched in 2014. J-14 ranks in the top five media brands for social media presence among all publishers according to Shareablee,
2088-573: Is a German multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Hamburg . It operates worldwide and owns more than 600 magazines, over 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV stations, as well as print shops, postal, distribution and marketing services. Bauer has a workforce of approximately 11,000 in 17 countries. Bauer Verlagsgruppe has been managed by five generations of the Bauer family. In November 2010, Heinz Heinrich's daughter Yvonne Bauer became CEO and 85% owner of
2175-466: Is a brand that specialises in rock music. It was originally a magazine with Kerrang! Radio being launched in 2004. Bauer acquired the Kerrang! brand in 2008, which also included music channel Kerrang! TV (existing as part of The Box Plus Network ). As of 2005, all of Kerrang! TV's programme content is music videos, the majority of which is open scheduled for text requests from their playlist. In April 2017,
2262-458: Is a contemporary radio station which currently broadcasts in numerous areas of England, Wales and central Scotland, alongside a digital UK-wide version . The network began with a single regional station in the West Midlands and subsequently a second station in London. The third station, Heart 106 in the East Midlands (previously Century 106) was sold to Orion Media and run as a franchise retaining
2349-661: Is a national digital radio station operated as a spin-off from the main Capital station. The station broadcasts from studios at Leicester Square in London alongside its sister stations Capital and Capital XTRA. The station predominantly plays contemporary electronic dance music. An urban music station based in London, originally named Choice FM. Until Summer 2010 it was sold as part of the Galaxy network for marketing purposes only, but retained its own separate branding and programming. From then on, with Galaxy ultimately absorbed into Capital, Choice
2436-430: Is aimed at a young 15-34 audience and plays predominantly rhythmic (dance/urban) music. From 7 May 2021, the brand, combined with other Bauer brands, has additional stations available online with a single premium subscription:. Current: Seasonal: Former: The brand, combined with other Bauer brands, has additional stations available online with a single premium subscription: Current: Seasonal: From 7 May 2021,
2523-593: The COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand . This led to the suspension of several titles including Woman's Day , New Zealand Woman's Weekly , the New Zealand Listener , The Australian Women's Weekly , North & South , Next , Metro , Air New Zealand 's inflight magazine Kia Ora , and Your Home & Garden , leaving about 200 former employees unemployed. While Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi said that
2610-476: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) began an investigation into these purchases, which found that a substantial lessening of competition had occurred in the marketplace for advertising. The CMA considered enforcing a partial divestment by Bauer, but in March 2020 instead made a 'behavioural remedy' ruling which accepted Bauer's proposal to pass a certain amount of advertising business to competing stations for
2697-471: The Royal Albert Hall . It also produces its own Global Awards, which recognizes the most popular songs across its radio stations. In March 2018, Global launched a new awards show (The Global Awards) celebrating the stars of music, news and entertainment across genres in the UK and from around the world. The Global Academy UTC opened on 12 September 2016 and is sponsored by Global and University of
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2784-653: The 22 victims. In March 2023, Bauer announced that all its radio stations and audio content across Europe would be available in once place, named Rayo. Rayo offers an app and a website, replacing its existing radio station apps and the Planet Radio website. In August 2023, the Amazon Alexa "skill" for listening to the radio stations offered through Planet Radio was changed to instead play through Rayo. Bauer Media Group Heinrich Bauer Publishing ( German : Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG ), trading as Bauer Media Group ,
2871-697: The Arts London . It is located on the site of the Old Vinyl Factory in Hayes, Hillingdon . On 20 January 2017, The Global Academy was officially opened by the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry . Two Breakfast shows from the Global brands were broadcasting Live from the academy, Heart London Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Emma Bunton and Nick Ferrari on LBC . All of Global's stations broadcast news updates under
2958-668: The Bauer City portfolio, with Gem introducing a version of the City sonic logo device to its presentation from August 2016. On 16 August 2018, Bauer announced that it had bought Jazz FM for an undisclosed sum. In February and March 2019, Bauer purchased Lincs FM Group , Celador and the local stations owned by Wireless Group , and the following month Bauer purchased the ten FM stations owned by UKRD , together with UKRD's 50% share in First Radio Sales Limited. In August of that year,
3045-592: The Bauer Media Group after joining the family business in 2005. In February 2021, Bauer Media Group announced it was to acquire Ireland's Communicorp Group , subject to regulatory approval. The acquisition was completed on 1 June 2021. Originally a small printing house in Germany, Bauer Media Group entered the UK with the launch of Bella magazine in 1987. Under the name of H Bauer Publishing they became Britain's third largest publisher. Bauer further expanded in
3132-664: The Bauer Place brand, while national stations such as Kiss, Kerrang and The Hits would come under Bauer Passion. The Big City Network identity was dropped as part of the restructuring. In April 2013, Bauer announced it would merge its two North East England stations, Metro Radio and TFM . The stations broadcast shared programming from Newcastle and Manchester while carrying separate branding, news bulletins and advertising. In September 2014, Bauer announced it would be restructuring its radio portfolio as from January 2015. Magic AM in England
3219-482: The Capital Radio Group, which through mergers subsequently became part of GCap Media and later Global Radio . The 'CE' multiplexes take their name from the initials of C apital and E map, and have not been renamed despite the identity changes of both operators. CE Digital operate the following DAB multiplexes: In 2008 Radio City 2 started annually releasing hundreds of balloons (with messages attached) from
3306-420: The Global team in order to continue to grow Global's presence in the digital audio and podcasting space. On 22 February 2022 Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel announced they were joining Global to launch a new podcast. On 30 August 2022 The News Agents launched as a daily podcast presented by Emily Maitlis , Jon Sopel , and Lewis Goodall . Episodes are released every weekday afternoon. On 26 May 2023, it
3393-477: The Government could have provided financial relief through a wage subsidy scheme or the business finance guarantee, the company had not sought it. Many of the magazines previously owned by Bauer publish articles on the website Noted (noted.co.nz). In June 2020, Bauer Media Australia was sold to Mercury Capital . In September 2020, Bauer Media Australia was rebranded as Are Media . In 2017, Bauer Media Group
3480-794: The Heart name until the start of 2011, when it was rebranded as Gem 106 . In 2009 many of the heritage CHR stations which had formed part of the One Network were renamed Heart, as were Ocean and South Hams Radio (which were not part of the One Network). Heart Hertfordshire is owned by Communicorp and uses the Heart name and format under licence from Global; Heart South Devon was partly owned by UKRD Group; and Heart stations in North Wales and Yorkshire (both formerly Real Radio licences) are operated by Communicorp; all other Heart stations are wholly Global-owned. All of
3567-643: The Portuguese market. Bauer Media Group held a 50% stake in the British television company The Box Plus Network until the other owner, British broadcaster Channel Four Television Corporation, bought the whole stake in January 2019. In September 2012, Bauer Media bought ACP Magazines (formerly Australian Consolidated Press ) from London-based private equity firm, CVC Capital Partners and Australian media company Nine Entertainment for an estimated A$ 500 million, completing
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3654-712: The Real Radio stations were rebranded as Heart on 6 May 2014. Heart is also available on DAB in some areas where there is not a local Heart station on FM; these areas generally receive Heart UK , which is a relay of Heart London. Heart has five sister stations: Heart 70s , Heart 80s , Heart 90s , Heart 00s and Heart Dance . On 11 April 2023, it was announced that Heart Scotland would reintroduce local breakfast, daytime and weekend shows as part of an expansion of Global's Scottish radio operations. This saw drive time presenters Des Clarke and Jennifer Reoch move to Breakfast. Sister station Capital Scotland (owned and operated under
3741-544: The Real stations were renamed Heart and carried the Heart network off-peak programming as provided by Global. Global retained control of all other stations, relaunching the existing Heart North West and Wales as Capital to allow Real North Wales (under Communicorp) to take on the Heart affiliation. Real XS in Paisley was retained by Global and joined the XFM network; Real XS in Manchester is still
3828-543: The Smooth areas had previously been Jazz FM stations, and three had originally been Saga stations; the North-East service launched as Smooth on a licence originally awarded to Saga. LBC is a news and talk radio station, focusing on stories and issues from across the UK and internationally by phone-in discussion programmes. It launched on 8 October 1973 as the UK's first licensed commercial radio station, with Capital Radio launching
3915-441: The UK with the purchase of Emap Consumer Media and Emap Radio in 2008. In the UK there are two divisions of the Bauer Media Group. The original UK business trades as H Bauer Publishing. Its sister company is known as Bauer Media (Bauer Consumer Media Ltd) with CEO Paul Keenan. Titles include women's weekly and TV listings magazines Bella , Take a Break , that's life! , TV Choice and Total TVGuide along with
4002-412: The UK, known as Q Awards . In spring 2010, Bauer attempted to unilaterally impose a new contract on all photographers and writers, which was set to take away their copyright and off-load liability for libel or copyright infringement from the publisher onto the contributor. 200 photographers and writers from Q and Bauer's other music magazines, Kerrang! and Mojo , were reported as refusing to work under
4089-430: The UK. It was founded in 1972 and is the longest-running print price guide in the UK. The website was launched in 1999 and it provides news, advice information as well as cars for sale and additional services such as insurance, to car buyers. AM (Automotive Management) , together with its online counterpart has been a source of news, insight and analysis for the UK automotive industry since 1990. Pregnancy & Birth
4176-559: The Year" award in their respective launch years. Closer Weekly tied for the title with Dr. Oz The Good Life in the 2014 ceremony. Bauer Media US launched Bauer Xcel Media, a digital division, in August 2014. In 2018, Bauer sold all but its women's magazines and iD to American Media, Inc. It sold its remaining American titles ( Woman's World , First for Women , Soaps in Depth ) in 2022 to
4263-452: The biggest networked commercial radio chart show, The Official Vodafone Big Top 40 , produced by Global's Capital . The move led to Global discontinuing the Sunday evening show for all stations outside of their own Heart and Capital networks, on which the show continues to air. On 26 February 2019, Global Radio announced plans to replace the regional breakfast shows on Capital and Heart with
4350-421: The brand, combined with other Bauer brands, has additional stations available online with a single premium subscription:. Current: Seasonal: Former: The brand, combined with other Bauer brands, has additional stations available online with a single premium subscription: Bauer is a partner in one of the UK's national commercial multiplexes, operates twelve wholly owned local DAB multiplexes, and jointly owns
4437-620: The company announced it was about to buy Mediatakojat Oy in Finland (owner of Radio Pori 89.4 and Radio City Mikkeli) and moved into the Irish market by buying Denis O'Brien's Communicorp group. In February 2022, Media Capital Group in Portugal announced that it had come to an agreement with the Bauer Group to sell all their radio stations for around 70 million Euros, marking the entry of the Bauer Group into
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#17328549129794524-471: The company now known as A360media . Global Radio Global Media & Entertainment Limited , trading as Global , is a British media company formed in 2007. It is the owner of the largest commercial radio company in Europe having expanded through a number of historical acquisitions, including Chrysalis Radio, GCap Media and GMG Radio . Global owns and operates seven core radio brands, all employing
4611-409: The conversion of these stations to DAB+ in 2019 permitted the launch of further stations including Heart Dance , Heart 70s , Heart 90s , followed by Heart 00s in 2022 and Heart 10s , Heart Musicals & Heart Love in 2024 as part of Global's network expansion on 12th September. PopBuzz is a cultural platform of interviews, articles, podcast, videos, and GIFs, combined with a music stream of
4698-653: The decision and was considering it further. On 6 February 2014, it was announced that a number of stations would be sold to the Irish broadcaster Communicorp , with programming generally to be supplied by Global under contract. The deal involved control of Smooth Radio in the North East, the North West and the West Midlands, of Capital in South Wales and Scotland, of Real Radio in North Wales and Yorkshire, and of Real XS in Manchester. Most stayed under their previous brands though
4785-514: The decision. The appeal was based on three grounds: (a) Real and Smooth as alternatives to the Greater Manchester stations, (b) reliance on "significant adverse effects" in the North-West (c) Global's remedy proposal (see above). The appeal was rejected on all grounds and the company must sell the seven stations it was ordered to in the original judgement, Global said it was disappointed with
4872-505: The end of 2014 to broadcast nationally on Digital One (in the slot previously occupied by the network Smooth Radio service) with a 'melodic music from past decades' format (some programming is simulcast with Smooth London ). A previous plan to launch a service of "music from the 70s, 80s and 90s" in the Digital One capacity ultimately did not go ahead. Smooth added two further digital siblings on 3 September 2019; Smooth Country (previously
4959-526: The fastest trending tracks in social media with digital goodness from around the web. It also has an online radio station called PopBuzz Radio. PopBuzz podcast is released weekly. PopBuzz Presents, introduced in 2017, is an original live program produced in partnership with Twitter . Founded in 2014, the site is targeted to millennials and Gen Zs . Global produce over 150 events for its radio brands annually. These include Capital's Summertime Ball and Jingle Bell Ball , Heart Live and Classic FM Live at
5046-519: The firm operates local FM stations; the original group of Bauer (formerly Emap) DAB multiplexes are located in the following areas: As part of Emap's takeover of Scottish Radio Holdings, the firm gained control of Score Digital, the DAB multiplex operator owned by SRH. Competition guidelines required the merged firm to divest of one of the multiplexes obtained in this deal, and so the Ayr multiplex formerly run by Score
5133-532: The first week of September 2024, Global announced that they would introduce an additional twelve radio stations, via a week long advertisement campaign on their social media pages. Additional spin-off stations of Heart, Capital, Radio X and Classic FM would be introduced on the 12th September 2024. This brings the total number of stations operated by Global up to 33. The Capital network consists of eleven contemporary hit stations which currently broadcast in numerous areas of England, Wales and central Scotland, alongside
5220-482: The launch of TV Quick magazine. (Prior to the de-regulation of TV listings in March 1991, BBC listings had been restricted by law to Radio Times and ITV/Channel 4 listings to TV Times .) TV Quick ceased publication in July 2010. In 1999 H Bauer launched TV Choice at a much lower price point than other titles on the market. TV Choice overtook its main competitor in the February 2008 audited ABCs and has been
5307-450: The magazine was sold to Mixmag's publisher Wasted Talent with Kerrang! TV/The Box Plus Network coming under the full ownership of Channel 4 in January 2019. Mother and Baby is parenting website and set of awards aimed at helping parents with advice and product reviews that help them buy well. The Debrief was an online magazine aimed at ABC1 women in their 20s launched in 2014 in competition with Mail Online and Stylist . It
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#17328549129795394-482: The matter further to a higher court in Australia. Bauer Media Group entered the US market in 1981 with the launch of Woman's World magazine. Bauer Media Group USA had a portfolio of 13 magazines, five special interest publications and 16 websites across several distinct consumer segments: celebrity/entertainment, women's, teen and science/technology. In 1989, the company introduced its second publication, First for Women ,
5481-498: The name Global's Newsroom. Local and national bulletins are produced and Global's Newsroom also provides the news to Global's news station LBC. In terms of weekly audience reach, Global's Newsroom is the second largest news broadcaster in the UK, second only to the BBC. The Global Awards which started on 1 March 2018 are held by Global and reward music played on its own stations. The Global Awards returned in 2019. Global's Make Some Noise
5568-458: The network programming feed continue as previously provided under Gold, and the former Gold stations in Wales continue to offer a four-hour local show as Smooth Wales . Three Gold areas where Smooth is already provided on FM – London, Manchester and the East Midlands – retained a reduced Gold service on AM and (bar Manchester, where capacity is unavailable) local DAB, with most presented shows (aside from
5655-411: The new terms. In 2020, Q magazine was scrapped alongside sister publication Planet Rock (joining real-life publication Simply You , Practical Photography and car magazine Modern Classics as titles closed by Bauer) as a buyer could not be found to continue the publication beyond issue Q415, with Kelsey Media deciding to buy Sea Angler , Car Mechanics and Your Horse instead. Kerrang!
5742-446: The number one weekly newsstand magazine in the UK since. In September 2003, H Bauer launched Total TV Guide to cover the increasing number of programmes available on Freeview and satellite or cable services. Bauer Media is a multi-platform media group, with locations across the UK. Following their purchase of Emap in 2007, The Bauer Media Group acquired a collection of media brands. This includes heat and Grazia as well as
5829-532: The planned mass balloon release at midnight on 22 December. The balloon release went ahead. Two diving journalists contacted Radio City 2's owner, Bauer Media Group , asking for the practice to be stopped. Bauer Media confirmed that no company within the Group would conduct a balloon release in the future. An exception to this was made by Key 103 on 24 May 2017, two days after the Manchester Arena bombing , in memory of
5916-739: The purchase the following month. This purchase included the Australian Women's Weekly , Cleo , Cosmo , Harper's Bazaar , Women's Day , and Zoo magazines. As a result, ACP Magazines was rebranded as Bauer Media. In March 2020, Bauer bought Pacific Magazines from Seven West Media ; acquiring New Idea , Who , Diabetic Living , Men's Health , Women's Health , Better Homes & Gardens and Girlfriend . On 2 April 2020, Bauer Media Group announced that it would wind up its New Zealand magazine titles in direct response to magazines having been stopped from being published under New Zealand's Level 4 restrictions in response to
6003-471: The roof of the Radio City Tower "in memory of loved ones that we miss at Christmas time." This practice continued on an annual basis until December 2016. It ended because the helium-filled balloons caused widespread litter and were dangerous for animals to eat. On 22 December 2016, Radio City 2 and presenter Pete Price were contacted by numerous scuba divers and members of the public urging them to cancel
6090-517: The sale of Emap's radio assets to Bauer, the blocks were renamed again as UTV-Bauer. Bauer owned 30 per cent of the UTV-Bauer venture, but sold its stake in November 2013. Now wholly owned by Bauer Radio following the sale of the Wireless local stations in 2019. Bauer and Global Radio jointly own CE Digital Ltd, each holding 50% of the venture. The CE operation was established by Emap in partnership with
6177-470: The takeover of Real & Smooth Ltd, Smooth Radio broadcasts soft adult contemporary music on FM in six areas, and from March 2014 on MW in a number of areas previously served by Gold. After taking over Smooth, Global reversed the "national" format that Smooth had taken in 2010 – whereby a network version of the station was broadcast nationally on DAB with all English FM stations sharing this content – and reintroduced local breakfast and drivetime shows. Two of
6264-672: The three sub-companies, Global Radio, Global Entertainment and Global Television into just 'Global'. On 1 March 2018, Global launched a brand new awards show called The Global Awards celebrating the stars of music, news & entertainment across genres in the UK and from around the world. It took place at London's Eventim Apollo . In September 2018, Global announced the double acquisition of two key outdoor companies, Primesight and Outdoor Plus, creating Global's Outdoor Division. The acquisitions were rumoured to be worth several hundred million pounds. On 19 September 2018, rival commercial radio group Bauer announced that they were pulling out of
6351-487: The transmission of Gold nationally over Digital One in the DAB+ format from 2019, with most of the prior Gold capacity outside London reallocated to Smooth Country. With the closure of Gold's last AM transmission in 2024, Gold Radio - as the station was officially rebranded that year - is now a digital-only offering. Global currently operates five stations exclusively broadcast via web-based platforms: Smooth Extra launched at
6438-573: Was a British magazine aimed at pregnant women . It was part of the Bauer Media Group. It gave out information about pregnancy, products for pregnant women, and it shares other women's stories of childbirth experiences. Between January and June 2011, Pregnancy & Birth had a circulation of 26,775 copies. Bauer Media currently has radio operations in the UK, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. It operates over 150 radio brands, including Absolute Radio, KISS, Hits Radio Network, Magic, RMF, and Mix Megapol. In 2021,
6525-399: Was a separate station within Global's line-up. On 7 October 2013 Choice FM was rebranded as Capital XTRA and made available nationally via DAB radio. Capital Xtra Reloaded broadcasts from Birmingham and is available on DAB+ on Sound Digital and online via Global Player. Its output consists primarily of hip-hop, dance, garage, R&B and grime classics from the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Heart
6612-416: Was announced that a weekly US version of the podcast would launch on 20 June. The News Agents USA is hosted by Maitlis and Sopel. On 29 September 2023, Global announced a further spin-off podcast, The News Agents Investigates , would launch on 1 October and be presented by Goodall. In March 2024, Simon Pitts was appointed Group Chief Executive of Global Media. He will take up his role in early 2025. In
6699-402: Was closed in 2018. Empire is a monthly film magazine. Launched in the UK in 1989, it is now also published in the US, Australia, Turkey, Russia and Portugal. Its annual Empire Awards are voted for by its readers. Closer was launched by Bauer Media in 2002. It specialises mainly in celebrity news and gossip, real-life stories and television/entertainment. The UK edition of Grazia
6786-691: Was dropped at this time. The GCap purchase gave Global the network of FM stations which GCap had operated as The One Network (many of which are now part of the Heart or Capital networks), plus Classic FM , XFM , Choice FM , Gold and Chill . Following the acquisition of GCap Media, Global was required to sell off a number of stations in the Midlands. The stations were bought by Orion Media , headed by Phil Riley, former Chief Executive of Chrysalis Radio. Heritage local radio stations in areas not already served by Heart FM were gradually rebranded and incorporated into
6873-497: Was dropped in favour of the stations reverting to their heritage station names. The stations then formed part of the new 'City 2' network serving both Scotland and Northern England. A 'City 3' network on DAB, replacing The Hits Radio in most areas, launched on 19 January 2015. As part of this restructuring, the Place and Passion network banners introduced in 2011 were replaced by the Bauer City and Bauer National divisions. The 'City 3' network
6960-449: Was launched in 2005 as the first glossy woman's weekly magazine in the country. Launched in 1999, heat is a British celebrity weekly. Its main focus is celebrity interviews, gossip, fashion advice and entertainment. Yours is a fortnightly lifestyle magazine and website targeting women aged 50 and over, launched in 1974. It covers issues including health, relevant news, fashion and beauty. Motor Cycle News ( MCN ) launched as
7047-653: Was originally a standalone station Fortune 1458 and Lite AM before becoming part of the Big-AM and later Capital Gold networks. In the West Midlands, after the divesture of some radio holdings to Orion Media , the Gold brand continued as a franchise, however, in late 2012 these stations were rebranded as Free Radio 80s and no longer carried Gold network programming. Most Gold stations on AM/local DAB transferred to receive their network programming provision from Smooth Radio on 24 March 2014; local news, travel and advertising drop-ins into
7134-535: Was purchased by Capital Radio Group (now Global) in 1998. Radio X is available nationally on DAB+ digital radio, Global Player, Virgin Media channel 960, Sky channel 113, and on FM in London 104.9 and Manchester 97.7. Gold is a national DAB station mostly playing music from the 1950s to the 1980s, which grew out of a network of AM and later DAB stations. Many of these were the AM sister stations to heritage CHR stations which are now Heart or Capital stations, though Gold Manchester
7221-585: Was renamed to Bauer Radio Limited . Emap's assets included national stations Kiss , Kerrang! and Magic , and local stations under the Big City Network brand in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. These included 22 local FM stations in Scotland which Emap had bought from Scottish Radio Holdings in 2005. In April 2011, Bauer Radio announced it would be restructuring its radio portfolio into two divisions. Stations linked to geographic areas would come under
7308-452: Was reported in local media in some areas. Planet Rock and Absolute 80s on D1 began broadcasting just a retune message loop from 18 April, and the switch-off occurred on 30 April. On 6 May 2016, Bauer announced it had bought Midlands radio group Orion Media for an undisclosed amount, reportedly between £40 and £50 million. It was subsequently confirmed that Orion's stations Free Radio (West Midlands) and Gem (East Midlands) would become part of
7395-433: Was sold on to Arqiva . The remaining Score multiplexes have since been relabelled as Bauer multiplexes. The ex-Score DAB multiplexes are located in: The Wireless Group and Emap entered into a venture to run the following three DAB multiplexes. These multiplexes were initially branded as TWG-Emap multiplexes; following the sale of TWG to UTV (creating UTV Radio ), the multiplexes were relabelled as UTV-Emap, and following
7482-559: Was successfully sued by the Australian actor Rebel Wilson for defamation in the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. This was the biggest payout for defamation of its kind in Australian legal history. Bauer Media Group allegedly printed a series of lies and false articles against the actress in an attempt to defame her. This reportedly led to the actress being overlooked for
7569-502: Was withdrawn in favour of reverting to the networked The Hits service from September 2017. At the beginning of March 2016, Bauer moved two of its stations, Planet Rock and Absolute 80s, from Digital One onto the Sound Digital multiplex, reducing the availability of these stations (areas including East Anglia, the South West, parts of Kent, Cumbria, and large areas of Wales and Scotland had no Sound Digital network transmitters). The issue
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