Bauer Media Audio UK
UK-based radio division of the Bauer Media Group
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| September 16 2024 | Scala Radio was relaunched as Magic Classical. |
| April 2024 | Rebranded most Hits Radio network stations, with only Scottish stations like Clyde 1 retaining their heritage names. |
| January 2024 | Wave 105, a local radio station covering the south coast, merged into Greatest Hits Radio South. |
| August 2023 | Amazon Alexa 'skill' for Planet Radio was updated to redirect radio station listening through the new Rayo platform. |
| March 2023 | Bauer Media Audio UK announced Rayo, a unified platform consolidating all its radio stations and audio content across Europe into a single app and website, replacing existing individual radio station apps and the Planet Radio website. |
| May 7 2021 | Bauer brands including Jazz FM, Kerrang!, KISS, and others launched additional stations available through a single premium online subscription. |
| 2020 | Launched Hits Radio Pride, a radio station dedicated to playing music for the LGBTQ+ community. |
| May 2020 | Radio City Talk closed due to lack of financial viability, affecting Merseyside and North West radio services. |
| March 2020 | Accepted a 'behavioural remedy' ruling by the Competition and Markets Authority following investigations into previous media purchases, agreeing to pass advertising business to competing stations for ten years. |
| March 2019 | Purchased ten FM stations owned by UKRD, including UKRD's 50% share in First Radio Sales Limited. |
| March 4 2019 | Scala Radio, a classical music national station, began broadcasting digitally on Sound Digital and online. |
| February 2019 | Purchased Lincs FM Group, Celador, and local stations owned by Wireless Group. |
| August 16 2018 | Announced the purchase of Jazz FM for an undisclosed sum. |
| May 24 2017 | Key 103 made an exception to Bauer Media Group's balloon release ban, conducting a release in memory of the 22 victims of the Manchester Arena bombing. |
| December 22 2016 | Despite protests from scuba divers and the public, Radio City 2 conducted its final balloon release at midnight, with presenter Pete Price involved in the event. |
| May 6 2016 | Acquired Midlands radio group Orion Media for an undisclosed amount. Orion's Free Radio and Gem became part of the Bauer City portfolio. |
| March 2016 | Moved Planet Rock and Absolute 80s from Digital One to Sound Digital multiplex, reducing station availability in several regions. |
| January 19 2015 | Launched 'City 3' network on DAB, replacing The Hits Radio in most areas. Replaced Place and Passion network banners with Bauer City and Bauer National divisions. |
| April 2013 | Bauer announced the merger of its two North East England stations, Metro Radio and TFM, with shared programming from Newcastle and Manchester while maintaining separate branding. |
| April 2011 | Bauer Radio restructured its radio portfolio into two divisions: Bauer Place (geographic stations) and Bauer Passion (national stations like Kiss, Kerrang, and The Hits). The Big City Network identity was dropped. |
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