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Format
  
Contemporary Hit Radio

Owner
  
Bauer Radio

Language(s)
  
English

Bauer City 1

Broadcast area
  
Northern England, Scotland and the West Midlands

Slogan
  
All The Biggest Hits, All Day Long

Frequency
  
FM: 96.3 - 106.7 MHz DAB

Bauer City 1 is a network of 20 CHR local radio stations in Northern England, Scotland and the West Midlands, owned and operated by Bauer Radio.

Contents

The stations, which carry separate localised branding, air a mix of local and networked music-led programming, alongside local news, travel and sport. The majority of networked programming is produced and broadcast from Key 103 in Manchester and Clyde 1 in Glasgow.

Programming and presenters

Local programming - consisting of at least 12 hours on weekdays and 4 hours on Saturdays and Sundays - is mainly produced and broadcast live from the originating station's studios. The main exception is TFM, which shares all programming with Newcastle-based Metro Radio.

The majority of networked programming is broadcast from Key 103 in Castlefield, Manchester and Clyde 1 in Clydebank, Glasgow. Networked output also originates from Forth 1 in Edinburgh. Apart from some weekend and overnight output, separate networked shows are produced for Scotland and England.

Networked presenters

On 28 July 2015, Bauer announced it would reintroduce further separate programming for Scotland and Northern England, including split editions of Old Skool and Anthems and the weekday evening and Sunday morning shows. The changes were introduced during August 2015.

In February 2017, the Free Radio group of stations in the West Midlands began carrying off-peak programming from the network, replacing most of its own regional output from Birmingham.

Opt-outs and variations

  • Clyde 1 provides live football commentaries throughout the season, alongside a nightly edition of its sports show, Superscoreboard, on weekday evenings from 6-8pm. Clyde 1 also opts out of Floorfillers on Saturday evenings to air The GBXperience.
  • Metro Radio and TFM opt out of the networked late show from Sunday to Thursday nights to air the long-running North East talk show, Night Owls.
  • As of July 2016, Key 103 also airs a local late show on Monday - Thursday nights. Initially airing as a late night talk show, it was replaced six months later by a music-led show.
  • Radio City airs football talk programming - the 'Legends Phone-In' on Monday and Thursday evenings and 'Saints and Snods' on Saturday lunchtime (simulcast with Radio City Talk).
  • The four Free Radio stations in the West Midlands share a regional daytime show on weekdays from 10am-2pm, presented from the Birmingham studios by Dan Morrissey.
  • Forth 1 and Radio Borders air Super Scoreboard sports shows on Saturday afternoons - with the latter providing in-depth rugby union coverage.

    • News

    All stations in the network carry their own local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 9am to 1pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Headlines are broadcast on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins.

    On weekends at 7am & 8am and from 2pm-6pm bespoke networked bulletins air. These are produced by Clyde 1 for all the Scottish stations, while Key 103's newsroom produces bulletins for the English stations. At all other times, mainly evening & overnight, hourly national bulletins originate from Sky News Radio.

    References

    Bauer City 1 Wikipedia
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