Galaxy (radio network)
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First air date | 28 April 2008 |
Last air date | 3 January 2011 |
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| Website | Galaxy Radio (Redirects to Capital FM) |
Galaxy was a radio network owned by
Galaxy Scotland (formerly known as XFM Scotland), launched on Saturday 7 November 2008, and Galaxy South Coast (rebranded from Power FM), launched on Saturday 22 November 2008, as the two new radio stations to join the Galaxy Network which was part of Global Radio's plans to simplify radio stations they own and expand other radio stations across the UK.
Galaxy used RCS Selector and Master Control as its music playout system. According to RAJAR figures, Galaxy was the 7th most listened to radio station in the UK.
The network was rebranded and merged with
History
The first Galaxy station, Galaxy Radio was launched in 1990 in
With Galaxy renaming their stations in 2006 to their respective areas of Birmingham, Manchester, North East, Yorkshire and Digital, they introduced a new "Up for It" image but at the same time being a more grown-up station. This is reflective in Galaxy's demographic now increasing from the 15–29 age range to the 15–34 age range.
The owners of Galaxy, Global Radio, did have aims to expand the radio brand across the UK by introducing new stations but only two occurred for Scotland with Galaxy Scotland and for the south coast of England with Galaxy South Coast before it was decided to roll out the Capital FM brand instead.
In August 2009, following
Until 14 November 2010, Galaxy Yorkshire was available on Sky channel 0112 and Virgin Media channel 919. Galaxy was due to be available on various platforms like Freeview, (channel 724) and Freesat. but never came into effect.
Strapline
On Friday 21 March 2008, the radio station has changed their "Passion for Music, Passion for Life" strap-line slogan to "Love Music".
As of 11 July 2010, Galaxy changed its slogan to "TSA's No. 1 Hit Music Station" inline with Capital London.
Revival within Global Player
On 7 July 2023 the Galaxy brand as retired twelve years prior returned to use with the launch of a new 'Live Playlist' stream on
Galaxy Dance Anthems
In 2007, Galaxy released a three disk box set called Galaxy Dance Anthems featuring 50 club classics.
Galaxy Chart Shows
The first chart Galaxy Radio broadcast was
Programming
The Galaxy Network schedule in December 2010 was:
Networked presenters
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Syndicated presenters
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Former presenters
- Miranda Rae (British radio DJ)
Note(s)
- Philippa Collins, Mark Chadwick, Lola Rose-Maxwell and Dan Lee were the voiceover artists on Galaxy.
- The Monday to Friday 0100 – 0400 slot was presented by Tom Ferguson until his departure to Channel 4 Radio.
- Matt Spokes was the presenter of Monday to Saturday afternoons until his departure to Key 103.[3]Interim cover was provided by Sunday afternoon presenter Ant Payne from November 2010 with Payne's original slot covered by various DJ's.
- Michael Blades, Matt Foister, Carl Hughes and Will Smith were cover presenters in the latter half of 2010; with contracted DJ's leaving or absent.
Capital
On 3 January 2011, The Galaxy Network and
References
- ^ Capital FM to replace Galaxy Archived 25 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, RadioToday, 13 September 2010.
- ^ 'Galaxy of Stars' at Global Player
- ^ Matt Spokes leaving Galaxy Archived 27 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Radio Today.
External links
- Capital (was Galaxy)
