The Radio Partnership
The Radio Partnership was a media company which operated radio stations in the
UK
.
About
Initially, the
East Midland Allied Press in 1996. Ownership rules meant that because they owned Radio Aire in an overlapping area, one of the stations had to be sold, and that was The Pulse and its AM sister station which were purchased in a management buyout from senior staff and ex-Metro Group executives for £4.6m. Under the new company, called The Radio Partnership, became number one in the West Yorkshire radio market for the first time in its history.[1]
The Radio Partnership expanded over the years to include other stations, such as
Signal Radio
in Stoke-on-Trent.
In 1999,
Licence bid
The Radio Partnership was one of 14 applications to broadcast a regional station in the North East. Under the name The Point the group proposed a dance and alternative format for listeners aged 15-30. They were unsuccessful in their bid and the licence was won by
Galaxy format.[5]
References
- ^ "Details of acquisition of The Pulse and FM and AM licence". Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ "Kelvin MacKenzie/Wireless Group buy out details". Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ "Details of management buy-out of The Pulse of West Yorkshire and Giles Squires involvement". Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ "Details of group programmer Lee Cornells involvement". Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ "Radio Partnership licence bid". Retrieved 2010-02-01.