- Galaxy Birmingham
Infobox Radio station
name=Galaxy Birmingham
airdate=1 January 1995
frequency=102.2 MHz
share = 6.1%
share as of = September 2007
share source = [http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php]
area=Birmingham
format = Dance/R'n'B
owner =Global Radio UK
website = [http://www.galaxybirmingham.co.uk www.galaxybirmingham.co.uk]Galaxy Birmingham is a regional
radio station owned byGlobal Radio UK as part of its Galaxy Network of stations specialising indance music andR'n'B . It is based inBirmingham . The studio is at 111 Broad Street in Birmingham, housed in the same building asGlobal Radio UK -owned 100.7 Heart fm &The Arrow - Rock . The FM transmitter is atMetropolitan House (1 Hagley Road) on the A456. It is available on DAB, through the MXR 12A West Midlands multiplex (eight transmitters). Digital broadcasts are strongest fromThe Wrekin and Ilmington in southWarwickshire .The station's former name,
Choice FM , took over the local Birmingham licence ofBuzz FM , which broadcast on 102.4. Choice FM was taken over by theChrysalis Group in January 1999, who changed the station's name. This is the reason that Galaxy Birmingham would appear to be skewed towards RnB as opposed to dance, which is the case on other Galaxy stations and its digital radio service.The show which attracts the most listeners is
Dan Kelly at Breakfast.Fact|date=January 2008.2006 saw Galaxy 102.2 renamed Galaxy Birmingham in line with the rest of the Galaxy stations across the UK.
Current Presenters
Dan Kelly at Breakfast 6am - 10am
Sacha Brooks 10am - 1pm *
Matt Spokes 1pm - 4pm *
Sean Coleman 4pm - 7pm
Dave Kelly 7pm - 10pm *
Adele Roberts 10pm - 1am *
"*" denotes full galaxy network showChrysalis Radio Sold
On the
25 June 2007 it was announced that Galaxy along with its sister stations The Arrow,LBC and Heart were to be sold for £170 million toGlobal Radio UK fromChrysalis Radio . [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/06/25/bcnchrys125.xml Chrysalis sells three radio stations] ]Galaxy Radio Stations
*
Galaxy Radio
*Galaxy Digital
*Galaxy Manchester
*Galaxy North East
*Galaxy Scotland
*Galaxy Yorkshire References
External links
* [http://www.galaxybirmingham.co.uk Galaxy Birmingham website]
* [http://www.galaxyfm.co.uk Galaxy group website]
* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/metropolitan-house.php Metropolitan House transmitter]
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