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Big City Network
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Big City Network is the name given to a network of Independent Local Radio stations across Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland all owned by EMAP. Since EMAP's acquisition of Metropolitan Broadcasting in 1998 there has been gradual brand integration such as a standard logo and websites. Also some of the Big City Network stations have sister Magic Radio stations broadcast from the same locations.
All of the former Scottish Radio Holdings were added to the Big City Network on September 28th 2006, branded as Big City Network Scotland and NI although this is thought to be for ease of advertising and all stations still carry their original logos and programming. West Sound is the only AM station in the network.
Big City's biggest rival radio network is GCap Media's The One Network, with over thirty eight local stations.
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| Station name | Based in | Area covered | Sister station |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hallam FM | Sheffield | South Yorkshire | Magic AM |
| Key 103 | Manchester | Greater Manchester/north Cheshire/North Preston | Piccadilly Magic 1152 |
| Metro Radio | Newcastle upon Tyne | Tyne and Wear/north County Durham | Magic 1152 |
| Radio City 96.7 | Liverpool | Merseyside, West Lancashire | Magic 1548 |
| 96.3 Radio Aire | Leeds | West Yorkshire | Magic 828 |
| 97.4 Rock FM | Preston | Lancashire | Magic 999 |
| TFM Radio | Thornaby-on-Tees | Tees Valley/Middlesbrough/North Yorkshire/south County Durham | Magic 1170 |
| 96.9 Viking FM | Kingston upon Hull | East Yorkshire/North Lincolnshire | Magic 1161 |
| CFM Radio | Carlisle | Cumbria and south east Dumfries and Galloway | N/A |
| Station name | Based in | Area covered | Sister station |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cool FM | Newtownards | Greater Belfast | Downtown Radio |
| Downtown Radio | Newtownards | Northern Ireland | Cool FM |
| Station name | Based in | Area covered | Sister station(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102.5 Clyde 1 | Clydebank | Greater Glasgow | Clyde 2 |
| 97.3 Forth One | Edinburgh | Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife | 1548 Forth 2 |
| 97.4 MFR | Inverness | Moray, Orkney and the Highlands | Moray Firth Radio 1107AM |
| Moray Firth Radio 1107AM | Inverness | Moray, Orkney and the Highlands | 97.4 MFR |
| Northsound 1 | Aberdeen | Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire | Northsound 2 |
| Radio Borders | Galashiels | Scottish Borders and North Northumberland | N/A |
| South West Sound FM | Dumfries | Dumfries and Galloway | 96.7 West FM/West Sound |
| 96.7 West FM | Ayr | Ayrshire | West Sound/South West Sound FM |
| West Sound | Ayr | Ayrshire | West FM/South West Sound FM |
| Tay FM | Dundee | Dundee, Angus, Perth and Kinross and Fife | Tay AM |
Emap network some shows across many of their Big City Network stations. These shows include:
- Early Morning Nicksy, (Early Breakfast Show) Weekdays, 2-5am
- Rich & Luce - In Demand, (Current Music Show)Mon-Thurs 7-10pm
- Feel Good Friday with Luce, (Dance Genre Show) Friday 5-10pm
- Hit 40 UK with Lucio, (Chart Show) Sunday 4-7pm
- Nokia Select - (Celebrity Music Show) Sunday 7-8pm