Classic Gold

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Classic Gold is one of the biggest 'gold' formatted radio networks in the United Kingdom, with a potential audience of 47 million. Classic Gold is broadcast on both analogue and DAB digital platforms.

Most stations were originally the medium wave services of Independent Local Radio stations. For example, Classic Gold 1359 in Coventry was originally part of Mercia Sound and was a full local service.

In the 1980s, FM/AM stations split (in this case to Mercia FM and Xtra AM), before the station was bought by GWR radio, and the AM station rebranded to Classic Gold. Mercia FM is still on air today.

The format is now owned and operated by UBC, and most stations in the network carry the same programming, except for a local 4-hour afternoon programme from 3pm to 7pm. The stations were previously part of the GWR network, but were sold off as competition rules limited the number of stations a company could own.

Additionally the AM service operated by UTV Radio in West Yorkshire - Pulse Classic Gold carries programming supplied by the Classic Gold network (with additional localisation and programmes), although it is not owned by UBC.

1 Programmes
2 Presenters
3 Past Presenters
4 Regional stations
5 External links

The Even Tastier Breakfast
The Graham Rogers Morning Show
Classic Gold Drivetime (local programme)
Paul Baker's Evening Show
Classic Gold Late Night
The Retro Countdown
Classic Gold Albums

Paul Baker
Tony Blackburn
Paul Burnett
Matthew Hardy
Erika North
Gary Crowley
Graham Rogers
Sandy Warr
Trevor Dann
Mark Dennison
Chris Hawkins

There are 20 stations in the UBC Classic Gold Network:

Classic Gold 1152, Plymouth
Classic Gold 1260, Bristol and Bath
Classic Gold 1332, Peterborough
Classic Gold 1359, Coventry and Warwickshire
Classic Gold 1431/1485, Reading
Classic Gold 1557, Northampton
Classic Gold 666/954, Exeter and Torbay
Classic Gold 774, Gloucester
Classic Gold 828, Bournemouth
Classic Gold 828/792, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire
Classic Gold 936/1161, Swindon and West Wiltshire
Classic Gold Amber 1152, Norfolk and north Suffolk
Classic Gold Amber 1170/1251, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds
Classic Gold 1359/1431, Essex
Classic Gold Digital, London and various regions. Across Europe on Sky Digital 0189.
Classic Gold GEM, Nottingham and Derby
Classic Gold Marcher 1260, Wrexham and Chester
Classic Gold 990/1017, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and Telford
Classic Gold Digital 1521, Reigate and Crawley

In addition, the UTV Radio-owned Pulse Classic Gold in West Yorkshire broadcasts programming supplied by the network, with additional localisation and programmes specific to West Yorkshire.