Galaxy (radio network)

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Galaxy

Broadcast area	Birmingham, South Wales, County Durham, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Manchester, Northumberland, Glasgow for (Scotland), Tyne and Wear, Yorkshire, UK
Frequency	FM: 100-106 MHz, DAB in some areas, Virgin Media - 919 RDS: _Galaxy_ or Galaxy__
Branding	'*TSA's* No.1 Hit Music Station'
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Rhythmic CHR
Ownership
Owner	Global Radio
Sister stations	Heart, The Hit Music Network
History
First air date	28 April 2008
Last air date	3 January 2011
Links
Website	Galaxy Radio (Redirects to Capital FM)

Galaxy was a radio network owned by Global Radio and broadcast across the British Isles on FM in regional areas of England and Scotland, through the digital platform with Sky and DAB and online respectively. Stations included stations: Galaxy Birmingham, Galaxy Manchester, Galaxy North East, Galaxy Scotland, Galaxy South Coast and Galaxy Yorkshire. Programming was networked throughout the stations from Leeds – excluding weekday breakfast/drivetime and weekend mornings. On Monday 28 April 2008, Galaxy was rebranded as a mainstream station by Creative Spark, with a brand new layout including a fresh logo and a completely new show schedule.

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 The Hit Music Network on 3 January 2011 to form The Capital FM Network, comprising nine stations in London, Scotland, South East Wales, the West & East Midlands and northern & southern England broadcasting under the Capital FM identity.^[1] Local programming on the Hit Music stations is now restricted to daily breakfast and weekday drivetime shows.