Gold (British radio network)

Gold Radio
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
Frequency
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatOldies
Ownership
OwnerGlobal
History
First air date
3 August 2007 (2007-08-03)
Former names
Gold
Former frequencies
945 AM
(Derbyshire)
999 AM
(Nottinghamshire)
1152 AM (Norfolk and Suffolk
1332 AM (Cambridgeshire)
1458 AM (Manchester)
1548 AM
(London)
1557 AM (Northamptonshire)
Links
WebcastGlobal Player
WebsiteGold

Gold Radio is a network of oldies radio stations in the United Kingdom, which was formed by the merger of the Capital Gold network and the Classic Gold network in August 2007. The station relaunched in March 2014 as a partly-automated service, broadcasting in fewer areas, after many of Gold's local AM/DAB frequencies were transferred to Smooth Radio. Most programming is broadcast from the Global Radio studios in Leicester Square, London.

The station ceased broadcasting on AM in London on 29 September 2023 leaving Manchester as the only area receiving Gold on analogue radio. On 12 April 2024 the Gold website posted that the final AM transmitter would close at the end of the month.[1][2]

As of September 2024, the network broadcasts to a combined weekly audience of 1.8 million, according to RAJAR.[3]

  1. ^ "Do you listen to Gold on AM in Manchester? Here's how to keep tuning in". Gold. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Gold to lose its London 1548 frequency ahead of 50th anniversary". RadioToday. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  3. ^ "RAJAR".