North West Radio Memories

Some memories and pictures of North West Radio stations from the past:

BBC Radio Manchester / BBC GMR

BBC Local Radio for Greater Manchester and North Cheshire launched in 1970 and still on air.

BBC Radio Lancashire

BBC Local Radio for Lancashire launched in 1971 (as BBC Radio Blackburn) and still on air.

BBC Radio Merseyside

BBC Local Radio for Merseyside launched in 1967 and still on air.

BBC Radio Stoke

BBC Local Radio for Staffordshire and Cheshire launched in 1968 and still on air.

Piccadilly Radio / Key 103

Independent Local Radio for Manchester launched in 1974.

Kiss 102

Independent Local Radio for Manchester launched in 1994.

Red Rose Radio

Independent Local Radio for Lancashire launched in 1982.

Radio City

Independent Local Radio for Liverpool launched in 1974.

Signal Radio

Independent Local Radio for Stoke, Staffordshire and Cheshire launched in 1983.

Marcher Sound

Independent Local Radio for Wrexham and Deeside launched in 1983.

KFM

Independent Local Radio for Stockport launched in the early 1990s.

Century Radio

Independent Local Radio for the North West of England launched in 1998.

Fortune 1458

Independent Local Radio for the Manchester launched in 1994.

Radio Wave

Independent Local Radio for Blackpool launched in 1992.

Silk FM

Independent Local Radio for Macclesfield and East Cheshire launched in 1998.

High Peak Radio

Independent Local Radio for the Peak District launched in 2004.

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