[Stooky Bill]

Interesting they say they were the first legal independent radio station in the UK

[WillPS]

Interesting they say they were the first legal independent radio station in the UK

I think they mean 'licensed'.

[Dadeki]

Just an update to say that Bauer Media, owner of Absolute Radio, intends to switch-off all of its medium-wave frequencies carrying sister brand Greatest Hits Radio in Scotland, Ireland, and across northern England. This will happen imminently (i.e. within the next few weeks). Frequencies affected include:

990 Doncaster, South Yorkshire (was Hallam)
1035 Ayr, Prestwick, Irvine & Kilmarnock, Ayrshire (was West Sound AM)
1107 Inverness, Highland (was MFR)
1152 Newcastle, Sunderland & County Durham (was Metro / GNR)
1152 Glasgow (was Raio Clyde)
1161 Dundee & North Fife (was Tay)
1305 Barnsley, South Yorkshire (was Hallam)
1548 Edinburgh, Lothians & South Fife (was Forth)
1548 Sheffield, South Yorkshire (was Hallam)
1584 Perth, Perth & Kinross (was Tay)

Radio Today reports:
radiotoday.co.uk 

Bauer to turn off AM services in Scotland, Ireland and northern England – …
Medium-wave services carrying Greatest Hits Radio in Scotland will be turned off…
  Source: radiotoday.co.uk

[thegeek]

From what I can tell, Greatest Hits Radio (Glasgow and the West) is the UK's longest-serving AM station on the same frequency*, LBC and Capital having moved from where they started. 

Their licence runs out on the 30th of December - one day short of 50 years since the good ship Radio Clyde was launched. I hope, like Absolute, they let the anoraks give her a proper send-off.

* If you accept the move from 261m to 260m as a rounding error

[Medianext.MX]

It is really a busy week for Bauer: first the announcement of the AM switch off, then their plans to pull out of satellite and cable, and now... they have introduced a new corporate brand (dropping the blue for purple and turquoise) and custom font (Bauer Sans), reflecting its evolution "from a German publishing house into an international media company". The new brand was designed by German agency Mutabor, based out of Hamburg.

radiotoday.co.uk 

New corporate brand logo revealed by Bauer Media Group – RadioToday
A new logo and corporate brand design has been launched by Bauer Media Group.Bau…
  Source: radiotoday.co.uk

Bauer UK's website has been even updated:

www.bauermedia.co.uk 

Bauer Media - Enriching everyday life
Bauer Media reaches over 22 million UK adults. We connect our audiences with com…
  Source: www.bauermedia.co.uk

[Spencer]

Hmm. That logo looks a bit over-thought to me - the kind of thing that you get when too many people have an input into something. And using a ‘play icon’ has become a bit of a cliché too. They could do with something simpler.

[DeMarkay]

Global have had the same logo now, more or less, for the past 16 years. I think it’s time they up their game before Bauer takes over.

[London Lite]

At least it isn't as dreadful as the UKTV rebrand.

[Spencer]

At least it isn't as dreadful as the UKTV rebrand.

Is ‘better than the UKTV rebrand’ the new ‘better than Oneness’?

[VMPhil]

I recently got a new (second hand) car that is my first to have a touchscreen, CarPlay etc. and listening to Absolute Radio through the CarPlay app, I didn't realise just how poor in comparison the DAB feed is - yes the DAB feed is mono but I always thought mono 80kbps sounds okay... but goodness it really is low quality in comparison.

Then again, my previous car only had AM/FM so I guess I should be thankful I can get it on DAB if there's no mobile signal!