04-06-2023, 07:04 PM
I think that most of the Smooth MW transmitters that closed were for licensing or other reasons. For example the old Radio 210 MW transmitters in the Reading both closed because Arqiva were evicted from the site when it was sold for development. Because they were the same license the other also had to close.
IIRC the Smooth transmitter in Exeter, formerly Gemini, closed due to competition licensing issues
Bauer have closed a lot. In the West Midlands, they did format swaps so Free Radio 80s went from MW to FM to launch GHR, and put the rock format previously on FM (Kerrang, then Planet Rock then Absolute) onto MW carrying Absolute Classic Rock. They then turned them off a few years later
IIRC the Smooth transmitter in Exeter, formerly Gemini, closed due to competition licensing issues
Bauer have closed a lot. In the West Midlands, they did format swaps so Free Radio 80s went from MW to FM to launch GHR, and put the rock format previously on FM (Kerrang, then Planet Rock then Absolute) onto MW carrying Absolute Classic Rock. They then turned them off a few years later