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'''Classic Gold''' is one of the biggest 'gold' formatted radio networks in the United_Kingdom, with a potential audience of 47 million. Classic Gold is broadcast on both analogue and DAB digital platforms.
Most stations were originally the Medium_wave services of Independent_Local_Radio stations. For example, Classic Gold 1359 in Coventry was originally part of Mercia Sound and was a full local service.
In the 1980s, FM/AM stations split (in this case to Mercia FM and Xtra AM), before the station was bought by GWR radio, and the AM station rebranded to Classic Gold. Mercia_FM is still on air today.
The format is now owned and operated by UBC, and most stations in the network carry the same programming, except for a local 4-hour afternoon programme from 3pm to 7pm. The stations were previously part of the GWR network, but were sold off as competition rules limited the number of stations a company could own.
Additionally the AM service operated by UTV_Radio in West_Yorkshire carries programming supplied by the Classic Gold network (with additional localisation and programmes), although it is not owned by UBC.
==Programmes==
* ''The Even Tastier Breakfast''
* ''Classic Gold Drivetime'' (local programme)
* ''Classic Gold Late Night''
* ''The Retro Countdown''
* ''Classic Gold Albums''
==Presenters==
* Paul Baker
* Tony_Blackburn
* Paul_Burnett
* Matthew Hardy
* Erika North
* Gary Crowley
* Graham Rogers
* Sandy Warr
* Trevor_Dann
* Mark Dennison
==Regional stations==
There are 20 stations in the UBC Classic Gold Network:
* Classic Gold Plymouth 1152, Plymouth
* Classic Gold 1260, Bristol and Bath
* Classic Gold 1332, Peterborough
* Classic Gold 1359, Coventry and Warwickshire
* Classic Gold 1431/1485, Reading
* Classic Gold 1557, Northampton
* Classic Gold 666/954, Exeter and Torbay
* Classic Gold 774, Gloucester
* Classic Gold 828, Bournemouth
* Classic Gold 828/792, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire
* Classic Gold 936/1161, Swindon and West Wiltshire
* Classic Gold Amber 1152, Norfolk and north Suffolk
* Classic Gold Amber 1170/1251, Ipswich and Bury_St_Edmunds
* Classic Gold 1359/1431, Essex
* Classic Gold Digital, London and various regions. Across Europe on Sky Digital 0189.
* Classic_Gold_GEM, Nottingham and Derby
* Classic Gold Marcher 1260, Wrexham and Chester
* Classic_Gold_WABC 990/1017, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and Telford
* Classic Gold Digital 1521, Reigate and Crawley
In addition, the UTV_Radio-owned Pulse_Classic_Gold in West_Yorkshire broadcasts programming supplied by the network, with additional localisation and programmes specific to West_Yorkshire.
== External links ==
* Classic Gold Digital Network homepage
* Pulse Classic Gold - West Yorkshire affiliate homepage
Category:Radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom