Metro Radio group

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Metropolitan Broadcasting or the Metro Radio Group as it was more commonly known, was a group of Independent Local Radio stations in North East of England.

[edit] History

The group originally consisted of:

• Metro FM (which later became Metro Radio)
• Radio Tees (now TFM Radio).
• Great North Radio (which later became Magic 1170 & Magic 1152).

In 1990 the Group expanded and took over the Yorkshire Radio Network, the Sheffield based company. Following this takeover the group also owned:

• Viking Radio (which later became 96.9 Viking FM).
• Pennine Radio (which later became The Pulse of West Yorkshire).
• Radio Hallam (which later became Hallam FM).
• Classic Gold (which, after the take over was changed to "Great Yorkshire Gold", it later became Magic 1161)[1].

The Metro Radio Group was taken over by EMAP in 1996. Following this, all of the group's radio stations including Metro Radio itself were brought and branded under Emap Radio[2]. After the acquisition of Emap Radio, these stations were branded under Bauer Radio.