Milestone Group
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The Milestone Group is a British media company, which originally had holdings in radio, publishing and television, but now concentrates on its local television stations.
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[edit] Television channels
The Milestone Group own one television channel:
- Six TV - a "free-to-air" channel available in Oxford and Southampton.
[edit] Former Holdings
[edit] Radio stations
The Milestone Group used to own five local radio stations in the UK:
- Kestrel FM - local radio station for the Basingstoke and surrounding area of north Hampshire. (Sold to the Tindle Radio Group)
- Kick FM - local radio station for West Berkshire, broadcast from Newbury. (Sold to the Tindle Radio Group)
- Passion 107.9 - local radio station for the Oxfordshire area.
- Reading 107 FM - local radio station for the Reading area of Berkshire.
- 107.1 Rugby FM - local radio station for the Rugby area of Warwickshire.
All these radio stations were sold in the years 2005/06
[edit] Newspapers & Magazines
The Milestone Group used to own six publications, under the Courier Newspapers brand:
- Auto Weekly - information on the buying and selling of cars in Oxfordshire.
- Basingstoke Observer - free weekly local newspaper for the Basingstoke and surrounding area of north Hampshire.
- Breakout! - published immediately before school holidays, a publication distributed in primary schools to children.
- South Oxfordshire Courier - free newspaper for southern Oxfordshire, formerly "Courier Journal".
- Oxford Journal - free newspaper for northern and central Oxfordshire, formerly "Oxford City Journal".
- Oxfordshire Living - free monthly publication distributed in Oxfordshire.
- Property Weekly - free publication advertising property for sale in Oxfordshire.
These publications have now been sold to other media companies and are now unconnected.
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