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508:History of local radio in Cheshire
400:from the original on 1 August 2012
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635:Lyca Radio Greater Manchester
309:The station uses the tag line
201:and broadcasting to the South
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754:Oldham Community Radio
523:History of Signal Radio
167:Independent Local Radio
861:Absolute Radio Country
784:Hits Radio Manchester
356:2021 sale and relaunch
173:broadcasting to South
891:Hits Radio Manchester
856:Absolute Classic Rock
706:BBC Radio Manchester
16:English radio station
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866:BBC Radio Manchester
820:Greatest Hits Radio
814:North Manchester FM
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700:Salford City Radio
370:96.2 The Revolution
366:Greatest Hits Radio
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766:Classic FM
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651:FM stations
582:AM stations
362:Bauer Radio
251:Neil Cossar
214:incremental
86:Programming
1149:Categories
1119:53°24′26″N
1100:Holme Moss
1057:Sunset 102
1042:Imagine FM
984:R360 Radio
937:Care Radio
906:Magic Soul
750:98.9, 99.3
718:Bolton FM
696:93.7, 94.1
684:91.5, 91.9
670:Legacy FM
666:89.3, 89.8
625:1089, 1053
623:Talksport
380:References
330:Warrington
304:Signal One
296:Imagine FM
243:Jon Ronson
235:Craig Cash
203:Manchester
175:Manchester
163:Imagine FM
60:and north
58:Derbyshire
22:Imagine FM
1122:2°09′15″W
978:Pie Radio
941:Cheesy FM
637:1377, 963
335:UTV Radio
320:2009 sale
294:In 2000,
289:Signal FM
261:UTV Radio
199:Stockport
197:based in
171:Stockport
103:Ownership
69:Frequency
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1079:See also
1062:Tower FM
1047:Kiss 102
947:Eirewave
826:Your FM
772:Capital
742:Radio X
619:909, 693
512:Archived
398:Archived
207:Cheshire
179:Cheshire
78:Branding
73:104.9 FM
62:Cheshire
52:Eastern
1067:Wish FM
961:Hope FM
724:ALL FM
658:Gaydio
574:England
478:14 June
452:14 June
430:14 June
374:Peak FM
273:Echo 96
205:/North
185:History
165:was an
151:Website
116:History
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951:Gaydio
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404:11 May
222:based
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