This article is about a group of radio stations in England. For the first national commercial radio station in the Republic of Ireland, see Century Radio.
Century Network
Company type
Subsidiary – GMG Radio
Industry
Broadcasting
Founded
1994
Defunct
2009
Headquarters
UK
Products
Independent Local Radio
Owner
GMG Radio
Website
[1]
Century Radio was the brand name of a group of Independent Local Radio stations in England. The brand was developed with the launch of 100-102 Century Radio in North East England in 1994, with John Myers as managing director and John Simons as programme director. The brand grew when Myers launched 106 Century FM for the East Midlands, and further when 105.4 Century Radio was launched in North West England in 1998. Ocean FM used the Century format, but not the brand.
The group was initially owned by Border Radio Holdings until 2000, when Capital Radio Group took over the brand. When the larger GCap Media acquired the group in 2005, they were forced to sell the Nottingham-based "106" station to Chrysalis Group for competition reasons. GMG Radio, with Myers and Simons as senior executives, bought the stations in 2006. They were rebranded Real Radio to conform to the branding and network programming of the other stations in the Real Radio network that Myers had developed since in 2000.[1]
The stations were very successful using their 'radio you just have to sing along to' format, but later RAJAR figures showed a decline in market reach and market share.[2]
The head offices were based at Salford Quays, along with the studios of Century's north west station, 105.4 Century Radio. In addition, the building also accommodates GMG Radio's sales division, and has completed building work to fit in sister station Smooth Radio and newly launched Rock Radio.
^Century to Real Archived 29 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, End of an Era, 18 December 2008
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