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Xtra AM
Broadcast area
Birmingham and Coventry
Frequency
1152 kHz in Birmingham 1359 kHz in Coventry
Programming
Format
Oldies
Ownership
Owner
Midlands Radio plc
History
First air date
4 April 1989
Last air date
April 1998
Xtra AM was an Independent Local Radio station which was on the air between 1989 and 1998. It was broadcast to much of Birmingham, Coventry and Warwickshire and was the 'oldies' station which took over the mediumwave frequencies of both BRMB (serving Birmingham) and Mercia FM (Coventry and Warwickshire). The programming came from the BRMB studios in Aston, Birmingham, and the signal was relayed from the Langley Mill transmitter (Birmingham) and Shilton (Coventry). The Coventry station was acquired in 1993 by GWR Group and replaced by Classic Gold, while the Birmingham station continued until 1998 when it was replaced by Capital Gold.
XtraAM was an Independent Local Radio station which was on the air between 1989 and 1998. It was broadcast to much of Birmingham, Coventry and Warwickshire...
and mediumwave, a sister station was launched on the 1152 kHz frequency. XtraAM became BRMB's 'gold' service, playing classic hits, while BRMB itself began...
introducing the support bands each week. With the launch of sister station XtraAM in 1989, Ross moved on to present there for four years. In August 1993...
Wrexham and Chester and the area's FM station is renamed MFM. 4 April – XtraAM begins broadcasting on the MW frequencies of BRMB and Mercia Sound. 8 April...
around the UK (mostly taking the Gold format, such as the West Midlands' XtraAM and the Classic Gold network in Yorkshire) where he revived his Radio 1...
other stations to the GWR Group whilst Capital kept hold of BRMB and XtraAM. Xtra was on the air for nine years until the majority of its programming...
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ATV office building later became the studios of radio stations BRMB and XTRA-AM. Although both stations moved to Birmingham's Broad Street in the early...
Pearce. Later stints followed as a commentator on South Coast Radio and XtraAM in Birmingham before a move to national radio station Talksport in 1999...
during the consultation period. At the time, the station was listed as "1 Xtra BBC" on many electronic programming guides. The station broadcasts from the...
announced that 1359 kHz would be rebranded as Classic Gold. This meant XtraAM would only continue in Birmingham, and due to the presenters urging Coventry...
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AM-640 was the flagship from 1969 to 1972, KLSX FM-97.1 held the flag in 1998, followed by XTRAAM-690 in 1999 and 2000. From 2001 to 2005, KMPC AM-1540...
worked for a large number of commercial radio stations including launching XtraAm, Heart FM, and Jazz FM. Othen was an integral part of the launch team for...
outstanding success since its own launch ten years earlier in 1980. XtraAM, the AM-only sister station of Mercia Sound, also enjoyed high listenership...
Radio plc, who owned BRMB, Mercia FM, Trent FM, Leicester Sound, GEM AM and XtraAM. Midlands Radio plc was taken over by Capital Radio plc in 1993. Birmingham...
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final time ahead of his move to BRMB's forthcoming classic hits service XtraAM. He had presented the programme for thirteen years. 1 April – BBC Radio...
1998 also sees Capital Gold rolled out in Birmingham and Kent, replacing XtraAM and Invicta Supergold respectively. June – Emap purchases London station...
the station to join BBC Radio 2. 1998 Capital Gold Birmingham replaces XtraAM. 1 June – Capital Gold launches in the south, replacing South Coast Radio...