station see radio city pirate radio station . coordinates 53 24 22 n 2 58 55 w 53.4062 n 2.9819 w 53.4062 ; 2.9819 radio city city liverpool broadcast area merseyside cheshire and north wales slogan your music your life frequency fm 96.7 mhz dab 11b first air date 21 october 1974 format chr pop audience share 8.5 % june 2014 rajar owner bauer radio sister stations radio city 2 radio city 3 radio city talk webcast radio city player website www.radiocity.co.uk radio city previously known as 96.7 city fm and 194 radio city is a british independent local radio station based in liverpool and serving merseyside cheshire and north wales . the station is owned & operated by bauer radio and forms part of bauer s city 1 network of stations . contents 1 history 2 transmission 3 programming and presenters 3.1 news and sport 4 past presenters 5 references 6 external links history edit radio city studios tower by night radio city logo used from 2004 to 2015 . after the introduction of the sound broadcasting act in 1972 which allowed the legal operation of commercial radio in the uk in 1974 radio city sound of merseyside ltd won the contract to broadcast the independent local radio station for liverpool and its surrounding areas with studios originally based in stanley street in liverpool city centre . 194 radio city began broadcasting at 5.58 am on 21 october 1974 with an announcement by its founding managing director terry smith it s two minutes to six on monday october 21st 1974 . for the very first time this is 194 radio city broadcasting to merseyside . 1 the first song to be played on the station was stevie wonder s you are the sunshine of my life . as reflected in the name the station originally broadcast on 1548 khz am then known as 194 metres medium wave from a transmitter at rainford . the station was also given an fm frequency of 96.7 mhz but did not begin broadcasting on fm until a few months later after the transmitter was vandalised . in the early days of marcher sound the evening programmes of the station were simulcasted to the fledgling station so for a period in the 1980s radio city had in theory four frequencies marcher sound aired on 95.4 mhz and 1260 khz . in 1989 the conservative government enforced new regulation to enable better choice by ceasing the simulcasting of radio stations on both am and fm . radio city split its frequencies by continuing its top 40 format on fm under the recently introduced new name city fm . on am a new talk station was launched called city talk 1548 am . 2 this was unusual as most stations launched golden oldie stations on their former am frequencies . the city talk experiment proved short lived and radio city gold launched in its place in 1991 later known as city gold . the am service rebranded as magic 1548 on monday 17 march 1997 . 3 in 1998 the company was bought out by emap radio now bauer radio who renamed the main fm station back to a modern version of its original name as radio city 96.7 the name it still uses currently . two years later the station left its original stanley street base and on tuesday 18 july 2000 radio city began broadcasting st. john s beacon which in the past was a revolving restaurant and viewing platform . the city talk format was revived when on 9 november 2006 it was announced by ofcom that radio city had beaten competition from rival broadcasters to win a new fm licence for a talk station for the liverpool area . the new city talk launched on 28 january 2008 and broadcasts on 105.9 fm . 4 due to poor listening figures the station has since dropped most of its presenters and had a format change which means outside of peak listening hours like breakfast and drivetime the station now broadcasts a mix of classic hit music similar to the music played on sister station magic 1548 although under the format change the station is not allowed to simulcast with magic only radio city . 5 in september 2014 bauer announced it would extend the radio city brand by reviving the name on magic 1548 as radio city 2 and launching a new localised version of dab station the hits radio known as radio city 3 . the rebrand took place on 5 january 2015 with radio city 3 due to launch on 19 january 2015 . 6 radio city talk was not affected . transmission edit the 96.7 fm signal comes from the allerton park transmitter in south east liverpool which also transmits bbc radio merseyside on 95.8 fm . there is also a transmitter in the mersey queensway tunnel . there are also dab digital radio transmitters at st john s beacon billinge hill in st helens which also carries wish fm and hope mountain near wrexham . the billinge hill site has the strongest digital signal . radio city 2 broadcasts on radio city s original am frequency from a transmitter at the former bebington bromborough power station site . programming and presenters edit local programming is produced and broadcast from radio city s liverpool studios from 6am 2pm and 3 7pm on weekdays 2 6pm on saturdays and 12 4pm on sundays . radio city carries networked programming from sister stations key 103 in manchester radio aire in leeds and forth 1 in edinburgh . the vodafone big top 40 is syndicated from global radio at its capital studios in london for broadcast on over 145 commercial radio stations across the uk . the station s local presenters include dave kelly and leanne campbell leanne and dave at breakfast alex james lee butler and scott hughes . 7 the station s nation network presenters include paddy mcguinness darryl morris dave kelly jack wood kelly pegg marvin humes simon morykin wes butters and so wright . 8 news and sport edit radio city broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays from 7am to 1pm on saturdays and sundays . headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows alongside sport and traffic bulletins . national bulletins from sky news radio are carried overnight with bespoke networked bulletins on weekend afternoons usually produced at sister station radio aire in leeds . radio city also airs extensive sports programming focusing largely on liverpool fc and everton fc . until the end of the 2014 15 season the station aired live match commentaries of both clubs . 9 the station now airs extensive talk programming including a twice weekly legends phone in on monday and friday evenings hosted by john aldridge and graeme sharp a saturday lunchtime show saints and snods with ian st john and ian snodin and match updates on saturday afternoons . 10 past presenters edit arthur murphy graham dene norman thomas john gorman alan bleasdale bill shankly kev seed john bishop anton powers neil fitzmaurice billy butler now with bbc radio merseyside peter levy references edit http www.nige 194radiocity . pwp.blueyonder.co.uk advert showing the new names and frequencies of city fm and city talk in 1989 . . the brian jones radio city tribute website . retrieved 20 august 2013 . granada reports footage of magic 1548 launch http www.ofcom.org.uk media news 2006 11 nr 20061109 ofcom lets bauer put music on its liverpool all talk station guardian.co.uk 12 may 2009 all bauer place radio stations to get new logos radiotoday 11 november 2014 radio city djs 1 radio city to cut back football commentaries radio today 22 july 2015 new football legends phone in for radio city radio today 6 august 2015 external links edit official website your liverpool view tower tours history of the station details of book recounting the history of the station north west radio radio city memories david s transmitter world mds975 s coverage map allerton park transmitter billinge hill transmitter hope mountain transmitter v t e bauer media group publishing consumer titles australia apc australian geographic the australian women s weekly cleo cosmopolitan dolly empire fhm grazia harper s bazaar motor nw ok people the picture qantas the australian way rolling stone rugby league week street machine take 5 techlife top gear tv week wheels woman s day zoo weekly consumer titles germany auf einen blick autozeitung bravo joy das neue blatt neue post volksstimme consumer titles new zealand metro north & south consumer titles united kingdom angling times bella bike bird watching car classic bike closer empire fhm first golf world grazia heat kerrang match model rail mojo more motor cycle news mcn parker s performance bikes pop practical classics practical fishkeeping practical photography pregnancy & birth q rail take a break that s life today s golfer tv choice tv quick zoo consumer titles united states astrogirl first for women in touch weekly ideas and discoveries j 14 life & style weekly m quizfest soap opera update defunct soaps in depth twist woman s world bauer radio bauer city 1 cfm clyde 1 forth 1 hallam fm key 103 metro radio mfr northsound 1 radio aire radio borders radio city rock fm tay fm tfm viking fm west fm bauer city 2 clyde 2 forth 2 hallam 2 key 2 metro 2 radio mfr 2 northsound 2 radio aire 2 radio city 2 rock fm 2 tay 2 tfm 2 viking 2 west sound ayrshire west sound dumfries and galloway bauer city 3 clyde 3 forth 3 hallam 3 key 3 metro 3 radio mfr 3 radio aire 3 radio city 3 rock fm 3 tay 3 tfm 3 viking 3 free radio free radio 80s free radio birmingham free radio coventry & warwickshire free radio herefordshire & worcestershire free radio shropshire & black country bauer national absolute radio absolute classic rock absolute radio extra absolute radio 60s absolute radio 70s absolute radio 80s absolute radio 90s absolute radio 00s kiss network kiss 100 kiss 101 kiss 105 108 kissfresh kisstory digital radio heat the hits kerrang radio other magic regional fm in london & national dab planet rock national dab cool fm downtown radio gem 106 radio city talk wave 105 the box plus network 50 % 4music run by channel 4 box upfront the box box hits kerrang tv kiss tv magic category v t e radio stations in liverpool and surrounding areas of merseyside united kingdom mediumwave am stations 909 693 bbc radio 5 live 1089 1053 talksport 1197 absolute 1485 bbc radio merseyside 1548 radio city 2 fm stations 89.3 89.8 bbc radio 2 91.5 91.9 bbc radio 3 93.7 94.1 bbc radio 4 95.8 bbc radio merseyside 96.7 radio city 97.1 capital wirral 97.4 rock fm 98.9 99.3 bbc radio 1 99.8 kcc live 100.4 smooth radio 101.1 classic fm 102.4 wish fm 105.4 heart 105.9 radio city 2 107.6 capital liverpool dab radio city 3 local united kingdom radio markets aberdeen glasgow london liverpool manchester northern ireland south west england west midlands west yorkshire worcester see also list of radio stations in the united kingdom retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title radio city liverpool & oldid 743094353 categories bauer radioradio stations in merseysidebauer city networkradio stations established in 1974media in liverpoolradio stations in liverpoolhidden categories use dmy dates from august 2015use british english from august 2015coordinates on 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