preston broadcast area central lancashire slogan the greatest hits for lancashire frequency mw 999 khz dab 12a first air date 5 october 1982 format oldies audience share 1.5 % june 2014 rajar transmitter coordinates 53 43 11 n 2 48 32 w 53.7197 n 2.8089 w 53.7197 ; 2.8089 coordinates 53 43 11 n 2 48 32 w 53.7197 n 2.8089 w 53.7197 ; 2.8089 owner bauer radio sister stations rock fm webcast online website www.rockfm2.co.uk rock fm 2 is a bauer radio owned local radio station serving lancashire on 999 khz am dab digital radio and online . the station broadcasts from a converted church st paul s at st. pauls square in preston and shares facilities with rock fm . contents 1 history 2 programming 2.1 news and sport 3 references 4 external links history edit magic 999 logo used from 1998 to 2015 . rock fm 2 launched as red rose radio on 5 october 1982 at 6 00am on 301 metres medium wave 999 khz and 97.3 vhf stereo . the station s first presenter on air was dave lincoln the first record played was evergreen by barbra streisand . other early presenters on the station included dave lincoln allan beswick sally moon derek webster keith macklin russell harty and steve collins . at this point it was owned by trans world communications . on 1 june 1990 red rose radio split into two stations the fm service became red rose rock fm now known as rock fm while the am service became red rose gold playing music from the 1960s to the 1980s as well as airing other specialist shows . programming director john myers hired colin lamont under his on air pseudonym scottie mcclue to present the late night phone in . 1 in 1994 red rose gold and red rose rock fm were bought by the emap group . towards the mid to late 1990s red rose gold became red rose 999 before morphing into magic 999 to fall in line with all other emap owned am stations which had all been renamed magic . networking at the station was introduced in late 2001 when mid morning evening and overnight shows from magic 105.4 in london begun simulcasting . towards the end of 2002 listeners were told to contact a special hotline to voice their views about what they think of the station . around the same time forthcoming changes to the station were announced such as new programming a broader music policy and introducing dedicated newsreaders rather than the local presenters having to be newsreaders as was the case for a few months . these changes came into effect on monday 6 january 2003 . more locally produced programming was introduced although output from newcastle manchester and liverpool continued to feature in the station s schedule . from july 2006 more networking was introduced across the northern magic am network which meant only 4 hours a day was to be presented from the local studios between 06 00 and 10 00am . in april 2012 magic 999 inline with the majority of other magic north stations dropped local weekend breakfast shows . between march 2013 and december 2014 weekday breakfast was syndicated from piccadilly magic 1152 in manchester . no programming originates from local studios in preston apart from local news and traffic bulletins . 2 on 5 january 2015 magic 999 was rebranded as rock fm 2 as part of a revamp of the bauer network and all programming is networked with the other bauer am stations in the north although local news weather and travel continue to be broadcast as opt outs during the day . despite the station s new name it does not broadcast on fm . programming edit the majority of rock fm 2 s programming is taken from the bauer city 2 network although there are separate shows for northern england at peak times including weekday breakfast and drive time . 3 programming originates from key 2 in manchester clyde 2 in clydebank forth 2 in edinburgh metro radio 2 in newcastle tay 2 in dundee and bauer s headquarters at golden square soho . news and sport edit rock fm 2 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays from 9am to 1pm on saturdays and from 9am to 12pm on 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 at weekends produced from key 2 s newsroom in manchester . extended sports coverage is featured in the network s game on programme on saturday afternoons . references edit lancashire entry on aircheck uk myers john 2012 . team it s only radio . kenton books . pp. 89 92 . isbn 0954622391 . magic am starts networking at breakfast radio today 15 february 2013 schedule released for bauer city 2 stations radiotoday 19 december 2014 external links edit official website 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 culture and infrastructure of the city of preston transport bus station bypass dick kerr & co. fishwicks guild wheel longridge railway preston corporation tramways park & ride preston bus ribble bus ribble link ribble link trust ribble steam stagecoach tramroad transport in preston united electric car company whittingham hospital railway railway stations preston disused stations deepdale deepdale street fishergate hill grimsargh lea road maudland bridge maudlands ribbleton education university of central lancashire schools archbishop temple ashton broughton cardinal newman christ the king corpus christi fulwood academy moor park our lady s preston s college preston muslim girls closed catholic college larkhill winckley square sport deepdale dick kerr s ladies f.c. preston speedway preston city wrestling preston grasshoppers r.f.c. preston mountaineering club preston north end f.c. preston north end w.f.c. west cliff history battles of preston 1648 1715 county borough of preston fulwood urban district preston castle preston pals preston passion preston rural district preston strike of 1842 preston tithebarn redevelopment media the bee 106.5 central radio farmers guardian lancashire evening post preston fm preston is my paris red rose radio rock fm rock fm 2 companies action records bae systems military air & information booths edugeek horrockses crewdson & co. recycling lives skiddle politics council elections 1945 46 47 49 50 95 96 98 99 2000 02 03 04 06 07 08 10 11 12 14 15 wards ashton brookfield cadley college deepdale greyfriars ingol larches lea moor park preston rural east preston rural north ribbleton riversway st george s st matthew s sharoe green town centre tulketh constituencies preston by elections 1929 36 40 46 2000 preston north preston south wyre and preston north retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rock fm 2 & oldid 715108539 categories bauer radiomedia in prestonradio stations in lancashireradio stations established in 1982bauer city network1982 establishments in englandhidden categories use dmy 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