please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message pulse 1 broadcast area bradford kirklees and calderdale slogan today s best mix frequency fm 97.5 102.5 mhz dab 11b first air date 16 september 1975 format contemporary audience share 5.6 % december 2012 1 owner wireless group sister stations pulse 2 website www.pulse1.co.uk pulse 1 is a british independent local radio station that serves the bradford kirklees and calderdale areas of west yorkshire england owned by wireless group . the station was originally known as pennine radio and the pulse . contents 1 history 2 service area 3 programming 3.1 news and sport 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the station was part of the yorkshire radio network which also owned viking fm and hallam fm this was bought out by newcastle based metro radio group owners of metro radio and tfm . pennine radio became pennine fm in the late 1980s when the am frequency was split off to create the original incarnation of classic gold . on 30 august 1991 in a bid to revive flagging fortunes pennine fm was rebranded as the pulse . the metro radio group itself was bought out by emap in 1996 and ownership rules at the time meant that as they already owned neighbouring radio aire in leeds something had to be sold on and that was the pulse and its sister station classic gold which were purchased in a management buyout from senior staff and ex metro group executives . the new company was called the radio partnership it was at this time that the station moved to number one position in the west yorkshire radio market for the first time in its history . the radio partnership expanded over the years to include other stations such as signal radio in stoke on trent . in 1999 kelvin mackenzie s talk radio uk bought the radio partnership and formed the wireless group to include the national broadcaster and a series of local stations . in july 2005 the wireless group was bought out by utv group . service area edit the main 102.5 fm signal comes from the vicars lot transmitter close to the m62 between scammonden dam and junction 23 close to the scammonden arched bridge . this signal covers a lot of west yorkshire and can be heard as far south as doncaster and sheffield and also in the other direction in lancashire and greater manchester although lancashire and greater manchester isn t the intended broadcast area . the signal is much stronger and the transmitter at a higher altitude than the idle transmitter . the 97.5 fm signal covers bradford and comes from the idle transmitter which is on the top of idle moor between idle and shipley . the idle transmitter also carries national radio frequencies capital yorkshire on 105.6 fm sunrise radio on 103.2 fm and heart yorkshire on 107.6 fm . programming edit local programming is produced and broadcast from pulse 1 s bradford studios from 6am 7pm on weekdays 6am 6pm on saturdays and 8am 12pm on sundays . networked programming originates from wireless group s signal radio studios in stoke on trent . the vodafone big top 40 is produced by global radio at its capital studios in london for broadcast on 145 commercial radio stations in the uk . the station s local presenters include danny mylo and rosie madison the danny mylo show paul foster and paul griffiths the home run . 1 news and sport edit pulse 1 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 6pm on weekdays and from 8am to 12pm on weekends . the news team consists of james crossling and ruth etherington . headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows . 2 the station also simulcasts hourly sky news radio bulletins at all other times . pulse 1 also airs extensive local sports coverage including live match commentaries on bradford city matches led by jason thornton and former city striker ian ormondroyd and a weekly rugby league magazine show presented by bradford bulls ceo robbie hunter paul . 3 see also edit pulse 2 sister station on am references edit pulse 1 on air peak fm public file pulse 1 pulse sport external links edit official website wireless group v t e wireless group radio uk national talkradio talksport talksport 2 virgin radio uk northern ireland local fm u105 great britain local fm peak fm pulse 1 signal 1 signal 107 96.4 the wave radio wave 96.5 tower fm wish fm wire fm great britain local am pulse 2 signal 2 swansea sound valleys radio republic of ireland local fm dublin s q102 cork s 96fm c103 live 95fm lmfm fm104 print sport former utv hd 1 utv ireland hd utv live u.tv utv internet see also havelock house belfast radio in the united kingdom v t e radio stations in west yorkshire england longwave am stations 198 bbc radio 4 252 rt radio 1 mediumwave am stations 666 bbc radio york 774 bbc radio leeds 828 radio aire 2 909 693 bbc radio 5 live 1089 1053 talksport 1215 absolute radio 1278 1530 pulse 2 1368 radio jcom fm stations 89.3 bbc radio 2 91.5 bbc radio 3 92.4 95.3 102.7 103.9 bbc radio leeds 93.7 bbc radio 4 96.3 radio aire 96.7 phoenix fm 97.2 102.6 107.1 stray fm 97.5 and 102.5 pulse 1 98.9 bbc radio 1 101.1 classic fm 101.8 branch fm 103.2 sunrise radio 103.5 drystone radio 105.1 105.6 capital 106.2 heart 106.6 bcb 106.8 ridings fm 107.3 fever fm 107.4 tempo fm 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 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