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== History == [[File:Signal2Radio.png|200px|thumb|Signal 2 logo used from 2010 to 2016.]] The station began as '''Signal Radio''' which first broadcast at 6 a.m., 5 September 1983, with DJ John Evington selecting [[Neil Diamond]]'s "Beautiful Noise" as its first track.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pages.123-reg.co.uk/jevington-1025116/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712205657/http://pages.123-reg.co.uk/jevington-1025116/|archive-date=12 July 2012|title=John Evington|url-status=dead}}</ref> The station initially broadcast on 104.3 MHz and 1170 kHz (a [[wavelength]] of 257 metres, with the phrase "2 5 7" becoming a distinctive leitmotif), changing to 102.6 MHz soon after. The station's name is derived from "Signal" the name of the newspaper in [[Arnold Bennett]]'s local novels. In the late 1980s the [[Independent Broadcasting Authority]] ordered stations to provide different services on their AM and FM outputs, and 1992 saw the launch of a "Golden Breakfast Show" on the 1170 AM frequency while for the rest of the day it would take the main Signal Radio service. On 18 January 1993 a full-time station, Signal Gold, was launched. In February 2019, Signal 2 was sold to [[Bauer Radio]].
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