Editing Absolute Radio (section)

== Broadcast ==
=== Studios ===
The station broadcast from studios in One Golden Square until April 2024.<ref name="Bowie" /> It currently broadcasts from Bauer's building The Lantern, near [[Euston railway station]] in London.

=== AM transmission ===
The 1215&nbsp;kHz frequency (247 metres) was used, in selected areas only, by the BBC Light Programme until 1967. It was then used nationally as the original home of BBC Radio 1<ref>{{cite magazine |last1= Scott |first1= Robin|date= 8 June 1968|title= The British Radio Scene: A Special Report|magazine= Billboard|volume= 80 |issue= 23 |page=43|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ygoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA43|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> until 22 November 1978, then from 23 November 1978 until 28 February 1992 by BBC Radio 3.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bbceng.info/Technical%20Reviews/dev_am_tx_nw_6a.pdf |title= Development of the BBC A.M. Transmitter Network |last1= McCarthy |first1= Clive|date= 28 May 2007|access-date=30 May 2011}}</ref>

In 1992-1993, Virgin replaced the valve-based transmitters at the ex-BBC transmitter sites it acquired with solid-state transmitters.

Virgin Radio 1215 AM then broadcast from 30 April 1993 to 28 September 2008, and Absolute Radio 1215 AM broadcast from 29 September 2008 to 19 January 2023.

In a number of areas, particularly where the signals from the main 1215 transmitters overlapped with each other, the station used filler transmitters on different frequencies.<ref>{{cite web | title = Tech Parameters | publisher = Radio Authority  | location = London | url = http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/guidance/tech-guidance/tech_parameters/ | year = 2003 | access-date =30 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110525044303/http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/guidance/tech-guidance/tech_parameters/| archive-date= 25 May 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Frequency Finder UK and Ireland | url = http://frequencyfinder.org.uk/AM_153_1611.pdf | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110816184011/http://frequencyfinder.org.uk/AM_153_1611.pdf | archive-date = 16 August 2011 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

=== End of AM broadcasting ===
On Wednesday 4 January 2023, [[Bauer Media Group#Bauer Media brands|Bauer Media Group]] announced that all the station's remaining AM transmitters would be turned off and that it would be no longer broadcasting on AM from Friday 20 January,<ref>{{cite web |title=How you listen to Absolute Radio could be changing |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/absolute-radio/music/news/how-you-listen-to-absolute-radio-is-changing/ |website=Planet Radio |publisher=Bauer Media Group |access-date=5 January 2023 |ref=AMJan23}}</ref><ref name="MWShutdown">{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Roy |date=4 January 2023 |title=Absolute Radio to switch off all AM transmitters across the UK |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/01/04/absolute-radio-to-switch-off-all-am-transmitters-across-the-uk/ |access-date=4 January 2023 |website=Radio Today}}</ref> turning Absolute Radio into a digital-only station.<ref name="National 1"/>

For the last few weeks, taking advantage of the separate satellite feed to the AM transmitter sites, the commercial breaks split-linked, being replaced on AM by the presenter of the show that was on reading the pending closedown script, then Leona Graham reading the same script as the station voice, then part of a radio-themed song being played before programming cut back in. On Leona's own show, to avoid duplicating her announcement, she introduced the radio-themed songs, even fulfilling requests.

The station closed on AM at midnight on Friday 20 January 2023, with "[[Absolute Beginners (David Bowie song)|Absolute Beginners]]" by [[David Bowie]] being the last ever song being broadcast on its AM frequencies. Ten minutes before going off air, the station played a tribute to their former AM frequencies, introduced by Jay Lawrence (the presenter of the last normal show that had just been on), and starting with clips from [[BBC Light Programme]] (up to 1967), [[BBC Radio 1]] (1967-1978) and [[BBC Radio 3]] (1978-1992), through its life as Virgin 1215 (1993-2008) and ending with the relaunch as Absolute Radio (late 2008) and the aforementioned song.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.digitalradiochoice.com/news/absolute-radio-ends-am-broadcasts/ |title=Absolute Radio ends AM broadcasts  |date=2023-01-20 |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Digital Radio Choice |language=en-GB}}</ref> The last words the announcers said were, "...and to 1215 AM: Thanks. You were brilliant."[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8gEaS_Q1bc] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq2vNHAtHo0] During this split link, the digital version of Absolute Radio ran an Elton John-related segment.

From midnight on Friday 20 January 2023, a closedown loop (read by Leona Graham as the station voice) carried information advising listeners stating that Absolute Radio "is no longer available on AM" and redirecting listeners to [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]], and the Absolute Radio mobile and smart speaker applications.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8gEaS_Q1bc Absolute Radio 1215 Closure]</ref>

On Monday 23 January 2023, the transmitters for its AM service began to be switched off. Transmission of the closedown loop that carried information about Absolute Radio's other platforms stopped at 2:15{{nbsp}}pm on Thursday 26 January 2023 from the station's last AM transmitter to be switched off, in Lisnagarvey, Northern Ireland (with the very last words being "thanks for listening to Absolute Radio-") [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TGmQSd3zIAg&feature=youtu.be] but the loop remained playing on the satellite feed to the AM transmitters for many months afterwards, until that was finally removed.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Transmitter Name !! Coverage !! Frequency (kHz) !! EMRP (kW) !! Grid Reference !! Air date
|-
| ** Boston<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Boston | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/boston.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 15 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180915083153/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/boston.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || Lincolnshire || 1242 (off air) || 2 || {{OS coord|TF260448|TF260448}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1994|9|2}}
|-
| ** Brighton (Southwick)<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Brighton (Southwick) | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/brighton-southwick.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 11 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190411115539/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/brighton-southwick.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || Sussex || 1197 (off air) || 1.1 || {{OS coord|TQ234051|TQ234051}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|11|9}}
|-
| ** [[Brookmans Park transmitting station|Brookmans Park]]<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Brookmans Park | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/brookmanspark/index.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 11 January 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200111140624/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/brookmanspark/index.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || London, Hertfordshire, Essex, South Bedfordshire || 1215 (off air) || 125 || {{OS coord|TL259050|TL259050}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|8|3}}
|-
| ** Chesterton Fen<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Chesterton Fen | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/chesterton-fen.php | access-date  =30 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110516221853/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/chesterton-fen.php| archive-date= 16 May 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> || South and Central Cambridgeshire || 1197 (off air)|| 0.2 || {{OS coord|TL477608|TL477608}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1994|9|2}}
|-
| ** Dartford Tunnel || [[Dartford Tunnel]] || 1215 (off air) || 0.004 || {{OS coord|TQ571769|TQ571769}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|8}}
|-
| ** [[Droitwich transmitting station|Droitwich]]<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Droitwich | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/droitwich/index.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 15 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180915083124/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/droitwich/index.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || West Midlands || 1215 (off air) || 105 || {{OS coord|SO929663|SO929663}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|8}}
|-
| ** Fareham<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Fareham | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/fareham.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 15 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180915083144/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/fareham.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || South Hampshire and Isle of Wight || 1215 (off air) || 1 || {{OS coord|SU546058|SU546058}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|9}}
|-
| ** Fern Barrow<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Fern Barrow | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/fern-barrow.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 15 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180915083153/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/fern-barrow.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || Dorset || 1197 (off air) || 0.25 || {{OS coord|SZ070926|SZ070926}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|11}}
|-
| ** Gloucester<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Gloucester MF | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gloucester-mf.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 15 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180915083221/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gloucester-mf.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || Gloucestershire || 1197 (off air) || 0.3 || {{OS coord|SO841230|SO841230}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|14}}
|-
| ** Greenside Scalp<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Greenside Scalp | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/greenside-scalp.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 1 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181001182150/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/greenside-scalp.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || East Tayside || 1242 (off air) || 0.5 || {{OS coord|NO431290|NO431290}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|9}}
|-
| ** Guildford (Pirbright)<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Guildford MF | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/guildford-mf.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 1 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181001182526/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/guildford-mf.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || West Surrey and North East Hampshire || 1260 (off air) || 0.5 || {{OS coord|SU959541|SU959541}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|12|24}}
|-
| ** Hoo<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Hoo | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/hoo.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 1 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181001142731/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/hoo.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || North and West Kent, South and Central Essex || 1197 (off air)|| 2 || {{OS coord|TQ790720|TQ790720}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|15}}
|-
| ** Hull<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Hull MF | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/hull-mf.php | access-date  =30 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110614174902/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/hull-mf.php| archive-date= 14 June 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> || East Riding of Yorkshire, Northern Lincolnshire || 1215 (off air) || 0.32 || {{OS coord|TA169258|TA169258}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|15}}
|-
| ** Kings Heath<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Kings Heath | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage.php?txid=1531 | access-date  =30 May 2011}}</ref> || Northamptonshire || 1233 (off air) || 0.5 || {{OS coord|SP740633|SP740633}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|11|7}}
|-
| ** [[Lisnagarvey transmitting station|Lisnagarvey]]<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Lisnagarvey | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/lisnagarvey/index.php | access-date  =30 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110614180657/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/lisnagarvey/index.php| archive-date= 14 June 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> || Northern Ireland || 1215 (off air) || 16 || {{OS coord|IJ258619|IJ258619}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|8}}
|-
| ** Lydd<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Lydd | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage.php?txid=1539 | access-date  =30 May 2011}}</ref> || South East Kent and South East Sussex || 1260 (off air) || 2 || {{OS coord|TR049208|TR049208}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1995|4|2}}
|-
| ** Manningtree<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Manningtree | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage.php?txid=1126 | access-date  =30 May 2011}}</ref> || South East Suffolk and North East Essex || 1233 (off air) || 0.5 || {{OS coord|TM123295|TM123295}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|11|6}}
|-
| ** [[Moorside Edge transmitting station|Moorside Edge]]<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Moorside Edge | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage.php?txid=1465 | access-date  =30 May 2011}}</ref> || North West and Yorkshire || 1215 (off air) || 200 || {{OS coord|SE070154|SE070154}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|8}}
|-
| ** [[Oxford transmitting station|Oxford]]<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Oxford | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/oxford/index.php | access-date  =30 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110516213800/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/oxford/index.php| archive-date= 16 May 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> || Oxfordshire || 1197 (off air) || 0.25 || {{OS coord|SP567105|SP567105}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|12}}
|-
| ** Plymouth<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Plymouth MF | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/plumer-barracks.php | access-date  =30 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110516215648/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/plumer-barracks.php| archive-date= 16 May 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> || Devon || 1215 (off air) || 1.1 || {{OS coord|SX490585|SX490585}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|15}}
|-
| ** Postwick<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Postwick | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/postwick.php | access-date  =30 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110516221929/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/postwick.php| archive-date= 16 May 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> || East Norfolk and North East Suffolk || 1215 (off air) || 1.2 || {{OS coord|TG303086|TG303086}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|16}}
|-
| ** Redmoss<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Redmoss | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/redmoss.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 1 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181001182306/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/redmoss.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || Aberdeen and East Grampian || 1215 (off air) || 2.3 || {{OS coord|NJ942024|NJ942024}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|25}}
|-
| ** [[Redruth transmitting station|Redruth]]<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Redruth MF | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/redruth/redruth-mf.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 15 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180915083145/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/redruth/redruth-mf.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || Cornwall || 1215 (off air) || 2 || {{OS coord|SW709403|SW709403}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1997|7|28}}
|-
| ** Sheffield<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Sheffield MF | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage.php?txid=1622 | access-date  =30 May 2011}}</ref> || South Yorkshire || 1233 (off air) || 0.3 || {{OS coord|SK348849|SK348849}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|11|6}}
|-
| ** Sideway<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Sideway | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/sideway.php | access-date  =30 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110516221342/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/sideway.php| archive-date= 16 May 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> || Staffordshire || 1242 (off air) || 0.5 || {{OS coord|SJ876434|SJ876434}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|7|9}}
|-
| ** Stockton<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Stockton | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/stockton.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 15 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180915083113/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/stockton.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || Cleveland || 1242 (off air) || 1 || {{OS coord|NZ420218|NZ420218}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|15}}
|-
| ** Swindon<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Swindon | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/swindon/index.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 1 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181001182240/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/swindon/index.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || Wiltshire || 1233 (off air) || 0.1 || {{OS coord|SU129859|SU129859}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|11|11}}
|-
| ** Torbay<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Occombe (Torbay MF) | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage.php?txid=1546 | access-date  =30 May 2011}}</ref> || Devon || 1197 (off air) || 1 || {{OS coord|SX878630|SX878630}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|19}}
|-
| ** Trowell<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Trowell | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/trowell.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 15 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180915083213/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/trowell.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || Nottinghamshire || 1197 (off air) || 0.5 || {{OS coord|SK506398|SK506398}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|27}}
|-
| ** Wallasey<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Wallasey | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/wallasey.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 1 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181001182602/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/wallasey.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || Merseyside || 1197 (off air) || 0.4 || {{OS coord|SJ305926|SJ305926}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|27}}
|-
| ** [[Washford transmitting station|Washford]]<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Washford MF | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage.php?txid=629 | access-date  =30 May 2011}}</ref> || South Wales, Avon, Somerset || 1215 (off air) || 100 || {{OS coord|ST058410|ST058410}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|11}}
|-
| ** [[Westerglen transmitting station|Westerglen]]<ref>{{Citation| title = The Transmission Gallery: Westerglen | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/westerglen/index.php | access-date  =30 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110614175941/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/westerglen/index.php| archive-date= 14 June 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> || Central Scotland || 1215 (off air) || 100 || {{OS coord|NS868773|NS868773}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|10}}
|-
| ** Wrekenton<ref>{{Citation | title = The Transmission Gallery: Wrekenton | url = http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/wrekenton.php | access-date = 30 May 2011 | archive-date = 15 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180915083127/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/wrekenton.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> || Tyne and Wear || 1215 (off air) || 2.2 || {{OS coord|NZ274598|NZ274598}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1993|3|18}}
|}

=== Satellite distribution ===
In the summer of 1993, Virgin Radio began broadcasting in stereo on the [[Astra 1A]] satellite on an audio sub-carrier of the [[Sky News]] channel.<ref>{{cite news |title= Satellite Radio|first= Stephen|last= Hebditch|url= http://www.amfm.org.uk/amfmnews/amfm14.html|work= AM/FM|date= August 1993|publisher= TQM Communications|access-date=7 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite newsgroup | author = Matthias Zepf
| title = Astra, Radioprogramme | date = 28 October 1993 | newsgroup = de.etc.lists |message-id= 1993Oct24.123808.27190@amylnd.stgt.sub.org | url =https://groups.google.com/group/de.etc.lists/msg/6688206428a5ce23 | access-date =7 May 2011}}</ref> This service ceased on 1 July 2001 in anticipation of Sky's cessation of its analogue satellite service.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.virginradio.co.uk/faq/satellite.htm|title= FAQs|date= 4 July 2001|work= Virgin Radio|publisher= Virgin Radio Ltd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010819184856/http://www.virginradio.co.uk/faq/satellite.htm|archive-date=19 August 2001 |access-date=7 May 2011}}</ref> Virgin Radio was one of the first 20 radio stations which joined the Sky Digital service on 20 November 1999.<ref>{{cite news |title= BSkyB ready to air digital radio |first= Steve |last= Aston |url= http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/505755/BSkyB-ready-air-digital-radio/|work= Media Week|date= 28 October 1999|access-date=7 May 2011}}</ref> Carried on [[Astra 2A]], it launched on the channel 917 of the Sky EPG,<ref>{{cite newsgroup | author = Gary Tuppeny
| title = BBC now on Astra 2A | date = 12 November 1999 | newsgroup = alt.satellite.tv.europe |message-id= 80hoo7$oit$1@news4.svr.pol.co.uk | url=https://groups.google.com/group/alt.satellite.tv.europe/msg/cb8dd67a4e08642e?hl=en | access-date =7 May 2011}}</ref> and then could be found on [[Astra 2G]] as Absolute Radio on channel 0107 of SKY UK EPG. Then at the end of 2023 Absolute Radio and its sister channels were removed from Sky after their owner wanted to focus on a more digital market.<ref>[https://rxtvinfo.com/sky-channel-list-uk/ Sky channel list (UK EPG)] rxtvinfo.com 16/01/2023</ref>

Absolute Radio also broadcasts through the [[Eutelsat 9B]] satellite unencrypted signal at 12.092&nbsp;MHz, H polarization, azimuth 9°E.<ref>[https://www.lyngsat.com/radiochannels/uk/Absolute-Radio.html Absolute Radio] LyngSat Network</ref>

=== FM transmission ===
The station was available on 105.8 FM from the [[Crystal Palace transmitting station]] in London. This transmission began in 1995. In February 2021 Bauer applied to [[Ofcom]] for permission to amend the FM broadcast licence to allow the frequency to be used for a London relay of [[Greatest Hits Radio]]; Absolute Radio will remain available in London through its retained digital outlets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2021/02/bauer-plans-to-replace-absolute-radio-in-london-with-ghr/|title=Bauer plans to replace Absolute Radio on FM in London with GHR|website=Radiotoday.co.uk|date=10 February 2021|access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref>

On 23 March 2021, following a consultation, Ofcom announced that [[Greatest Hits Radio]] would be taking over the 105.8 FM frequency on 17 May 2021<ref name="x57"/>

The station was previously available in the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] on 105.2 FM from the [[Sutton Coldfield transmitting station|Sutton Coldfield transmitter]] between 7 September 2015 and 16 December 2018.