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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use British English|date=July 2012}} {{Infobox radio station | name = Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire and Cheshire | logo = | logo_size = | city = [[Birmingham]] | area = [[North Staffordshire]] and [[Cheshire East|East Cheshire]] | rds = GRT_HITS | branding = ''The Good Times Sound Like This''<br>''Across Staffordshire and Cheshire'' | airdate = 5 September 1983 | frequency = [[FM broadcasting|FM]]: 96.4 MHz (Congleton)<br>96.9 MHz (Stafford)<br>[[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]]: 12D (Staffordshire and Cheshire) | format = [[Classic Hits]] | power = | erp = | class = | former_names = Signal Radio<br>Signal Gold<br>Signal 2<br>BIG 1170 | former_frequencies = 1170 MW | callsign_meaning = | coordinates = | network = [[Greatest Hits Radio]] | owner = [[Bauer Media Audio UK]] | sister_stations = [[Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire]] | website = [https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/staffordshire-cheshire/ Greatest Hits Radio] }} '''Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire and Cheshire''' is an [[Independent Local Radio]] station based in [[Birmingham]], England owned and operated by [[Bauer Radio]] as part of the [[Greatest Hits Radio]] network. It broadcasts to the West Midlands. The station forms part of [[Greatest Hits Radio Midlands]]. == 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]]. ==Technical== The station's 1170 AM transmitter is at Sideway, near to the A500 D Road, just south of the A50 junction. It transmitted 200 watts of power and could be heard throughout most of Staffordshire and Cheshire. This transmitter was closed in January 2023. Greatest Hits Radio is also broadcast on the local [[Stoke & Stafford (DAB Multiplex)|Stoke and Stafford]] from transmitters at [[Alsagers Bank]], [[Pye Green BT Tower]], [[Sutton Common BT Tower]], Staffordshire HQ and Tick Hill. ==Programming== The majority of Signal 2's programming was produced and presented from its Stoke-on-Trent studios. The nightly late show was simulcast with Wireless Group's AM and FM stations while a syndicated show from Chris Country Radio aired on Sunday afternoons. ===News=== Bauer's Birmingham newsroom broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside traffic bulletins. National bulletins from Sky News Radio are carried at other times. ==Frequencies== *[[Cheshire East|East Cheshire]] β [[FM broadcasting|96.4 FM]] *[[Staffordshire]] β [[FM broadcasting|96.9 FM]] & <br> [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]]: 12D ([[Bauer Media Audio UK|Stoke & Stafford (DAB Multiplex)]]) ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * {{Official website|https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/staffordshire-cheshire/ GHR Staffordshire & Cheshire}} * [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/sideway.php Sideway transmitter] {{Wireless Group}} {{Stoke-on-Trent}} {{coord missing|Staffordshire}} [[Category:Mass media in Stoke-on-Trent]] [[Category:Radio stations in Staffordshire]] [[Category:Radio stations established in 1992]] [[Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2020]] [[Category:Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Bauer Radio]] [[Category:Greatest Hits Radio]]
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