Broadcast area | Peak District |
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Frequency | 103.3 FM 106.4 FM 106.6 FM |
RDS | HIGHPEAK |
Programming | |
Format | Adult contemporary |
Ownership | |
Owner | Helius Media Group |
History | |
First air date | 4 April 2004 |
Last air date | 4 November 2019 |
Links | |
Website | www.highpeakradio.co.uk and www.ashbourneradio.co.uk |
High Peak Radio was an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the Peak District, Derbyshire, from studios in Chapel-en-le-Frith. It broadcast on 106.4 (Buxton & Glossop), 103.3 (Buxworth & Hope Valley), and 106.6 FM (Chapel-en-le-Frith).
Its sister station, Ashbourne Radio, broadcast from Ashbourne on 96.7 FM (Ashbourne) and 101.8 FM (Wirksworth & Uttoxeter). On 4 November 2019, both stations relaunched as Imagine Radio, sharing off-peak programming with its sister station in Stockport.
In June 2021, Bauer Media announced [1] that they were buying the Imagine Radio stations from the Like Media Group, which would be merged into the Greatest Hits Radio network on 1 September 2021. [2]
Several former High Peak Radio presenters joined a competing online station called Peak Sound Radio, formed after the closure of the Imagine stations.
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