The Breeze (Cheltenham & North Gloucestershire)

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The Breeze (Cheltenham & North Gloucestershire)
Broadcast area Gloucestershire
Frequency 107.5FM (Cheltenham)
Programming
Format Easy listening
Network The Breeze
Ownership
Owner Bauer
History
First air date
7 September 1998
Last air date
31 August 2020
Former names
CAT FM
Star
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
 51°53′39″N2°04′36″W / 51.8941°N 2.0767°W / 51.8941; -2.0767

The Breeze (Cheltenham & North Gloucestershire) was an Independent Local Radio station serving Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Contents

The station was folded into Greatest Hits Radio South West, as part of a rebrand, on 1 September 2020.

History

The station originally launched in 1993 as CD 603, broadcasting on the AM frequency left free by BBC Radio Gloucestershire. The station went through a number of name changes in that time including 603AM, BOSS 603 and Cheltenham Radio. [1] After securing an FM licence Cheltenham Radio relaunched on 7 September 1998 as CAT FM. [2]

In 2002 following a takeover by UKRD Group it was re launched as Star 107.5. UKRD themselves sold the station in 2008 to Storm Media Services who later changed the station name to Total Star. In March 2013 Storm Media Services sold the station again, this time to Celador Radio who confirmed it would relaunch as The Breeze. [3]

It was based in Knightsbridge Business park in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and played music from the 70's to today.

As Total Star it held responsibility for networked programmes for the short lived Total Star network of radio stations in the South West of England. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Radio in the world - contacts, people and jobs". Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Breeze". Media Info. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Somerset's Nova Radio flips to the Breeze – RadioToday". Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Radio Total Star". Online Radio Box. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
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