Virgin Group Ltd. is a British multinational venture capital conglomerate founded by entrepreneurs Sir Richard Branson and Nik Powell.
Virgin Books is a United Kingdom book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.
Absolute Radio is one of the UK's three Independent National Radio stations. The station rebranded to its current name at 7:45 am on 29 September 2008.
Virgin Mobile is a wireless communications brand used by eight independent brand-licensees worldwide. Virgin Mobile branded wireless communications services are available in Australia, Colombia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Chile, Russia, France, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Poland, South Africa, México, and the United States. Virgin Mobile branded services used to be offered in Singapore, India and Qatar.
A management buyout (MBO) is a form of acquisition where a company's existing managers acquire a large part or all of the company from either the parent company or from the private owners. Management and leveraged buyouts became phenomena of the 1980s. MBOs originated in the US and traversed the Atlantic, spreading first to the UK and throughout the rest of Europe. The venture capital industry has played a crucial role in the development of buyouts in Europe, especially in smaller deals in the UK, the Netherlands, and France.
Absolute Classic Rock is a radio station part of the Absolute Radio network, broadcasting to London via DAB, Virgin Media, Sky and worldwide on the internet.
Here, There & Everywhere (HT&E), formerly known as APN News & Media, is an Australian media company. Divisions include broadcast radio, digital publishing and e-sports. The company previously had assets in New Zealand, and outdoor advertising.
Arqiva is a British telecommunications company which provides infrastructure and broadcast transmission facilities in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, along with commercial WiFi and smart meter facilities for Scotland and the north of England. The company headquarters is located at Crawley Court in the village of Crawley, Hampshire, just outside Winchester. Its main customers are broadcasters and mobile phone network operators, and its main asset is a network of over 1,000 radio and television transmission sites. It is owned by a consortium of investors led by CPP and the Australian investment house Macquarie Bank. Arqiva is a patron of The Radio Academy.
Amec Foster Wheeler plc was a British multinational consultancy, engineering and project management company headquartered in London, United Kingdom until its acquisition by and merger into Wood Group in October 2017. It was focused on the Oil, Gas & Chemicals, Mining, Power & Process and Environment & Infrastructure markets, with offices in over 55 countries worldwide. Roughly a third of its turnover came from Europe, half from North America and 12% from the rest of the world.
Ben Jones is an English radio DJ and former children's television presenter.
Leona Graham is a British radio broadcaster and voiceover artist. She is currently a presenter of Absolute Radio, a position she has held since 2000. She can also be heard on the digital stations Absolute 80s and Absolute Classic Rock.
Wireless Group Limited is a radio and digital broadcasting network with its headquarters based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and with radio operations in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. It currently operates five stations in Ireland and 18 in the UK. The company was formerly known as UTV Media owned by UTV Television however, its television broadcasting services were sold to ITV plc in February 2016 and its radio, sales services and websites were spun-off into a new company called Wireless which was later purchased by News Corp.
Bauer Radio is a UK-based radio division of the Bauer Media Group.
Holly Samos is a radio broadcaster. A former member of Chris Evans's breakfast show team from the 1990s, she continued her career as the Formula 1 pit lane reporter for BBC Radio 5 Live for five years until 2011. She currently freelance broadcasts for BBC Radio Oxford, and works for Formula One.
Swansea SW Wales is a local commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves the Swansea area. It is wholly owned by Bauer Media since they gained control of Wireless Groups local stations in the UK. At around the same time they also got hold of Celador, Lincs FM Group and UKRD. All four are in hold separate at the moment. Bauer own Kiss, Magic, Hits radio, Greatest Hits Radio, Wave 105, GEM Radio and also Absolute radio.
Lilly Broadcasting, LLC is a privately owned American broadcasting company owned and operated by the Lilly Brothers’ Brian Lilly and Kevin Lilly. The company was founded in September 1999 with the purchase of WENY-TV (ABC) and WENY-FM & AM radio. In 2002, Kevin Lilly purchased WSEE-TV (CBS) in Erie, Pennsylvania and have since added the CBS and The CW affiliates in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and ABC in the Virgin Islands.
Absolute Xtreme was a digital radio station broadcasting in the United Kingdom, which played new alternative music.
The British radio station Absolute Radio has operated a number of subsidiary radio stations operated over digital platforms in recent years. Six such services are currently on air, and a number of others have previously been provided. The majority of the stations have been associated with the Virgin/Absolute service by inclusion of the parent brand within the station name, though this has not been the case for all services. The stations have principally broadcast on DAB digital radio and/or digital television platforms, as streaming services on the Internet, and, more recently, as apps for devices such as smartphones and tablets.
Greatest Hits West Midlands is a group of three radio stations, serving the West Midlands. It is owned and operated by Bauer Radio as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. The station launched on 4 September 2012 as Free Radio 80s.
A timeline of notable events relating to Absolute Radio, and its predecessor Virgin 1215/Virgin Radio.
