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The brand was developed with the launch of 100-102 Century Radio in North East England in 1994, with John Myers as managing director and John Simons as programme director. The brand grew when Myers launched 106 Century FM for the East Midlands, and further when 105.4 Century Radio was launched in North West England in 1998.
Century Radio was the first regional station for North East England and also was the first to use the Century brand, which followed a 'personality' format, mixing speech and music. The station was originally based beside the Tyne Bridge in Gateshead , before relocating to Team Valley in 2008 to share a building with fellow GMG Radio stations ...
In September 1994, he launched Century Radio in North East England.He again presented the breakfast show, this time under the pseudonym of John Morgan. [4] [5] Myers later released a compilation cassette of the wind-ups from his show, and even a novelty single, called "Three Rosettes", under the further pseudonym of Mr Martin.
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(About WHAS and early radio in general) Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Kentucky" , Radio Annual , New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 – via Internet Archive Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Press and Radio" , Kentucky: a Guide to the Bluegrass State , American Guide Series , New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, pp. 102– 109, hdl : 2027/uc1 ...
The station opened as Century Radio on 8 September 1998 as the second Century station in the country (the first being Gateshead-based 100-102 Century Radio).Owned and operated by Border Television, Century was founded by managing director John Myers, who had also established the north east station four years earlier.
They are 100.4 Jazz FM (north west England), 100–102 Century Radio (north east England), Galaxy 101 which launches a dance music service on the 4th to the Severn estuary area, 100.7 Heart FM which launches on the 6th and covers the West Midlands and Scot FM which broadcasts music and speech to the Scottish central belt.
In August 2012, the two former Century Network stations, in the North East and the North West, were gaining just half the listeners they once had. [ citation needed ] Both saw a decline in Listening Share In TSA % when comparing Q2 period in 2011 and 2012, from 6.30% to 4.8%, and 3.9% to 3.0% respectively. [ 21 ]