Signal 1 is an Independent Local Radio station owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network.
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14 Facts About Signal 1
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Signal 1 Radio began broadcasting at 6am on Monday 5 September 1983.
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Originally, Signal 1 Radio aired as a single full service station on 104.
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In Staffordshire, Signal 1 Radio began carrying a separate Golden Breakfast Show on 1170 AM in 1992 in order to provide separate services on AM and FM and avoid relinquishing frequencies.
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Signal 1 Radio was brought in 1999 by The Wireless Group, which was acquired by UTV Media six years later for £97 million.
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Signal 1 celebrated its 30th birthday on Saturday 10 August 2013 with a special concert at Betley Court Farm in Crewe.
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In May 2020, Bauer announced that Signal 1 would join the Hits Radio network, while retaining its on-air branding.
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Signal 1 began carrying off-peak programming from the Hits Radio network in Manchester on 15 June 2020, marking the end of networked output for the Wireless Group's local stations, produced in-house at Signal's studios in Stoke.
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Signal 1 officially joined the Hits Radio network on 20 July 2020.
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Signal 1's studios are based on Stoke Road in the Shelton area of Stoke-on-Trent in a building previously occupied as a warehouse.
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All of Signal 1's transmitters carry split advertising for their specific areas, and both Sutton Common and Pye Green are BT backbone link towers.
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In 2012, Signal 1 lent its name to the Signal Radio Media Academy, a course run by Stoke on Trent College as a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Radio Production.
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In recent years, Signal 1 Radio has hosted annual events for local children's charities under the Help a Signal 1 Child banner.
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