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Star Radio North East

Star Radio North East in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Star Radio North East is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Rathergood Radio, formerly known as Star Radio (in County Durham), was an Independent Local Radio station. It formerly broadcast in Darlington, County Durham, North Yorkshire and surrounding areas on FM. The County Durham licences were owned and operated by UKRD Group until 31 March 2017, when it was purchased and later rebranded by View TV Group. In July 2019, Helius Media Group purchased the FM licences from View TV Group and rebranded the County Durham frequencies as Durham Radio & Alpha Radio but sold them to Nation Broadcasting in March 2020 who merged them with neighbouring station Sun FM.

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History

Following UKRD's takeover of The Local Radio Company, Star Radio North East was launched on 2 November 2009 by merging Alpha 103.2, Minster Northallerton and Durham FM into one station. Originally, the Alpha name was to be used making the stations Alpha Northallerton and Alpha Durham. On 29 March 2017, UKRD announced that it would hand back the Star Radio licences to the regulator Ofcom and cease broadcasting two days after that. It also asked Ofcom to transfer the Northallerton licence to sister station Minster FM. Ofcom Confirmed the transfer of the Northallerton licence to Minster on 4 April 2017. On 31 March 2017, UKRD's chief executive officer William Rogers confirmed a deal had been…

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Coordinates
54.5275, -1.5608
District
Darlington
Parish
Darlington, unparished area
Postcode
DL3 7JT
Parliamentary constituency
Darlington
Official site
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Frequently asked questions

Where is Star Radio North East?
Star Radio North East is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DL3 7JT), in the parish of Darlington, unparished area.
Who owns Star Radio North East?
Star Radio North East is owned by View TV Group.
How do I get to Star Radio North East?
Drivers can navigate to postcode DL3 7JT. It sits within the Darlington parliamentary constituency.