Pulse 2 is a British

United Kingdom

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 radio station

Radio station

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 owned by UTV

UTV

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It is the AM

AM broadcasting

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 sister station of The Pulse of West Yorkshire

The Pulse of West Yorkshire

The Pulse is a British Independent Local Radio station that serves the Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale areas of West Yorkshire. The station was originally known as Pennine Radio...

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Background

The station was previously known as Pennine Radio

Pennine Radio

Pennine Radio may refer to:* Pennine Radio Limited an electronics company in Huddersfield.* Pennine Radio - Former radio station in West Yorkshire, based in Bradford ....

, Classic Gold

Classic Gold

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, Great Yorkshire Gold, Great Yorkshire Radio, 1278 and 1530 AM West Yorkshire

1278 and 1530 AM West Yorkshire

1278 and 1530 AM West Yorkshire was a temporary name used for the AM sister station of The Pulse of West Yorkshire).-History:The station began life as Pennine Radio which was part of the Yorkshire Radio Network, but when it split its AM and FM frequencies, the medium wave licence became Classic Gold...

, West Yorkshire's Big AM, Pennine's Big AM, West Yorkshire's Classic Gold and Pulse Classic Gold and under previous ownership was part of the Yorkshire Radio Network

Yorkshire Radio Network

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Since Pennine Radio was split into Pennine FM and Classic Gold the AM service broadcast to West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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 has been part of a network, initially with sister stations in Hull

Kingston upon Hull

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 and Sheffield

Sheffield

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, later as an independent station buying in the former GWR Classic Gold service, later with sister stations in Stoke and Manchester

Manchester

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, then again with the GWR/UBC Classic Gold

Classic Gold Digital Network

Classic Gold Digital Network was one of the biggest 'gold' formatted radio networks in the United Kingdom, with a potential audience of 47 million. Classic Gold was broadcast on analogue and DAB digital platforms, as well as Sky channel 0189.-History:...

 and latterly GCap Gold network.

However on December 1, 2008 the station was re-launched as a fully local service for West Yorkshire.