The Worlds Greatest Music Station
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The Worlds Greatest Music Station (or WGMS) was the AM
sister station to Hereward FM
. Its time on-air was short lived and restricted to approximately two years when both local ILR stations were acquired by the GWR group in the 90s.
. Due to going over the limits of the amount of stations a group can own, GWR sold their "Classic Gold" stations, and they were bought by UBC Media
, although GWR did keep a 20% stake. Then, on August 3, 2007, all Classic Gold stations were rebranded as simply "Gold". This followed the GCap Media
purchase of the Classic Gold network, and the merging of the Capital Gold
and Classic Gold stations
Amplitude modulation
Amplitude modulation is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave. AM works by varying the strength of the transmitted signal in relation to the information being sent...
sister station to Hereward FM
Hereward FM
102.7 Heart Peterborough was an Independent Local Radio station for Peterborough, Boston, King's Lynn, Cambridgeshire, south Lincolnshire and west Norfolk...
. Its time on-air was short lived and restricted to approximately two years when both local ILR stations were acquired by the GWR group in the 90s.
History
Originally, Hereward Radio (which launched on the July 10th 1980) broadcast on both on FM and 1332 AM. On the April 14th 1992 the station split its AM and FM frequencies, with Hereward FM just broadcasting on 102.7 FM and The Worlds Greatest Music Station launching on 1332 AM. WGMS was short-lived, as around 1994, it was purchased by the GWR Group and then re-branded as Classic Gold 1332Classic Gold 1332
Classic Gold 1332 was a British radio station broadcasting to the Peterborough area on 1332 kHz AM and DAB digital radio. It also was available around Cambridge on DAB digital radio. It was part of the Classic Gold Digital Network which was owned by GCap and was the sister station of 102.7 Hereward...
. Due to going over the limits of the amount of stations a group can own, GWR sold their "Classic Gold" stations, and they were bought by UBC Media
UBC Media Group
UBC Media Group is an independent supplier of services to the radio industry. It provides content to BBC and commercial stations, as well as private clients...
, although GWR did keep a 20% stake. Then, on August 3, 2007, all Classic Gold stations were rebranded as simply "Gold". This followed the GCap Media
GCap Media
GCap Media was a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group. The merger was completed in May 2005. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. On 31 March 2008 the company agreed a takeover by...
purchase of the Classic Gold network, and the merging of the Capital Gold
Capital Gold
Gold is a network of oldies radio stations which was formed by the merger of the Capital Gold network and the Classic Gold Network in August 2007...
and Classic Gold stations
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:...