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Bauer City 2 is a network of 15 local radio stations in Scotland and northern England, owned and operated by Bauer Radio. The stations, which carry separate localised branding, air a networked schedule of classic hits music, alongside local news and travel, specialist music programming and a weekly current affairs phone-in on Sunday mornings. The network launched on Monday 5 January 2015.〔(Schedule released for Bauer City 2 stations ), RadioToday, 19 December 2014〕 ==Overview== The stations which form the Bauer City 2 network are predominantly AM sister stations of the corresponding Bauer City 1 station. Many were originally set up as a 'Gold' counterpart (e.g. Radio City Gold in Liverpool) when stations were told by the Radio Authority to stop simulcasting on both FM and AM in the late 1980s. The exception to this is the FM station West Sound (Dumfries and Galloway). In Northern England, the stations were latterly rebranded as Magic - a station brand first used by Radio Aire upon the launch of their AM station in July 1990. The stations gradually began to network most of their schedule - by March 2013, the only local content consisted of three regional breakfast shows on weekdays, serving the North West, the North East and Yorkshire.〔(Magic AM starts networking at breakfast ), RadioToday, 15 February 2013〕 In Scotland, local programming on AM stations was largely retained until networking outside of weekday breakfast and specialist shows was introduced in June 2009. In July 2013, the remaining local output was axed, leading to a fully networked schedule known as ''The Greatest Hits Network''.〔(Galloway goes national at Bauer Scotland ), RadioToday, 3 June 2013〕 In September 2014, Bauer Radio announced it would rebrand the Magic stations under localised identities, based on the main FM station names (e.g. Magic 1152 in Manchester becomes Key 2, based on Key 103).〔(Major brand swap for Bauer's local stations ), RadioToday, 28 September 2014〕 Magic's AM network closed with the London equivalent, Magic 105.4 FM, being launched nationwide on DAB. The schedules for the stations were announced in December 2014. The two previous networks serving Scotland (''The Greatest Hits Network'') and northern England (Magic AM) were replaced by one carrying programming from both Scotland and England over all stations. The relaunch took place on Monday 5 January 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bauer City 2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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