Original 106 (Aberdeen)
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Original 106 is a radio station owned by Dc Thomson media and broadcasting to Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. It was initially owned by Canadian media company Canwest, and was awarded its broadcast licence (the last new commercial FM licence to be issued by Ofcom) in January 2007 and the station launched on 28 October 2007 at 1:06 pm, when the first record played was "Revolution" by The Beatles. On 12 September 2009 the station was sold to a consortium led by Adam Findlay which included John Quinn and Murray Strachan. Adam Findlay's New Wave Media owned Dundee radio station Wave 102, John Quinn is the majority shareholder and chairman of Central FM, a station which covers the Forth Valley in the Central Belt.On 20 March 2019 it was announced that the publisher DC Thomson, which already owned W
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Original 106 is a radio station owned by Dc Thomson media and broadcasting to Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. It was initially owned by Canadian media company Canwest, and was awarded its broadcast licence (the last new commercial FM licence to be issued by Ofcom) in January 2007 and the station launched on 28 October 2007 at 1:06 pm, when the first record played was "Revolution" by The Beatles. On 12 September 2009 the station was sold to a consortium led by Adam Findlay which included John Quinn and Murray Strachan. Adam Findlay's New Wave Media owned Dundee radio station Wave 102, John Quinn is the majority shareholder and chairman of Central FM, a station which covers the Forth Valley in the Central Belt.On 20 March 2019 it was announced that the publisher DC Thomson, which already owned Wave FM in Dundee, had bought the Fife-based Kingdom FM and Original 106 taking its tally of radio stations to three. Since its launch until June 2019, Original 106 operated from studios at Craigshaw Business Park in West Tullos, Aberdeen. On 25 June 2019 the station relocated to a new studio complex within Marischal Square, Aberdeen. Three FM transmitters are in operation; Durris near Stonehaven on 106.8 covering all north-east Scotland, a relay on 106.3 for Peterhead and Buchan which was added to the network on 8 May 2014 and a relay at Balgownie (also on 106.3FM) covering north Aberdeen which was added on the 28 November 2018. With transmissions commencing on 26 June 2019, Original 106 is now available across the north east of Scotland on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) via the Switch Aberdeen multiplex, and a UK-wide internet audio stream is available from the station website, on smart speakers and on mobile app. On 1 December 2016 three supplementary online-only stations were launched under the Original 106 brand; Original 106 Chart, Original 106 Country, and Original 106 Gold (non-stop 60's, 70's & 80s hits). The chart and country stations were replaced by party and rock themed stations respectively in 2020, all are accessible from the station website, smart speakers and downloadable app.
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