In Autumn 2012 it launched the Opus Streaming Trial [124] as part of the Listen Labs, including streams for all seven stations in 24, 64 and 96 kbit/s. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The deal was announced on 8 December 1997, and would see the formation of the Ginger Media Group, an umbrella company overseeing Virgin Radio and producing programmes such as TFI Friday. Absolute Radio is a British independent national radio station owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Absolute Radio Network.

Joanna is the enthusiastic amateur - asking the questions she’s always wanted to ask - and Stephen is The Maestro, providing the answers. With so many stations already, Absolute will struggle to get to the magic number of 20 premium stations. Only other gripe I have is that all the competitions, which are superb by the way, are mainly in the London area! The music isn’t bad but the news isn’t news it’s a Labour Party propaganda slot… I just couldn’t listen to it anymore and deleted the app and removed it from my radio. If I seem to like the station will be dipping in and out of the station as well as listening to other music.

The station closed on AM at midnight on Friday 20 January 2023, with " Absolute Beginners" by David Bowie being the last ever song being broadcast on its AM frequencies. I want to rate this app higher, and with a little tweaking I’d happily give it a big 5 stars because of the outstanding choice.

I couldn’t catch all the lyrics either because I was on a bloody train and the signal cut-out after about a minute. It is not possible to listen for 5 minutes without having details of the app crammed into your ears!We did something we should never do: pursue critical acclaim, playing obscure tracks, gaining the praise of the music press. In March 2021, Ofcom approved Bauer's application for permission to alter the FM licence held by the London FM relay of Absolute Radio, enabling the frequency to be used to provide a London variant of Greatest Hits Radio.

Classic Country heavyweights Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Glen Campbell and Johnny Cash sit alongside modern hits from Luke Combs, Kacey Musgraves and Carrie Underwood within this definitive 3CD album.Remember that the existing Premium content are mood playlists, so they could easily reach 20 by playlisting content based on mood. A radio station on DAB, Virgin Media, Sky and the Internet which played motown, soul and disco music. Probably need the money though because they advertising will be threadbare once the government stops wasting taxpayers money on "watch out for covid" adverts. Absolute Radio Country previously launched as Country Hits Radio in 2019 before being rebranded on 17 May 2021.