Kerrang Radio
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| City | London |
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| Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
| Slogan | "Everything that rocks" |
| Frequency |
DAB:
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| First air date | 2002 (digital) 10 June 2004 (FM) |
| Format | Rock music |
| Audience share | 0.4% (December 2013, RAJAR) |
| Owner | Bauer Radio |
| Sister stations |
Absolute Radio Heat Radio The Hits Kiss Magic FM Planet Rock |
| Website | planetradio |
Kerrang! Radio or Kerrang! 105.2 is a specialist rock music radio station currently broadcasting to London on DAB and across the United Kingdom on Freeview and various online platforms. It is owned and operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's National portfolio of radio brands.
In 2002, ahead of the advertisement of a new regional FM franchise for the West Midlands, Kerrang! broadcast a short-term Restricted Service Licence station to the area, transmitting from Birmingham City FC's ground.
Kerrang! Radio as a permanent service first launched in late 2002 as a largely automated rock music service delivered over the Freeview platform, as one of a suite of stations its parent company (then Emap) added to the then-new Freeview TV system, the others including fellow digital jukebox stations Smash Hits Radio, Q Radio and heat radio, and relays of London stations Kiss 100 and Magic 105.4 FM. This new Kerrang! Radio was also streamed online, and served as a sibling to Kerrang! TV which launched around the same time: these stations being connected with the Kerrang! print magazine in name, ownership and style.
This digital 'jukebox' version of Kerrang! was subsequently rolled out to DAB digital radio, beginning with transmission in London from 1 November 2003. The DAB service was extended to other areas from 2004, joining Emap-owned multiplexes in northern England (largely replacing The Hits Radio) and also made available on the regional multiplexes for the West Midlands and central Scotland.
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