Broadcast area | Yorkshire, England |
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Frequency |
105.1 MHz 105.6 MHz (Sheffield & Bradford) 105.8 MHz (Humberside) |
First air date | 14 February 1997 |
Format | Dance |
Language(s) | English |
Transmitter coordinates | 53°47′59″N 1°33′23″W / 53.79981°N 1.55645°W |
Owner | Faze FM |
Sister stations | Kiss 102 (Manchester) |
Kiss 105 was a dance music radio station based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. It was part of a new breed of regional radio stations as opposed to independent local radio.
The station was launched at 01:05pm, 14 February 1997Valentine's Day, after its parent company, Faze FM won the Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Radio licence. Faze already operated Kiss 102 in Manchester. EMAP who owned London's Kiss 100 gave Faze permission to license the name.
, which was alsoLater in 1997, both stations were sold to Chrysalis Radio who then rebranded the stations as Galaxy 105 as the brand licence required them to relinquish the name.
A total of four transmitters were used to cover the whole of Yorkshire. North Humberside is served by 105.8, Sheffield by 105.6, Bradford by 105.6 and a general Yorkshire transmitter on 105.1 FM. The studios were based at Joseph's Well, Hanover Walk, Park Lane in Leeds, West Yorkshire and are still used for Capital Yorkshire. Some of the programmes were shared with the Manchester station.