City | Castlefield, Manchester |
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
Slogan | The Hits for the United Kingdom |
Frequency | Freeview: 711 |
First air date | 1 April 2003 |
Format | Contemporary pop music |
Audience share | 0.1% (March 2016, RAJAR) |
Owner | Bauer Radio |
Sister stations |
Absolute Radio Heat Radio Kerrang Radio Kiss Magic Planet Rock |
Webcast | Radioplayer |
Website | The Hits |
The Hits is a CHR digital television platform owned and operated by Bauer Radio. It forms part of Bauer's National portfolio of radio brands.
The platform broadcasts from Castlefield, Manchester with a line up of young presenting talent and established presenters from various stations within Bauer Radio.
It is available as a national service, under The Hits branding, on the Freeview digital television platform and online.
As of 19 January 2015 the platform's programme content forms the backbone of the locally branded Bauer City 3 network of radio stations in Northern England and Scotland.
The Hits was withdrawn from DAB in London (replaced by Absolute 105.8) and Birmingham (replaced by Kisstory) from 5 January 2015.
The Hits Radio logo used from 2004 to 2010
The Hits Radio logo used from 2010 to 2015.