It broadcasts to Greater Belfast on 96.7 MHz FM and on DAB Digital Radio across all of Northern Ireland.
Citybeat handed back the licences to the Radio Authority just two years after buying the stations due to lack of commercial viability.
In August 2000 Citybeat also provided Fast FM in Irvinestown as a trial broadcast for the pending commercial licence for Omagh and Enniskillen.
BCR presenters prior to the 1996 relaunch included Rick Nugent, Maurice Jay, Mal Reynolds, Kenny Tosh Stuart Robinson, Phil Doyle, Paul Orr and Stephen Nolan.
[citation needed] Citybeat officially launched at 8 am on 30 September with the new breakfast show presented by Dave Stephens and Caroline Bartley.
Rick Nugent was the first presenter on BCR who launched the station with "Maira O'Connell" and "Feet of a Dancer".
A selection of national digital stations are also available on the Northern Ireland DAB multiplex and Queen's University Student Radio in Belfast is broadcast on MW/AM.