Under relaxed OFCOM requirements for local content on commercial radio, GHR North West is permitted to share all programmes between seven licences located in the ITV Granada broadcast region.
By 1998, Radio City Gold fell into the ownership of Emap, who rebranded the station as Magic 1548, which would adopt an increasing amount of networked programming until its local breakfast show was axed in March 2013.
[3] Two months later, Tower, Wish and Wire entered a transition period - carrying local breakfast shows and voicetracked programming ahead of the full relaunch on 1 September 2020.
[6] On 29 November 2022, Bauer announced that CFM which broadcasts to Cumbria and South West Scotland will be rebranding and joining the Greatest Hits Radio network in April 2023.
[7] Greatest Hits Radio produces and broadcasts networked programming from Bauer's Manchester and Liverpool studios, including breakfast and evening shows on weekdays.