[1] (See dedicated page for Radio Aire) Magic 828 was launched by Roger Kirk at 8:28 am on 17 July 1990.
The original weekday line-up was Roger Kirk (6am-9.30am), Ray Stroud (9.30am-1pm), The Magic Mix (1pm-2pm), Peter Tait (2pm-6pm), Nothing But The 60's (6pm-7pm), Mike Vitti (7pm-10pm), Alex Hall (10pm-1am) and The Superstation (1am-6am).
A few months after Magic 828's launch, The Superstation closed, Andy Siddell took over evenings and Mike Vitti presented the new overnight programme, Nightflight.
Local news during the early 1990s was also simulcast on both stations, although Aire FM only took the first two minutes of the four-minute bulletin.
On 1 September 2020, it began to broadcast on 96.3 FM, replacing Radio Aire and the Leeds medium wave transmitter was later switched off.
The station is mainly networked from Greatest Hits Radio in London, although some programming comes from Liverpool and Manchester.
Until November 2024, a regional afternoon show for Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire was broadcast from the Leeds studios by Steve Priestley.