The Local Radio Company were awarded the franchise in November 2005 by OFCOM and the station launched on 11 June 2007.
The station was later given permission by OFCOM to move into the same building as Alpha Radio in Darlington which is outside of Minster Northallerton's broadcast area and to share some programmes with Alpha Radio.
[2][3] These plans were amended, and the Northallerton service ultimately broadcast Star Radio North East which was formed when the parent company decided to merge Minster Northallerton with Alpha 103.2 and Durham FM.
[4] In March 2017, when the other licences which made up Star Radio North East were sold to ViewTV Group and relaunched as Rathergood Radio, UKRD retained the Northallerton frequencies and received permission to revert these to relaying Minster FM.
Following the acquisition of Minster FM by Bauer Radio, since September 2020 the Minster FM frequencies, including those in Northallerton, carry Greatest Hits Radio York and North Yorkshire.