Following the news bulletin, Red Rose Reports, Dave Lincoln opened the station playing Barbra Streisand's Evergreen.
[2] Red Rose Radio acquired a former Anglican parish church, St Paul’s, in Preston which was adapted as the broadcast base for the station.
In January 2020, current owners Bauer Radio, announced that they were closing the studios to consolidate broadcasting operations in Manchester.
[8][9] By January 1985, the Radio Marketing Bureau reported the total Adult (15+) population in the area to be 900,000 people.
[11] Although originally broadcasting the same programming across both medium wave and FM, by the late 1980s UK Independent Radio was encouraged to 'split frequencies' to provide alternative services in their transmission areas.