The Arrow (radio station)

The Arrow was a British digital radio station playing classic and contemporary rock music.

Launched in July 2001, The Arrow was at one point presenter-led, with programmes hosted by DJs (though usually voicetracked rather than live).

In February 2009, The Arrow was removed from the Switch Scotland regional DAB service, and replaced by Gold.

Although DAB radios within the reach of that multiplex still displayed The Arrow as the received station, in fact XFM now broadcast on that channel.

In December 2010, Bauer Radio removed Global's oldies music service Gold (which competed with Bauer's own Magic stations) from its local multiplexes in Central Lancashire, Humberside, Leeds, Liverpool, South Yorkshire, Teesside and Tyne and Wear, and replaced it with Absolute Classic Rock after signing a new deal with Absolute Radio for the space.

It finally closed on 1 September 2019,[6] with the DAB space it inhabited being used by a replacement station by its owners, Global.