Ownership rules meant that because they owned Radio Aire in an overlapping area, one of the stations had to be sold, and that was The Pulse and its AM sister station which were purchased in a management buyout from senior staff and ex-Metro Group executives for £4.6m.
In July 2005, The Wireless Group was in turn acquired by UTV radio.
[2][3][4] The Radio Partnership was one of 14 applications to broadcast a regional station in the North East.
Under the name The Point the group proposed a dance and alternative format for listeners aged 15-30.
They were unsuccessful in their bid and the licence was won by Chrysalis Radio's Galaxy format.