Smooth Radio North West, North East and East Midlands, along with Capital South Wales, Real Radio North Wales, Capital Scotland, Real Radio Yorkshire and Real XS Manchester have been sold to Communicorp, which is entirely owed by Irish billionaire Denis O’Brien.

National sales and non-peak programming will still be provided by Global Radio under a franchise agreement, however local airtime will be handled seperatly.

Here are the station changes, as reported by RadioToday.

• Real Radio stations in the North West, North East, Wales and Scotland will become Heart and run by Global Radio.

• Smooth Radio stations in the East Midlands, North West and North East will stay as Smooth Radio but will be run under a franchise agreement with Communicorp. These stations will have regional breakfast and drivetime shows but take programming from Global Radio-operated Smooth Radio London off peak.

• Heart North Wales to become Capital and run by Global Radio.

• Smooth Radio will replace Gold on AM frequencies across England, with the exception of London, Manchester and East Midlands where Smooth already operates on FM. • Real Radio in Yorkshire and North Wales will become Heart under franchise agreement with Communicorp.

• Capital South Wales and Capital Scotland will stay as Capital and be run under franchise agreement with Communicorp.

• Real Radio XS in Glasgow will remain with Global Radio and be turned into Xfm

• Real and Smooth Radio CEO Mark Lee will remain in charge and continue to lead the business.

• Hold Separate will continue across the two companies until the deal has been cleared by the Irish Competition Authority.

Below are the region by region digital multiplex station changes:

 (Information provided by Radio Today, tables courtesy of a516digital.)

Ayr
Now		Becomes
Real Radio XS	►	XFM

 

 

Bath and West Wilts
Now		Becomes
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart Bath	stays
Heart Wilts	stays

 

Birmingham
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Heart	stays
Smooth Radio	►	Smooth W Mids

 

Bournemouth
Now		Becomes
Capital S Coast	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Bristol and Bath
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Cambridge
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Cardiff and Newport
Now		Becomes
Capital S Wales	►	Capital S Wales
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart (UK)		(removed)
Real Radio Wales	►	Heart Wales

 

Central Lancs
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Real Radio NW	►	Heart NW
Smooth Radio	►	Smooth NW

 

Cornwall
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Heart Cornwall	stays

 

Coventry
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Heart	stays
Smooth Radio	►	Smooth W Mids

 

Devon
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Edinburgh
Now		Becomes
Capital Scotland	►	Capital Scotland
Heart (UK)		Removed, as Real Radio on Central Scotland mux becomes Heart (Scotland).
Smooth	stays

 

Glasgow
Now		Becomes
Capital Scotland	►	Capital Scotland
Heart (UK)		Removed, as Real Radio on Central Scotland mux becomes Heart (Scotland).
Smooth	stays

 

Gloucestershire
Now		Becomes
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Herts, Beds, Bucks
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Kent
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Leicester
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	stays
Heart	stays

 

Liverpool
Now		Becomes
Capital	►	Capital
Real Radio NW	►	Heart NW
Smooth Radio	►	Smooth NW

 

Manchester
Now		Becomes
Capital	►	Capital
Real Radio NW	►	Heart NW
Smooth Radio	►	Smooth NW

 

Mid/West Wales (SW Wales)
Now		Becomes
Real Radio Wales	►	Heart Wales

 

Northampton
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Norfolk
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Nottingham
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	stays
Heart	stays
Smooth Radio	►	Smooth E Mids

 

Oxford
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Peterborough
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Plymouth
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Reading and Basingstoke
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Southend and Chelmsford
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

South Hampshire
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Sussex Coast
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Swansea
Now		Becomes
Real Radio Wales	►	Heart Wales

 

Swindon
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Gold	►	Smooth
Heart	stays

 

Teesside
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Real Radio NE	►	Heart NE
Smooth Radio	►	Smooth NE

 

Tyne and Wear
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Real Radio NE	►	Heart NE
Smooth Radio	►	Smooth NE

 

Wolverhampton, Telford
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Heart	stays
Smooth Radio	►	Smooth W Mids

 

Wrexham, Chester, Liverpool
Now		Becomes
Real Radio Wales	►	Heart North Wales

 

Regional multiplexes:

 

CENTRAL SCOTLAND
Now		Becomes
Real Radio XS	►	XFM
Real Radio Scotland	►	Heart Scotland

 

YORKSHIRE (until multiplex closure)
Now		Becomes
Capital	stays
Heart (UK)		removed
Gold	►	Smooth Radio
Real Radio Yorks	►	Heart Yorks