High Peak Radio

Historical radio station in Peak District, Derbyshire

Chapel-en-le-Frith

Broadcast areaPeak DistrictFrequency103.3 FM
106.4 FM
106.6 FMRDSHIGHPEAKProgrammingFormatAdult contemporaryOwnershipOwnerHelius Media GroupHistory

First air date

4 April 2004 (2004-04-04)

Last air date

4 November 2019 (2019-11-04)LinksWebsitewww.highpeakradio.co.uk and www.ashbourneradio.co.uk

High Peak Radio was an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the Peak District, Derbyshire, from studios in Chapel-en-le-Frith. It broadcast on 106.4 (Buxton & Glossop), 103.3 (Buxworth & Hope Valley), and 106.6 FM (Chapel-en-le-Frith).

Its sister station, Ashbourne Radio, broadcast from Ashbourne on 96.7 FM (Ashbourne) and 101.8 FM (Wirksworth & Uttoxeter). On 4 November 2019, both stations relaunched as Imagine Radio, sharing off-peak programming with its sister station in Stockport.

In June 2021, Bauer Media announced^[1] that they were buying the Imagine Radio stations from the Like Media Group, which would be merged into the Greatest Hits Radio network on 1 September 2021.^[2]

Several former High Peak Radio presenters joined a competing online station called Peak Sound Radio, formed after the closure of the Imagine stations.

References

^ "Bauer buys Imagine to extend Greatest Hits Radio". RadioToday UK. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ "Bauer announces plans for Imagine Radio split and rebrand". RadioToday UK. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.