The planned UK station OneGold has launched what it calls a test version of its website. No start date has been announced, but the station lists its delivery platforms as FM, DAB, mobile podcast, satellite, and Freeview. Whether these will all be used remains to be seen.
OneGold was originally planning to use the Dutch transmitter on 1395 kHz but has now abandoned that part of the plan. The mention of 1395 has been removed from its banner, but AM remains, suggesting that the station may be planning to launch on an AM frequency leased from elsewhere.
OneGold says it will feature over fifteen former BBC Radio 1 presenters. The test page lists Mike Read as presenter of the Breakfast Show on weekdays at 7-10am, followed by David Hamilton at 10am-2pm.
on Feb 9th, 2010 at 17:31
Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but OneGold seems to be linked to Storm Radio Ltd. The phone number on the OneGold test page seems to be that of Cheltenham, England based independent local radio station Star 107.5, operated by Storm Radio. Mike Read currently has a show on this station.
on Feb 15th, 2011 at 19:10
I think you mean Total Star, a network of stations, see http://www.totalstar.co.uk for information.
Note the Copyright link at the bottom of the (very basic) homepage.
I see they have changed the homepage again, now saying that Dave Hamilton from 0600 - 0800 and then Mike Read from 0800-1200.
on Feb 15th, 2011 at 19:31
Steve,
I think you have replied to a one-year-old message, thinking it was a current one. The information was correct a year ago, but a lot has changed since then. The current situation is described at http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/the-uks-onegold-finally-launches-in-spain
on Feb 18th, 2011 at 16:46
I have… what an idiot!
I like Total Star , and listen most days at work, but can’t believe all the stick the station gets in the UK. I guess most of the broadcast in Spain is the networked stuff from the UK? If so, in my opinion, they are getting some good stuff!
Just hope the station keeps going, from what some people of saying online, its all bad for Total Star. hope its not true.