Dozens of local radio stations across England are set to be rebranded in a dramatic shake-up. Including Rutland Radio

Dozens of local radio stations across England are set to be rebranded in a dramatic shake-up.


This will include Rutland Radio this September,

Bauer Radio who own national stations including Absolute Radio, Magic Radio, Kiss FM and Scala Radio have announced the 49 FM stations they recently purchased early last year will be renamed as Greatest Hits Radio in the Autumn.

The companies two local radio brands which feature local programming, news and travel are; hit-music station Hits Radio, and Greatest Hits Radio, which plays tracks from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

Rutland Radio is our local Independent Local Radio station which serves Rutland and Stamford, Lincolnshire broadcasting on 107.2FM in Rutland and 97.4FM across Stamford. It started broadcasting on 13 December 1998 from Knights Yard, Gaol Street in Oakham.  It will become
Greatest Hits Radio.

The station was owned by the Lincs FM Group in Lincoln since launch. Following the wider sale of the Lincs FM Group to Bauer Media in March 2019, the station has been operating in 'hold separate' pending investigation on the purchase by the Competition and Markets Authority.

The first song played on Rutland Radio was Believe by Cher