Metropol

http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.4459.2

Interesting but not really surprising in the current economic climate, but the only all talk Local station outside of London has applied for a change in their licence, basically to include music out of peak hours. At the moment they do also simulcast with Radio City whenever Liverpool or Everton play. Whenever I've listened to the station it seems okay but it can be slow in places.

Shame to see another out of London all talk local radio station dropping it's main format. Having an "LBC" for other towns and cities don't seem to work as much, leaving only the BBC to provide this service.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/ma ... -liverpool

Basically Ofcom have given Bauer the go ahead to put music on City Talk, out of peak hours, so Breakfast, drive time, late night (10pm-1am) and weekend sport remain unaffected. Although competitors have complained about this due to the power Bauer have on the Liverpool airwaves, having 2 FM stations and 1 MW station.

RadioCitytalk is a waste of time in my view. Currently they have speech based programmes at breakfast time and 4pm to 7pm. The rest of the time it consists of music some commercials and pre-recorded news updates every 20 minutes.
It would be better if the transmitter on 105.9 FM was turned off and the licence awarded to another company.