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Magic 999 (pronounced nine-ninety-nine) is an Bauer Radio-owned local radio station serving Lancashire on 999 kHz AM, DAB digital radio, Virgin Media TV channel 932 and online. The station broadcasts from a converted church at St. Pauls Square in Preston and shares facilities with 97.4 Rock FM.

Magic 999's local programming output consists of a four-hour breakfast show presented by Jude Vause-Walsh on weekdays & Rob Charles at weekends, hourly news bulletins, travel updates at breakfast & drivetime and commercials.

All other programming originates from Magic's northern network studios in Newcastle upon Tyne and occasionally, Manchester.

Magic 999 launched as Red Rose Radio on 5th October 1982 at 6:00am on 301 metres medium wave (999kHz) and 97.3 VHF stereo. The station's first presenter on air was Dave Lincoln - the first record played was Evergreen by Barbra Streisand. Other early presenters on the station included Dave Lincoln, Allan Beswick, Sally Moon and Derek Webster. At this point it was owned by Trans World Communications.

On 1st June 1990, Red Rose Radio split into two stations - the FM service became Red Rose Rock FM (now known as 97.4 Rock FM, while the AM service became Red Rose Gold playing music from the 1960s to the 1980s, as well as airing other specialist shows.

In 1994, Red Rose Gold and Red Rose Rock FM were bought by the Emap group. Towards the mid to late 1990s, Red Rose Gold became Red Rose 999, before morphing into Magic 999 to fall in line with all other Emap-owned AM stations which had all been renamed Magic.

Networking at the station was introduced in late 2001 when mid-morning, evening and overnight shows from Magic 105.4 in London begun simulcasting. Towards the end of 2002, listeners were told to contact a special hotline to voice their views about what they think of the station. Around the same time, forthcoming changes to the station were announced such as new programming, a broader music policy and introducing dedicated newsreaders (rather than the local presenters having to be newsreaders, as was the case for a few months). These changes came into effect on Monday 6th January 2003. More locally-produced programming was introduced although output from Newcastle, Manchester and Liverpool continued to feature in the station's schedule. The current networking arrangements were introduced in July 2006.

Lancashire entry on Aircheck UK

Big City Network: CFM 路 Hallam FM 路 Key 103 路 Metro Radio 路 Radio City 96.7 路 96.3 Radio Aire 路 97.4 Rock FM 路 TFM Radio 路 96.9 Viking FM

Big City Scotland and Northern Ireland: 102.5 Clyde 1 路 Cool FM  路 Downtown Radio 路 97.3 Forth One 路 Tay FM 路 97.4 MFR 路 Moray Firth Radio 1107AM 路 Northsound 1 路 Radio Borders 路 96.7 West FM 路 West Sound FM

Kiss Network: Kiss 100 路 Kiss 101 路 Kiss 105-108

Magic Network: Magic 105.4 路 Magic AM 路 Magic 828 路 Magic 999 路 Magic 1152 路 Piccadilly Magic 1152 路 Magic 1161 路 Magic 1170 路 Magic 1548

Scottish AM stations: Clyde 2 路 1548 Forth 2 路 Northsound 2 路 Tay AM 路 West Sound (AM)

Other radio assets: Kerrang! 105.2 (West Midlands FM and national digital)  路 Wave 105 路 City Talk 105.9

UK Consumer Titles: Angling Times 路 Bella 路 Bike 路 Bird Watching 路 Car 路 Classic Bike 路 Classic Cars 路 Closer 路 Country Walking 路 Digital Photo 路 Empire 路 FHM 路 First 路 Freesail 路 Garden Answers 路 Garden News 路 Golf World 路 Grazia 路 Improve Your Coarse Fishing 路 Heat 路 Instant Beauty 路 Kerrang! 路 Land Rover Owner International 路 Match 路 Max Power 路 Model Rail 路 Mojo 路 More! 路 Mother & Baby 路 Motorcycle News (MCN) 路 New Woman 路 Parker's 路 Performance Bikes 路 Pop 路 Practical Classics 路 Practical Fishkeeping 路 Practical Photography 路 Pregnancy & Birth 路 Puzzle Magazines 路 Q 路 RAIL 路 RiDE 路 Sea Angler 路 Shopping for Baby 路 Skiing 路 Steam Railway 路 Spirit&Destiny 路 Take a Break 路 That's life! 路 Today's Golfer 路 Top Sante 路 Total TVguide 路 Trail 路 Trout & Salmon 路 Trout Fisherman 路 TV Choice 路 TV Quick 路 Waves 路 What Bike? 路 Your Horse 路 Yours 路 Zoo

US Consumer Titles: ASTROgirl 路 First for Women 路 In Touch Weekly 路 J-14 路 Life & Style Weekly 路 Life Story 路 M 路 QuizFest 路 Soaps in Depth 路 Twist 路 Woman's World

German Consumer Titles: Bravo 路 Das Neue Blatt

Business Publications: AM 路 Fleet News 路 Pet Product Marketing 路 Sewells Information and Research

Distribution: Seymour 路 Frontline

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