Virgin Radio
Up until May 2008, the company owned Virgin Radio, a British commercial music radio station based in London. Virgin Radio was launched as 'Virgin 1215' nationally on 1215 kHz (although some regional transmitters used other frequencies) at 12.15pm on 30 April 1993 by Richard Branson as part of his Virgin brand. It was sold to Ginger Media (which was subsequently bought by SMG plc) but retained the Virgin name at the time. On 12 April 2007, it was announced that SMG planned to sell Virgin Radio, to enable the company to focus on its television station, STV. Virgin Radio was finally sold to a group led by The Times of India for £53million on 30 May 2008.
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