Xfm Scotland Will Be Rebranded To Join Galaxy Network

Xfm Scotland will be completely rebranded to become a part of Global Radio’s Galaxy network in the autumn, following Global’s £375 million takeover of GCap Media.

The indie music station is expected to see a radical change of it’s music output as it joins the dance network, which currently has stations in Birmingham, Manchester, Yorkshire and the north-east.

Darren Henley, the managing director of music brands Xfm, Classic FM, and Choice FM, told staff the transition would take a couple of months and in the meantime they will continue to broadcast Xfm Scotland as normal but with a focus on the launch of the new station.

The network programme director for Galaxy, Mike Cass, is expected to go to Glasgow to oversee the process.

Global radio now own three of the four Xfm indie rock stations nationwide – the fourth was sold to Town and Country Broadcasting in May.

Richard Park, executive director at Global Radio, said: “Central Scotland can prepare itself to receive Britain’s fastest-growing radio station aimed at young people and the prospect of the output from the Glasgow studios is an exciting one.”

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