Bauer buys UK regional radio stations

Radio. Bauer Media is acquiring the Wireless Group’s local radio stations in England and Wales, which claim a weekly reach of 850,000 listeners, adding to the purchase of Celador Radio and Lincs FM Group earlier this week which is an additional 1.1 million listeners. Wireless comprises 15 licences across Lancashire, Cheshire, Shropshire, Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Staffordshire and South Wales. Celador adds 25 licences across East Anglia, Thames Valley, Solent and the South West and Lincs FM Group comprises of nine licences across Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Rutland. Bauer is Europe’s largest radio group (with channels in the UK, Scandinavia, Poland and Germany) but is second to Global in the UK.