Company which owns Chesterfield's Peak FM announces closure of some radio stations

Bauer Media is set to axe 10 radio stations after admitting its plans have been accelerated by the coronavirus crisis.

Peak FM, based in Chesterfield, is to be rebranded as Greatest Hits Radio.

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Dee Ford, group managing director radio, said: “Audiences love and trust radio. Expanding the Hits Radio Brand Network will ensure listeners to these acquired stations benefit from multi-platform digital distribution meaning they can continue to broadcast in an increasingly competitive, digital and voice-activated world.”

It comes just a week after it emerged the publisher was in talks to close, merge or sell 10 of its print titles.

The company said the publications, which include music magazine Q, would not be sustainable once the Covid-19 crisis is over.