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How is the correct article title for "Virgin Radio" actually "talkSport"? Is that notice at the beginning of the article correct, or a holdover from an earlier version? - DavidWBrooks 20:47, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Why isn't Al Murray on anymore?--Crestville 18:41, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Schedule - Unencyclopedic[edit]

As I have had to do to a good number of radio articles, according to section 1.7.3 of Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, Wikipedia is not a TV/Radio Guide. Can the section be changed to something like Programmes and Presenters? --tgheretford (talk) 22:08, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Format[edit]

Is it just me or is the article still too top heavy? I just think there is too much at the top that could do with paragraphing. I don't have time just at the moment, but i may come back to it late if no one else does. Minardi 16:26, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, the lead section easily goes against Wikipedia:Lead section advice. I'll try and sort things out into sections now, if not, I'll add a template to the article. --tgheretford (talk) 16:51, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rearranged it, probably not perfect! So feel free to correct anything because I needed to add a few things which weren't covered in the article. --tgheretford (talk) 17:09, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thats much bettter, I just don't have time to sort these kind of things.I did put this up for Wikify but it got taken down, and the lead section problems ignored. Thanks for sorting it. Minardi 06:23, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AFD on company operating Virgin Radio transmission sites[edit]

There's an AFD on Alice Soundtech, a leading UK supplier of studio and transmission equipment for ILR and RSL radio stations (from mixing consoles to AM/FM transmitters) also operating some transmission sites for TalkSPORT and Virgin Radio. People in the biz or in the know can chime in at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alice Soundtech. -- 62.147.39.76 10:30, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Frequency[edit]

I'm not sure where to add this but in addition to the 1215AM frequency, it's also found on 1197AM (which I think was the better signal in the South East?). Both used to be advertised together though not listened recently so don't know if they still are. For the record, the signal in between (e.g. 1206AM) is poor, I remember it was barely able to be made out in Cambridgeshire. - JVG 05:57, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Other frequencies are also used - 1197 is used in a number of areas, as are 1233, 1242 and 1260, i've included explanitory text in the main article as it too messy to do so in the side panel, also included a note that the station is not available on DAB in Northern Ireland in that section. KevS 21:29, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Martin Collins[edit]

What happened to him? I was unaware he had left. Are we sure this is correct? Minardi 21:29, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Big Star[edit]

I'm an occasional listener to the station and missed this promotion. The description in the article is confusing and I don't understand what went on having read it. Is the promotion significant enough to merit inclusion in the article and if people believe it is, could it be reworded so someone who's not familiar with the topic is able to understand it. Thanks, Scarletman 22:50, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Absolute Radio[edit]

I thought that this radio station was still known as "Absolute Radio" these days (I do know it changed its name to Absolute Radio) so shouldn't the article be re-named "Absolute Radio" with types of "Virgin Radio" redirecting to there? ACEOREVIVED (talk) 19:49, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can see there's still an international Virgin Radio brand, which has a legitimate right to a page, while the UK operation was rebranded away from Virgin in 2008. I've added a link to the rebranded page.Nickpheas (talk) 13:51, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Further Unencycopedic Content[edit]

The intro to this is atrocious. It does not describe what the company is at all and instead heads directly into acquisition history.

"Virgin Radio launched in the United Kingdom in 1993. In 2008, Virgin Radio UK was sold to TIML, a subsidiary of The Times of India group, and the name was changed to Absolute Radio; the Virgin Radio name was not included in the sale."

JaredTamana (talk) 20:02, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No contest, added cleanup tag. JaredTamana (talk) 10:26, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]