Greatest Hits Radio (Harrogate & The Yorkshire Dales)

Greatest Hits Radio Harrogate and the Yorkshire Dales continues the service formerly known as Stray FM. Its area name combines the town of Harrogate with the surrounding Dales audience, keeping that local radio association within Bauer's wider network.

The programme's music centres on familiar songs from the seventies, eighties and nineties. It reaches across popular styles from those years, with memorable choruses providing a stronger common thread than one specialist genre. Presented shows add entertainment and company around the recordings.

The network line-up includes Ken Bruce and his PopMaster quiz, Zoe Ball in the Afternoon and Simon Mayo's drivetime programme. Bruce also features Golden Years and guests, while Ball invites Lunchtime Anthem requests and presents the 54321 quiz. Mayo's All Request Friday makes audience choices central to the start of the weekend, alongside his regular Confessions feature.

For listeners interested in the people behind familiar records, Great Conversations with Jackie Brambles offers extended guest interviews. Published conversations include Colin Blunstone, Gabrielle and Mike Rutherford. The Harrogate and Dales edition carries these shared music and entertainment strands as part of a service whose retrospective interest extends beyond simply replaying the songs.

Harrogate and the Yorkshire Dales reporting has covered redevelopment around Harrogate station, calls for pedestrianisation in Ripon and repairs to a collapsed wall in Knaresborough. Farming pressures, housing and social-care proposals appear in the wider North Yorkshire coverage too. These subjects give the edition a connection with its towns and rural communities beyond the shared entertainment programme.