Greatest Hits Radio (Lancashire)

Greatest Hits Radio Lancashire offers a classic-hits programme for listeners in this part of north-west England. The broadcaster links the regional service with the former Radio Wave identity, providing a connection with earlier local radio.

The station's core music comes from the seventies, eighties and nineties. Familiar songs from those decades sit together across different popular styles, giving the service a recognisable oldies sound. Presented shows add entertainment and company rather than leaving every part of the day to an uninterrupted music sequence.

PopMaster provides a familiar meeting point for music-quiz listeners within Ken Bruce's programme. Golden Years and guests supply other ways to revisit the records, while Zoe Ball's afternoon show invites Lunchtime Anthem requests and includes the 54321 quiz. Simon Mayo adds Confessions to drivetime, with an all-request Friday edition putting song selection in the audience's hands.

The Lancashire service also shares weekend programmes that approach the repertoire through particular DJs. Jenny Powell assembles The Mixtape, and Des Paul presents soul, funk and disco in Rhythm Of The Night. Stephanie Hirst's Spinnin' The Decades draws on her vinyl collection, including rarities and requests played from original 45s rather than treating every hour as the same sequence of hits.

The Lancashire news service follows both coastal and inland communities. Coverage has included hospital employment disputes, plans for a mayoral election and football developments involving Burnley and Fleetwood Town. Reporting also reaches Lancaster, Accrington and Blackpool. Those subjects provide a county perspective alongside the familiar songs, extending the edition's local relevance beyond its earlier Radio Wave identity.