History
Magic 828 began when Radio Aire split its AM & FM frequencies to form two different stations. It was launched by Roger Kirk at 8:28am on 17 July 1990 and the first song played was Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles.
The station name was created by Bob Preedy who was a presenter on Radio Aire at the time.
Its first jingle package was produced by Century 21 and the voice-overs were voiced by John Myers.
The programmes between 6am and 1am were broadcast live from Studio 2 in Radio Aire and Magic 828's Burley Road studio complex in Leeds. The original weekday line-up was Roger Kirk (6am-9.30am), Ray Stroud (9.30am-1pm), The Magic Mix (1pm-2pm), Peter Tait (2pm-6pm), Nothing But The 60's (6pm-7pm), Mike Vitti (7pm-10pm), Alex Hall (10pm-1am) and The Superstation (1am-6am). A few months after Magic 828's launch, The Superstation closed, Andy Siddell took over evenings and Mike Vitti presented the new overnight programme, Nightflight. The Nightflight programme was simulcast on Aire FM & Magic 828 and broadcast between 1am & 6am from Studio 1 (the studio used for Aire FM). Local news during the early 90's was also simulcast on both stations, although Aire FM only took the first two minutes of the bulletin.
After Emap bought Radio Aire and Magic 828 in 1995, they began to roll the Magic brand out across the other AM stations in the group, creating Magic 1161 (Hull), Magic AM (Sheffield), Magic 1152 (Newcastle), Magic 1170 (Teesside), Magic 999 (Preston), Magic 1548 (Liverpool) and Magic 1152 (Manchester).
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