Real Radio (North East)

Real Radio (North East)

Real Radio North East is a radio station in north east England owned by Global Radio. It is based in Team Valley, Gateshead, and broadcasts to North East England.

The station was launched in 1994 as Century Radio, the first station in Border Radio Holding's Century Network. The station was taken over by Capital Radio Group, and then by GCap Media in 2005. GMG Radio acquired the Century stations in 2006, rebranding them in 2009 to conform to the branding and network programming of the other stations in the Real Radio network. Global Radio acquired GMG Radio on 25 June 2012 with Real Radio now operated in a "hold separate" situation known as Real and Smooth Ltd.