Bauer Media has announced that it will exit Liverpool’s St Johns Beacon at the end of the year, with the final broadcast set to take place on Christmas Eve. It’s a wonderful setting high atop the city skyline, which I was privileged to be a small part of myself for many years, as the writer and co-presenter of ‘The Week in Social’ show on Radio City Talk. Currently home to the Hits Radio Liverpool and Greatest Hits Radio Breakfast shows, the Grade II listed building has housed Bauer stations and teams since 2000.
Simon ‘Rossie’ Ross has been at the helm of the Greatest Hits Radio Breakfast Show since 2019 having previously been the Breakfast presenter on Radio City 2, while Leanne Campbell has been on the Hits Radio Liverpool Breakfast Show for over a decade.
A spokesperson for Bauer Media Audio UK said: ‘We are incredibly proud to have been part of the vibrant history of the Grade II listed St Johns Beacon. This next step allows us to invest in facilities that better support our vision and evolving needs.’
Upon departing the venue, Greatest Hits Radio Breakfast will broadcast nationally from Bauer’s state-of-the-art Northwest hub, whilst Hits Radio Liverpool Breakfast will continue to broadcast from the city. Whilst the decision has been taken to not renew the lease on the building, Bauer Media Audio continues to lease the Radio City 96.7 signage and is currently engaging in consultation with the landlord and relevant planning authorities over changing the sign to Hits Radio.
Meanwhile, the company has also this week announced that Gok Wan will be the new co-host of Magic Radio Breakfast, joining Harriet Scott permanently every weekday from Monday 27th January.