Piccadilly Radio

Piccadilly Radio began broadcasting television on April 2, 1974, at 261 meters (1151 kilohertz) on medium wave (AM). Today, 97 VHF (FM) is broadcast from the same transmitter in Saddleworth that feeds Key 103! The station was named after Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester’s city centre, and the station’s first studios were located in Piccadilly Plaza until 1996. Piccadilly 1152 and Key 103 were moved to the city’s Castlefield territory. The band CCS delivered the bold first bundle of Piccadilly ID jingles, with John Cameron and Alexis Korner in the forefront.