Bauer to close Carlisle office and end local show on Greatest Hits Radio Cumbria

Greatest Hits Radio’s local show for Cumbria will end as the studio used by the station is set to close.

The premises will be vacated by Bauer Media staff tomorrow, Friday 27th September, in order for property reinstatement work to take place.

This means that Robbie Dee’s afternoon show on Greatest Hits Radio will come to an end on the same day, with listeners in the area receiving the network afternoon show from 1pm on Monday 30th September.

Robbie has been with the station, previously on breakfast, for over 20 years.

Bauer tells RadioToday that all remaining staff will be home based.

Greatest Hits Radio is currently required to offer a three-hour locally presented show in its north-west England region, which will be covered by the breakfast show, currently presented from Liverpool by Simon Ross.

A Bauer Media Audio spokesperson told us: ‘Atlantic House has been the home of Greatest Hits Radio Cumbria & South West Scotland, and CFM before it for a number of years and we’re really grateful for all the many good times and memories.

“As we close the building doors and open a new chapter, we remain committed to providing our audiences with local news and information for the area alongside our national programming.

“I’d like to say a huge thank you to all our teams, but particularly Robbie Dee whose passion and commitment to radio is really inspiring. We wish him all the best.”

The late John Myers launched CFM in Carlisle, from premises adjacent to the ITV Border studios in Durranhill, in April 1993.

In April 2010, the station moved to a new base at Atlantic House in Kingstown and it changed to Greatest Hits Radio in April 2023 after being part of the Hits Radio network.