{{Short description|Defunct radio station in Leeds, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox radio station | logo = Yorkshire Radio.png | logo_size = 150px | name = Yorkshire Radio | airdate = 10 July 2006 | last_airdate = 30 July 2013 | frequency = DAB: 12A<br/>Sky: 0209 | city = Yorkshire | country = England | format = Pop music, sports | owner = Leeds United A.F.C. | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110821053431/http://www.yorkshireradio.net/? www.yorkshireradio.net] }}
'''Yorkshire Radio''' was a British digital radio station serving Yorkshire on DAB. The station was owned by Leeds United A.F.C. and broadcast live coverage of all first-team games, alongside pop music from the 1960s to 2013.
==History== Yorkshire Radio began test transmissions on 26 June 2006 and launched on 10 July 2006 on the MXR Yorkshire multiplex, replacing jazzfm.com.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/apr/10/radio.digitaltvradio|title=Leeds United to kick off digital station|date=10 April 2006|last=Day|first=Julia|access-date=5 July 2009|work=The Guardian}}</ref> The first and last song to be played on the station was ''I Predict a Riot'' by Leeds band the Kaiser Chiefs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2007/04/news-award-winners-announced/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505044912/http://radiotoday.co.uk/2007/04/news-award-winners-announced/?op=modload&file=article&sid=915|url-status=dead|title=News award winners announced|date=13 April 2007|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=5 May 2013}}</ref>
The station's studios were based at Lowfields Road, behind the east stand of Leeds United's stadium, Elland Road in the Centenary Pavilion. Alongside Leeds United commentaries, Yorkshire Radio also carried coverage of Super League, Leeds Carnegie RUFC and Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The station closed at 6 pm on 30 July 2013.<ref>[http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/07/leeds-united-pulls-plug-on-yorkshire-radio/ Leeds United pulls plug on Yorkshire Radio] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002230/http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/07/leeds-united-pulls-plug-on-yorkshire-radio/ |date=4 March 2016 }}, Radio Today, 30 July 2013</ref>
On 16 December 2013, broadcasting regulator Ofcom partly upheld a complaint on behalf of former Leeds United director Melvyn Levi, who alleged that Yorkshire Radio had treated him unfairly in a number of broadcasts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/enforcement/broadcast-bulletins/2431/obb244.pdf |title=Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin |access-date=16 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617020526/http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/enforcement/broadcast-bulletins/2431/obb244.pdf |archive-date=17 June 2016 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20110821053431/http://www.yorkshireradio.net/?}} * [http://www.leedsunited.com/article.asp?article=378201&blnFeedback=&Title=Yorkshire+Radio+Is+Coming&navlid=newsroom Official Leeds United news article]{{dead link|date=November 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} * [http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=117&ArticleID=1435110 Yorkshire Post article on Yorkshire Radio] * [http://www.radiotoday.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=978 Yorkshire Radio launches on Sky Digital]
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Category:Digital-only radio stations Category:Leeds United F.C. Category:Mass media in Leeds Category:Radio stations in Yorkshire Category:Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom Category:Radio stations established in 2006 Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2013
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