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Beacon Radio has served Wolverhampton and therefore the Black Country since 12 April 1976 with its licence area expanded to hide Shropshire in 1987.
Mercia Sound (later Mercia) was launched in Coventry and Warwickshire on 23 May 1980, followed by Radio Wyvern in Herefordshire and Worcestershire on 4 October 1982.
GWR went on to shop for Beacon from its company BCCL in 1995 and Wyvern FM two years later.
The four licenses came under equivalent ownership in 2005 when GWR and Capital merged to make GCap Media.