About Absolute Radio
Absolute Radio, (previously known as Virgin Radio), is one of the UK's three Independent National Radio stations. The station rebranded to its current name at 7.45am on 29 September 2008. Originally called Virgin 1215, it was launched nationally on 1215 kHz (although some regional transmitters used other frequencies) at 12.15pm on 30 April 1993. The first song was a special version of the Steppenwolf song "Born to be Wild", recorded by Australian group INXS.
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