Virgin Radio

Virgin Radio launched in the United Kingdom in 1993. In 2008 Virgin Radio UK was sold to TIML, a subsidiary of the Times of India group, and the name was changed to Absolute Radio; the Virgin Radio name was not included in the sale.

Virgin Radio International

Type	Private company
Industry	Commercial radio
Founded	2001
Area served	Global
Revenue	> US$150 million
Website	www.virginradio.com

In 2001, the Virgin Group teamed up with an Asia-focused investment fund to launch Virgin Radio Asia. Radio stations were launched in China, India and Thailand between 2002 and 2006. Virgin Radio Asia acquired a global remit in 2006, transforming into Virgin Radio International.[1]

Whilst expansion continued in Asia with additional stations in Delhi (2006), Mumbai and Bangalore (2007), Kolkata and the United Arab Emirates (2008), Thailand (2014) and Indonesia (2016), Virgin Radio also launched in Italy (2007), France and Toronto (2008), Montreal (2009), Calgary (2010), Edmonton (2011 ), London (Canada) and Winnipeg (2012), Lebanon (2013 and 2019), Turkey (2013), Vancouver (2015), Halifax and Kitchener (2016), Romania (2017), Oman and Switzerland (2018), Victoria (Canada) and Kelowna (2019). Virgin Radio re-launched in the UK in 2016 and there are now 4 Virgin Radio stations in the UK.[2]

Music television stations were also launched in France and Italy.[3][4]

As of May 2020, there are over 40 Virgin Radio stations globally.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]