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- Classic FM Movies
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- Classic FM was the first national classical music station to launch since the opening of BBC Radio 3 25 years earlier on 30 September 1967, and 46 years since the opening of Radio 3's predecessor of The Third Programme on 29 September 1946.
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Classic FM Movies
United Kingdom
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128kbps • MP3
Classic FM (styled as CLASSIC fM) is one of the United Kingdom's three Independent National Radio stations and is owned and operated by Global Media & Entertainment (Global). The station broadcasts classical music and was launched in 1992.
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United Kingdom
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| Language Language | English |
| Source Source | Directory source |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | classicfm.com |
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| Station ID | 1477 |
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| Region | United Kingdom, England |
| Website | classicfm.com |
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| HTTP status | 200 |
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| Content-Type | audio/mpeg |
| Latency | 153 ms |
| Last check | 20 hours ago |
| Track seen | 1 week ago |
| Stream host | media-ice.musicradio.com |
| Final host | media-ice.musicradio.com |
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Classic FM (styled as CLASSIC fM) is one of the United Kingdom's three Independent National Radio stations and is owned and operated by Global Media & Entertainment (Global). The station broadcasts classical music and was launched in 1992.
Classic FM was the first national classical music station to launch since the opening of BBC Radio 3 25 years earlier on 30 September 1967, and 46 years since the opening of Radio 3's predecessor of The Third Programme on 29 September 1946. As of May 2025, the station has a weekly audience of 4.7 million listeners, according to RAJAR.
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