Until 2017, CN Group owned two radio stations:
Lancaster-based
The Bay and
Kendal-based
Lakeland Radio. In October 2017 it was announced that both had been sold to the UK media company
Global. The company formerly owned the
Touch Radio Network stations in the Midlands outright until selling them to Quidem in June 2009. The two exceptions to this were the Loughborough licence,
Oak FM, which was sold to the
Lincs FM Group, and the Banbury
Touch FM licence, which was sold to a private consortium and relaunched as
Banbury Sound. It quickly became apparent that operating these licences outside of the regional network was not a commercially sensible move. As a result, Quidem acquired Banbury Sound in 2010 and Oak FM in 2012, effectively reforming the original CN Midlands network. In September 2019, it was announced that Quidem, the station's current owners, were running at a financial loss and the business had entered into a
brand-licensing agreement with
Global Radio. This change means that the Quidem group of stations will take one of Global's brands. At the beginning of October,
Ofcom opened a consultation following Quidem's request for its six stations to make significant changes to their formats. CN previously owned
Mid FM in Northern Ireland. CN also previously owned
Belfast CityBeat until January 2015 when it was sold to the
Q Radio Network. They also had a shareholding in Carlisle-based
CFM Radio, holding a further stake in neighbouring
Border Television. ==Titles==