Pirate FM changing to Hits Radio brand this spring

Pirate FM is changing its name this spring

Radio station Pirate FM is changing its name and output in the coming months, with some jobs at risk.

The station will become digital-only Hits Radio Cornwall and will continue to broadcast its morning show from its base at Pool.

Two frequencies that Pirate FM broadcast over will be taken over by Greatest Hits Radio Cornwall.

Both stations will give local news and traffic updates, Bauer Media Group, which owns the Hits Radio brand, said.

It said listeners in Cornwall will be able to hear "big name broadcasters" including Ken Bruce and Simon Mayo, and the changes will come in from the spring.

Pirate FM was launched as an independent radio station in 1992.

Bauer Media Group has confirmed that the changes do mean that "a small number of roles" will be put into consultation and freelance contracts reviewed.