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Emap is to acquire the remaining 73% of Scottish Radio Holdings, and SRH's regional newspaper business will be sold to Johnston Press for £155m. 22-Jun-2005 Scottish Radio Holdings is to acquire Donegal Highland Radio of Ireland for about £4.7m. 01-Jun-2005 Scottish Radio Holdings is looking to acquire radio stations in England, in order to benefit from the relaxation of media ownership laws. 21-Nov-2003 Scottish Radio Holdings is to acquire Capital Radio Productions, the Irish operator of the FM104 radio station, for £18m. 27-Oct-2003 Scottish Radio Holdings is selling its outdoor advertising business to Clear Channel UK for £33m. 21-May-2002 Scottish Radio Holdings is to acquire the Longford Leader Group, the publisher of regional newspapers in Ireland, for £5.6m. 12-Feb-2002 Scottish Radio Holdings has won a 12-year licence to broadcast a digital radio service for the Inverness area from July 2003. 17-Dec-2001 Scottish Radio Holdings has agreed to acquire the remaining 76% of Radio Ireland, the owner of the Today FM radio station, for £36m. 15-Nov-2001 Scottish Radio Holdings is to acquire Southampton-based radio station Wave 105 from the Wireless Group for £18m, and is also paying £1m for a 25% stake in Fife-based Kingdom FM. 06-Nov-2001 Scottish Radio Holdings has sold the Irish Sunday newspaper to Associated Newspapers for £7.4m. 20-Sep-2001 Scottish Radio Holdings has acquired the remaining 60% of Carlisle Radio for £3.2m. 31-Jul-2001 Scottish Radio Holdings has acquired KPH, the Irish publisher of weekly newspapers, for £23m. 26-Jun-2000 Scottish Radio Holdings has acquired Title Media, the publisher of the Ireland on Sunday newspaper, for £6m. 15-Jun-2000 Scottish Radio Holdings is looking to spend up to £150m on acquisitions, in order to expand its core businesses of radio, outdoor advertising and newspapers. 23-May-2000 Border Television has rejected a £116m takeover bid from Scottish Radio Holdings. 16-Mar-2000 Scottish Radio Holdings is raising £75m in a rights issue, in order to reduce debt and finance further acquisitions in its three divisions - radio, newspapers, and outdoor advertising. 21-Jan-2000 Scottish Radio Holdings is to apply for digital radio frequencies in London, and aims to co-ordinate the launch of local digital radio in key metropolitan markets in the spring. 01-Dec-1999 Scottish Radio Holdings has bought Angus County Press, the Forfar-based publisher of local newspapers, for £4.2m. 01-Oct-1999 Scottish Radio Holdings is acquiring Visions Posters, the Birmingham-based outdoor advertising company, for £15m. 19-May-1999 Scottish Radio Holdings has acquired Parkin Advertising, the Bristol-based outdoor advertising company, for £9m. 29-Apr-1999 Scottish Radio Holdings has acquired Trainer for £27m, as part of a plan to set up an outdoor advertising division. 09-Mar-1999 Scottish Radio, the newspaper and radio company, is looking to spend up to £100m on acquisitions and is to apply for digital radio licences in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Northern Ireland. 01-Dec-1998 Border Television has rejected an unsolicited takeover approach from Scottish Radio. 11-Aug-1998 Scottish Radio is to acquire Downtown Radio of Northern Ireland for up to £10m. 03-Sep-1996 Scottish Radio Holdings is looking to expand by acquiring local radio stations and local newspapers. 17-May-1996 Scottish Radio Holdings has paid £1.6m for the broadcasting licences of West Sound Radio and South West Sound. 16-Jan-1996 Scottish Radio Holdings is looking to expand by buying local newspapers and gaining new radio licences. 02-Dec-1995 Scottish Radio Holdings has bought Morton Newspapers of N Ireland for £11.2m. 19-Oct-1995
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