Radio company Forever Broadcasting has sold the Liverpool version of the Juice station to Absolute Radio for £3.1m as part of a strategy to reduce the company's debt load. Juice Liverpool, which began life as an Xfm styled station called Crash, has become more of a youth station in the Kiss / Beat 106 vein, branded with the same name / identity as Forever's Brighton youth station. But there has been much talk for some time about financial problems at the Liverpool station and its parent company. No word yet on whether the sale will mean a rebrand or reposition.
Elsewhere in radio takeovers, Fife radio station Kingdom FM have bought the Scottish radio assets of a company called UKRD Group, which include Lanarkshire's Clan FM, a 25% equity stake in West Lothian's River FM and an 18% stake in Go-FM, a consortium led by Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark bidding for that new Glasgow licence.
And finally, according to the Media Guardian, Capital Radio are considering putting in a bid to gain an FM licence in Dublin through which to launch Xfm Dublin. Word is the bid would be a joint effort with Popstars judge Louis Walsh. In a statement Capital told reporters: "Xfm Dublin would build on the success of Xfm London creating an innovative guitar-led new music radio station showcasing the best new music in an authentic irreverent and exciting way."