The Local Radio Company has told Radio Today it is not in merger talks with UTV Radio, despite suggestions they may be in industry magazine Broadcast.
A source had said that the decision of TLRC Exec Chairman Richard Wheatly to stand down so to focus his energies on the company's recently relaunched Jazz FM station was a sign that wider changes were expected at the radio firm, which owns 21 local stations, including the possibility of a merger with UTV's radio division, which owns TalkSport and about 16 local stations.
But a TLRC spokesperson has told Radio Today no such merger is being considered.