years broadcasting from the basement 'Studio B' at Radio Trent's Castle Gate headquarters, Classic Gold's Nottingham studios moved, along with Trent's, to the sixth floor of Chapel Quarter, an office building on the corner of Mount Street and Chapel Bar, in January 2007. Solid Gold Gem AM November 4, 2012 saw the launch of Solid Gold Gem AM, an internet radio station following the original GEM-AM format. While Solid Gold Gem AM had no connection to the original GEM AM in Nottingham, its line-up featured many of the original presenters including Andy Marriott, Krissi Carpenter, Paul Burbank, Craig Strong, Tim Rogers and Len Groat who was Head of Programmes and Music at the original GEM-AM from 1988 to 1994. A commercial free station, it styles itself as "radio like it used to be". On 27 November 2014, and shortly after the station had celebrated its second anniversary, it was announced that Solid Gold Gem would cease broadcasting from midnight on 30 November. However, a week after its closure, a relaunch was announced for 15 December. The station would also now be managed by Len Groat, and a second station, Serenade Radio, was launched in February 2015. No reason was given for the broadcasting hiatus. The station has now rebranded to Solid Gold Gem and it broadcasts 24 hours a day commercial free. At the end of 2020 Len Groat, now in his 70s, decided that he wanted to hang up his headphones and enjoy his retirement. The team of 20 plus people that volunteer their time on the station didn't want it to close it was taken over by Andy Siddell, who had been with the internet station since it started in 2012. Andy was part of the Bauer Magic North Network until 2009 as a presenter and was also the group head of music. Since taking over, Andy has brought the station a little more up to date with a new website, mobile app and Alexa Skill, all to make the station more accessible. The station also plays a few more New Gold tracks to complement its core 60's, 70's and 80s playlist. Every DJ is free to self-select the music they play and with a library of well over 10,000 tracks. References https://radiotoday.co.uk/2015/07/jeff-owen-returns-to-radio-with-gem-am/ Radio Today. 27 July 2015. External links Classic Gold's Homepage Classic Gold GEM at Media UK Tribute site to GEM-AM History of local radio in