at Border Television. On 18 December 2008, it was announced that Century Radio was to be re-branded as Real Radio on 30 March 2009. In April 2009, the Jazz FM name and branding owned by GMG since 2002 were bought by the chief executive of the since formed Jazz FM Investments Ltd, Richard Wheatly. Jazz FM transitioned from GMG's local and regional DAB slots to a single slot on the Digital One national DAB ensemble bought by Jazz FM Investments Ltd in 2011. GMG radio announced that out of peak time hours news would be shared by news hubs. As a result, there is one in Glasgow, one in London and the largest, which is Century Radio, headquarters in Manchester, headed by James Rea. Manchester broadcast a "Sky News" type bulletin, in which all GMG Radio stations in northern England Opt in on the hour. Global Radio buyout of GMG Radio On 25 June 2012, it was announced Global Radio (the owner of stations such as Capital and Heart) had bought GMG Radio; however, the GMG radio stations would continue to operate separately until a regulatory review into the sale is carried out. Real and Smooth On 11 October 2012, The Secretary of State Maria Miller announced that Global Radio's takeover of GMG Radio would not be investigated on the grounds of plurality. The Competition Commission was due to publish its final report on 27 March 2013. On 21 February 2013, it was confirmed that the decision whether Global Radio could take over all GMG Radio's assets would be delayed, until 22 May 2013, two months later than planned. On 21 May 2013, the Competition Commission published their final report into Global Radio's acquisition of GMG Radio. Global must sell radio stations in seven areas of the UK. The stations Global will be required to sell are as follows: East Midlands: Smooth or Capital Cardiff and South Wales: Real or Capital North Wales: Real or Heart Greater Manchester and the North-West: Capital or Real XS with either Real or Smooth North East: Real or Smooth or Capital South and West Yorkshire: Real or Capital Central Scotland: Real or Capital On 14 June 2013, Global Radio appealed against this decision by the Competition Commissions to sell off certain stations. On 6 February 2014, Global agreed to sell eight stations to the Irish company Communicorp for £35 million. These are Smooth East