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CN Group Limited was formerly an independent local media business based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, operating in print and radio. It is now owned by Newsquest and their newspapers are printed in Glasgow.
The company was formerly known as the Cumbrian Newspapers Group Ltd but changed its name to reflect the fact that is no longer primarily a newspaper publisher. One of its principal subsidiaries, however, is still known as Cumbrian Newspapers Ltd.
The company formerly owned the Touch Radio Network stations in the Midlands outright until selling them to Quidem in June 2009. The two exceptions to this were the Loughborough licence, Oak FM, which was sold to the Lincs FM Group, and the Banbury Touch FM licence, which was sold to a private consortium and relaunched as Banbury Sound. It quickly became apparent that operating these licences outside of the regional network was not a commercially sensible move. As a result, Quidem acquired Banbury Sound in 2010 and Oak FM in 2012, effectively reforming the original CN Midlands network. In September 2019, it was announced that Quidem, the station's current owners, were running at a financial loss and the business had entered into a Brand licensing agreement with Global Radio. This change means that the Quidem group of stations will take one of Global's brands. Radio Today – Quidem enters brand licensing agreement with Global, 2 September 2019 At the beginning of October, Ofcom opened a consultation following Quidem's request for its six stations to make significant changes to their formats. OfCom – Banbury Sound, Rugby FM and Touch FM Requests to change Format, 2 October 2019
CN previously owned Mid FM in Northern Ireland. CN also previously owned Belfast CityBeat until January 2015 when it was sold to the Q Radio Network. Belfast radio station CityBeat bought by Q Radio Network – BBC News, BBC News, 29 January 2015 Citybeat Belfast becomes Q – Belfast’s City Beat | Radio Today, RadioToday, 10 August 2015
They also had a shareholding in Carlisle-based CFM Radio, holding a further stake in neighbouring Border Television.
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