The re-design is also intended to offer consistent design across all the station's sites.

In total Bauer Radio has 42 stations in the UK, with 13m listeners tuning in each week.

Currently the company's radio websites have 1.4m users a month but the re-design is intended to extend these on air audiences to online. Meanwhile, advertisers will benefit from new features such as full-page takeovers.

Bauer Radio development director Iain Clasper said online audiences are vital to Bauer's continued growth, ...