1. Metro Radio Group or Metropolitan Broadcasting , as it was more widely known , was a group of independent local radio stations in the northeast of England .
2. Metro Radio Group or the Metropolitan Broadcasting as it was more commonly known , was a group of Independent Local Radio stations in North East of England .

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