 Later, the DAB carriage arrangements would be changed such that the Paisley station transmitted on the Central Scotland multiplex taking the place of the Manchester station; this DAB berth transitioned to Xfm in 2014-15 in line with the 96.3 FM service.On 25 June 2012 it was announced Global Radio had bought GMG Radio, The division continued to operate separately until 2014 when, following Ofcom's regulatory review into GMG Radio's takeover, Global Radio announced that 106.1 Real Radio XS would be one of eight stations it would be selling to Communicorp.In March 2016, the station was rebranded as XS Manchester.