Former Tory minister Zac Goldsmith to launch new sports radio station

Exclusive: Goldsmith and brother Ben the major investors in trkradio, which is due to go to air next month

The former Conservative minister Zac Goldsmith is launching a new sports radio station, trkradio, in the run-up to the men’s football World Cup this summer.

The Track Radio Corporation is understood to have been granted a licence by Ofcom last week, with Goldsmith and his brother Ben, a financier and environmentalist, the major investors.