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Special programmes are to broadcast on BRMB for World Mental Health Day in partnership with Birmingham Mind.
The special edition of the show, along with a podcast, will highlight the help and support available, along with conversations from volunteers and service users on their own recovery from poor mental health.
The programme ‘A Space to Speak Your Mind’, is produced by former Galaxy Birmingham presenter and BRMB/Free Radio Producer, Richard Perks, who has had his own lived experience around mental health and as a passionate Brummie is keen to tell people that there are services available in the city to those going through difficult times.
Richard now openly talks about the anxiety and depression he suffered throughout his working life before he reached out to a local Mind service; and how a recent recognition of being Neurodivergent has contributed to much of his poor mental health and the difficulties he has experienced.
He believes radio is a perfect way of having open conversations and breaking the stigma around Mental Health.
Rachel McNair at Birmingham Mind, said, “Hearing our service users talk so passionately about the support they have received not only validates the service we provide but helps to stamp out the stigma still associated with accessing mental health services and community wellbeing support.”
The show will air at 6pm on World Mental Health Day, Thursday 10th October, and will be available as a podcast.

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Former Radio City employees are holding an event to celebrate 50 years of commercial radio on Merseyside.

Around 200 people will gather at Dicey Reilly’s on Wolstenholme Square in Liverpool on Friday 18th October to mark the occasion.
Broadcasting from the original Stanley Street studios before moving to St. John’s Beacon in 2000, 194 Radio City began its 50 year journey at 5.58am, with an announcement from its founding Managing Director Terry Smith who said “It’s two minutes to six on Monday October 21st 1974.
“For the very first time, this is 194 Radio City broadcasting to Merseyside.”
Event organisers Molly Marshall (Hits Radio Liverpool/former Radio City) and Carolyn Hughes (former Radio City and now Carolyn Hughes PR Ltd) who have been responsible over the years for many of the radio stations landmark celebrations did not want to let the milestone anniversary pass without marking the historic occasion.
Molly said: “Radio City has always been a fantastic place to work and for many has been a stepping stone to illustrious careers. For others their time at Radio City was a very special part of their lives and I feel so privileged to heave worked there for almost 40 years and counting!”
Radio City original line up
Carolyn added: “Whilst there are no official celebrations planned for former employees, we didn’t want to let this monumental date pass and it is testament to the station’s former employees that 200 of them are travelling from as far away as Australia to mark the occasion and to raise a glass to the vision and the legacy of Terry Smith who founded the station, whilst also acknowledging the amazing contribution that the talented former employees played in the continuing success of the station.”
The 50th anniversary celebration will honour the station’s history and legacy with music, photographs, video footage and soundbites from the decades, which have been carefully curated by former employee Al Stirling, who has created a nostalgic website for former employees to mark the occasion.

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BBC Radio 5 Live is making a number of changes to its schedule including Chris Warburton moving to Drive and Tony Livesey returning to Lates.

Chris, who has been co-hosting Weekend Breakfast for 10 years, will join Clare McDonnell on 5 Live Drive from December.
Tony, who has been on Drive also for a decade, returns back to where he started his 5 Live career on weeknights 10pm till 1am.
On weekends, mornings are set for a shake up, as former Olympian Jeanette Kwakye MBE steps into the spotlight to present the weekend breakfast programme alongside Eleanor Oldroyd on Saturdays and Gordon Smart on Sundays.
Jeanette Kwakye
Regular Weekend Breakfast host, Eleanor Oldroyd, remains as co-host on Saturdays but has decided to take a step back from Sundays, making way for Gordon Smart, who is moving from weeknights to co-host alongside Jeanette on Sundays.
Gordon will also regularly present across the 5 Live schedule as well as other BBC programmes.
Heidi Dawson, Controller of BBC 5 Live, said: “It’s fantastic to be welcoming Jeanette in to the 5 Live family. After an outstanding year of big impact events, from the election, Euros football and Olympic Games, 5 Live continues to be the voice of the UK, and our brilliant new schedule line up will continue to bring people together for the country’s biggest moments.”

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A new radio station covering Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire has launched called Radio Big Sky.

The service launched on Saturday 28th September and is offering a playlist of 70s, 80, 90s music plus a few familiar tracks from today.
It will also have local traffic and weather news.
“At Radio Big Sky, we know from our research that whilst listeners do want to hear about their local communities, they don’t want to hear long interviews.” Said David Miller, one of the five founders behind Radio Big Sky
He continued: “What they do want is great music interspersed with short, snappy bitesize chunks of information about the areas in which they live.
“Above all, our listeners want more music and a lot less chat and that’s what we at Radio Big Sky promise to bring!”
The station is streaming now via radiobigsky.com.

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Radio Hallam staff who were at the station from day one held a reunion recently at Maggie May’s in Sheffield.
The station began broadcasting to South Yorkshire & The North Midlands on 1st October 1974 from studios at Hartshead, off the High Street in Sheffield. It was the 8th Independent Local Radio station to come on air.
The photo shows 11 of the surviving people who attended who were there 50 years ago, and from left are: Jonathan Craymer, Colin Slade, Beverley Chubb, Marie Slade, Keith Skues, Lindsay Reid, Darryl Adams, Stuart Linnell, Graham Blincow, Roger Brooks and Frank Carpenter.
The reunion was held on Sunday 29th September 2024.

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One of GlitterBeam Radio’s presenters has entered the Big Brother house for the latest series on ITV2 and ITVX.
Dean Quinton, also known as ‘Queenton’ has been part of the GlitterBeam team for a few years, presenting a weekly show and podcast called “The DQ Experience“.
He’s also co-hosted with other GlitterBeam presenters at Gravesham Pride.
“As everybody, we didn’t know why Dean was going to be absent for 6 weeks” GlitterBeam founders Eugenio Ceriello and Michael Walton-Dalzell said, “but Sunday evening our phones literally exploded with notifications and we are over the moon to have Dean representing the community and our radio station in the house.
“We are sure Dean will bring sparkle to the house like it happens on air every Monday/”
The station will cover everything happening in the Big Brother House with particular attention in the “Reali-Tea” show, with Brandi Morris, airing every Thursday at 7pm.

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