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Happy Radio to work with Dame Laura Kenny at local event

Dame Laura Kenny will be working with Happy Radio to help switch on the Christmas lights in Altrincham in Greater Manchester this year.

On Saturday, 23rd November, the Olympic champion will take to the stage on Regent Road to switch on the lights and officially kick off Christmas.
It will be hosted by Happy Radio presenters Darren Proctor and Chelsea Norris on the Happy Radio Stage and organised alongside Altrincham BID.
Mandy White, Altrincham BID Director said: “We’re proud to bring the community together for an event.
“This year’s theme celebrates Altrincham’s commitment to active travel and sustainability, as well as sporting achievements, all of which make Dame Laura Kenny the perfect guest to lead us into Christmas.

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BBC Radio 1’s Melvin Odoom and Dean McCullough set to enter the I’m A Celebrity jungle

BBC Radio 1 presenters Melvin Odoom and Dean McCullough are part of the line-up in I’m A celebrity on ITVX this year.
Melvin, who hosts mid-mornings with Rickie and Charlie, joined the station in 2019 after many years on KISS Breakfast.
Known also for his television work, Melvin said: “Snoring is my biggest fear. I have been trying to train myself, as messing with people’s sleep is a big deal.
Dean McCullough has been with Radio 1 since 2020 after working on Gaydio. He told ITV he’s terrified of leaving his studio behind and says he is “so petrified of everything.”
He said: “I made the mistake of watching episode one from last year and I nearly passed out watching it. I had to turn it off. And I hate cockroaches.
“There was a cockroach in a hostel I stayed in once and I checked out during the middle of the night, as the thought of it.”
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! starts on ITVX this Sunday at 9pm.
Photo credit: ITVX

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Paddy McGuinness is cycling 300 miles on a Raleigh Chopper for BBC Children in Need

BBC Radio 2 presenter Paddy McGuinness is cycling 300 miles from Wrexham AFC to Glasgow on a Raleigh Chopper.
The Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge is to raise money and awareness for BBC Children in Need, and you can even check his live progress on the Paddy Tracker!
Zoe Ball on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show spoke to Paddy and set him off on his way at around 8am today, and he also appeared live on BBC Breakfast.
Actor Michael Sheen left a voicenote for Paddy, saying: “Hello Paddy, it’s your old mate Michael Sheen here. What a fantastic thing you’re doing here. I want to give you as much support as possible, so as inspiration – I’m going to do a bike ride as well!
“I’m going to go from this wall here, all the way across to that wall over there. If I can do it, *grunts* you can do it, mate!
“Good luck, all the best *grunts*! All the best!”
Before setting off on his challenge, Paddy spoke to Dot Davies and James Williams from BBC Radio Wales about what it was like to train with Sir Chris Hoy.
“It’s like being a football fan and having a kickabout with Messi. If you’re a cyclist you’d give your right arm to train with him. He’s so inspiring he gets me through the days when were out training and he’s just a pleasure to be around.”
He went on to explain why he chose the chopper bike for his challenge. “I could never afford one always wanted one its iconic I love the shape of it. That’s going to be the star of the show, kids are going to love this, and then the mums and dads can sort of have the rose tinted spectacles on and take themselves back to their own childhoods.”

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Radio X rebrands as Radio Y to promote television drama Yellowstone

Radio X is known as Radio Y today thanks to a partnership between Global and Paramount+ UK to promote television drama Yellowstone.

The UK campaign launched this morning in line with the show’s return, with a Yellowstone takeover of Radio X for the entire day.
The station has become Radio Y and the studio has been transformed into a Yellowstone themed Western ranch including props and branding from the show.
To kick off the day, co-branded social media content featuring Radio X Drivetime host and Yellowstone superfan Johnny Vaughan dressed as a cowboy commuting to work on horseback was teased from Johnny’s, Radio X’s and Paramount+’s social media accounts, ahead of his show.
This morning, Radio X Breakfast host Chris Moyles treated his audience to a special ‘Bucking Bronco’ segment to win a £2K cash prize, hosted live from the studio and streamed on Global Player.
The rest of the Radio X breakfast team (James, Dom and Pippa) took turns on the bronco while simultaneously recapping each Yellowstone series to date and listeners had to guess which presenter could stay on the longest as Chris commented on their performance.
One lucky winner received a £2K cash prize and is in with a chance of winning a trip to a ranch in Montana – the home of Yellowstone.
Yellowstone will be promoted on air every hour throughout the day and there will be further chances for listeners to enter the competition, culminating with Johnny Vaughan going full throttle with Radio Y in his drivetime show.
In addition, spoof ads riffing off the Yellowstone theme will play every hour.
The Radio X activity will be supported by on-air promotions on Heart and Capital throughout the two-week period, and national outdoor ads showcasing Johnny in his Yellowstone themed outfit will bring the partnership to life off air.
The partnership is the result of collaboration between Paramount+ UK, Global, Wavemaker and The Promotions Factory.
Anna Priest, Senior Vice President and Head of Paramount+ UK said: “We’re really proud of this collaboration with Global. Radio hosts are the original influencers and with Johnny, Chris and the Radio X team being genuine fans of Yellowstone, it’s an authentic and entertaining way to excite UK fans about the epic return.”
Katie Bowden, Managing Director of Commercial Audio at Global added: “We love working with advertisers to create innovative campaigns and clever partnerships with our radio brands. This is a great example of using the power of radio to engage audiences in a playful and fun way and Radio X is the perfect set for Yellowstone.”

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Whistledown wins first Radio Times Trust in Audio Award for The Great Post Office Trial

Radio indie Whistledown has won the first Radio Times “Trust in Audio” Award for the BBC Radio 4 series The Great Post Office Trial.
They were up against Just One Thing with Michael Mosley (BBC Radio 4/Sounds), More or Less (BBC Radio 4/Sounds), The Rest Is History (Goalhanger Podcasts) and Why Do You Hate Me? with Marianna Spring (BBC Sounds).
The documentary series, presented by journalist Nick Wallis, was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2020, and has followed the scandal of the Post Office’s faulty Horizon IT system, and the impact it has had on the lives of hundreds of people running their own post offices.
Whistledown’s Managing Director David Prest said: “Back in 2020, no-one else seemed to be giving airtime to the Post Office story. Presenter Nick Wallis and producer Bob Nicholson were dogged in getting to the truth around the scandal and it has been a privilege to report on what so many wronged sub-postmasters and mistresses went through.”
The judges described the series as “beautifully made and paced, the way the story is told is compelling. As a listener you trust Nick Wallis to get to the bottom of the story, in the same way that you trust him with the lives of the people whose stories he is telling.”
This latest award comes just a few weeks after Whistledown won Podcast of the Year at the British Podcast Awards for the audio porn investigation, “Press Play Turn On” made for Audible U.K.
This year’s winners were announced in a special ceremony on Tuesday evening (5th November) at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London, hosted by author and journalist Mariella Frostrup.
Photo by Rob Parfitt

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June Spencer from BBC Radio 4’s The Archers dies aged 105

The family of June Spencer has announced the BBC Radio 4 actor has died peacefully at the age of 105.
Better known as the character Peggy Woolley, formerly Archer, June was part of the radio soap from when it launched in 1951 till her retirement in 2022.
Mohit Bakaya, Controller of Radio 4 paid tribute: “June Spencer has been a longstanding presence and companion for Radio 4 listeners during her exceptional run on The Archers. Many have grown up with June as Peggy and listened as she journeyed through life’s many chapters, with all of its ups and downs.”
“In her later years, her portrayal of a devoted wife caring for a husband with Dementia, including their very moving final goodbye, was deeply poignant and powerful radio.
“We send all our love and condolences to June’s family and the many people whose lives she touched.”
Jeremy Howe, Editor of The Archers said: “Working with June was like working with a legend, and has been one of the great privileges of my time at the BBC. Here was this person, immaculately dressed and sitting bolt upright in the Green Room at BBC Birmingham, script at the ready, all meticulously marked up with little pencil squiggles and dashes like musical notation, who had been in the first ever episode of the Archers back in 1951.
“June Spencer wasn’t just a brilliant Peggy Woolley, the ultimate matriarch of Ambridge, but a brilliant actress. I only ever worked with her in radio, but her technique, her precision, her delivery were flawless.”
“One of the cast once remarked that in all her time in the show he had only ever heard her fluff her lines the once. She was an actress who revelled in her craft, someone who could score a bullseye with a gently insulting cough as if it were a bon mot from Oscar Wilde.
“She was also a great company member – funny, sharp, warm, never gossipy, but with wonderful stories of the early days of radio drama, self deprecating and a great companion.
“The two things I would never commit to with June were being driven by her at the age of one hundred and one or taking her on at Scrabble. She was a Scrabble demon.
“June’s Peggy Woolley was and always will be the Queen of Ambridge, and with her death The Archers has lost its link with the birth of the show over seventy years ago. It is a humbling moment for us all.”

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