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Wes Stakes and Leanne Dundas sign up for Overtime at Fix Radio

Fix Radio has launched a new “Overtime” evening show this week with Wes Stakes and Leanne Dundas. Wes and Leanne have recently teamed up as hosts of dance station LDC on DAB in Leeds, and were previously together on the Lincs FM group of stations. Wes Stakes has also been heard across the Bauer network […] […]

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Goffy airs long lost Century Radio interview with Chris Rea

A long-lost radio interview featuring Chris Rea was unearthed recently and aired again by Paul ‘Goffy’ Gough in a BBC Radio Tees special. The two-hour interview was originally broadcast on Century Radio’s ‘Goffy in the Morning’ back in September 2000. Goffy issued an appeal for lost radio audio of his previous celebrity interviews to replay […] […]

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Radio Maldwyn’s 30 year anniversary celebrated in Mid Wales

Former volunteers and staff at Radio Maldwyn have gathered in Newtown to celebrate 30 years since the station started broadcasting to Mid Wales. Radio Maldwyn – the Magic 756 launched on July 1st 1993 from studios by the River Severn in the Powys town. The event took place at Hafan Yr Afon, a community centre […] […]

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Petition delivered to Downing Street slamming the Local BBC Radio changes

Protesters attended 10 Downing Street to hand in a petition organised by the National Federation of the Blind today. The document is backed by over 220 local organisations and at least 40 MPs from across all parties. They say the plans are discriminatory towards the elderly and disabled and have been criticised in Parliament. Andrew […] […]

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Local Radio Day returns for 2023 looking for local community heroes

Local Radio Day is back for 2023 on Friday 20th October, and this year’s theme is Community Heroes.   The day, which is coordinated by Sound Vision, highlights the value of local radio to the communities it serves.  Local Radio Day brings stations together on a national level in a celebration of the relationship between local […] […]

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Ofcom to investigate Talk and GB News for potential rule breaking

Two new broadcast standards investigations are being launched by Ofcom into national speech services Talk TV/Radio and GB News. The first will look at whether an episode of State of the Nation on GB News (Radio and TV) which aired on 9 May, complied with broadcast rules. Ofcom received 40 complaints about this programme, presented […] […]