Latest news about Nation Radio

Nation 90s to play Oasis all day Tuesday and declares Oasis Day

Nation 90s has declared August 27th as ‘Oasis Day’ ahead of the band’s hotly anticipated 8AM announcement. From midnight, the station will be playing Oasis songs all day to celebrate the anticipated return of the most high-profile duo of the decade.

Nation continues to hire former Wave 105 presenters

Kate Weston and Andy Jackson are joining Nation Broadcasting whilst Tony Shepherd gets a weekday show across the Nation network. They join Steve Power and Selina Ross who have already made the move in recent weeks.

Nation Radio hires more former Wave 105 presenters

Selina Ross and Tony Shepherd, both former presenters with Wave 105, are joining Nation Radio South. They join Steve Power who has already made the move from Bauer to Nation, and is now hosting Drive (and weekend shows) on Nation, plus breakfast on Nation’s Easy Radio.

Steve Power to host Breakfast and Drive on Wave 105 rival stations

Former Wave 105 Drive presenter Steve Power is joining Nation Broadcasting to host Breakfast on Easy Radio and Drive on Nation Radio South. After 25 years at Wave, Steve left Bauer along with most of the on-air staff when it switched to Greatest Hits Radio four weeks ago.

Suzie McGuire takes on evenings at Nation Radio Scotland

Nation Radio Scotland is expanding its hours of Scottish originated content as Suzie McGuire takes on new shows and Gavin Wallace joins the station on Sundays.

Nation brings back a network chart hosted by Dr Fox

Neil Fox is back on the charts as Nation Broadcasting introduces the Nation Network Chart across its stations. The show will air on Nation Radio across in Wales, Scotland, London, the South Coast, Suffolk, Ipswich, Hull and also on Sun FM Radio in the North East...

RAJAR Q1 2023: Radio is booming according to the latest figures

Boom Radio is thanking the Late Paul O’Grady for its latest audience figures after it doubled its audience year-on-year, with 635,000 adults now listening each week. “Paul’s Christmas special delivered record numbers for us and set us up perfectly for 2023 according to our own data...

Rebrand for Nation Radio to celebrate Coronation weekend

Nation Radio is rebranding across the forthcoming bank holiday weekend to celebrate the Coronation. The network of stations will be playing the Best of British artists for the duration of CoroNation Radio hosted by Neil Fox, Russ Williams and Greg Burns...

New music station launched by Nation Broadcasting

Nation New has launched today supporting new artists and playing nothing but new music. It’s on DAB in Tynemouth and South Shields and available online via the Nation Player. Neil Greenslade, Nation’s Group Programme Director, said: “Getting your music playlisted as an independent or unsigned artist is tough...

Greg Burns joins Nation Radio UK for a daily show

Former Hits Radio, Heart and Capital presenter Greg Burns is joining Nation Broadcasting. He’ll host Drive each weekday on Nation Radio UK and Weekend Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. Greg said: “I’m really excited to be joining the ever-expanding Nation Radio network. It’s great to be back on a lineup with the legend that is Russ Williams and to be handing over to Foxy’s jukebox every evening too..."