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Amanda Holden swaps heels for hiking boots in latest challenge

Amanda Holden is wondering what she’s signed up for in a new challenge to raise money for charity. The Heart Breakfast presenter is to attempt the ‘3 Peaks Challenge’ next month in aid of Global’s Make Some Noise, which raises money and awareness for small charities supporting disadvantaged people across the UK...

Publication date: 22.09.2022

Radio stations across the UK enter Obit mode for Queen Elizabeth II

Almost every radio station in the UK suspended normal programming around 6.30pm on Thursday to announce the sad death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral on Thursday afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort remained at Balmoral on Thursday evening and will return to London on Friday...

Publication date: 09.09.2022

Weekend programme schedule changes at LBC as new voices join

LBC is introducing a new weekend schedule with many new voices joining the Global station. Here’s what’s new: David Lammy – Shadow Foreign Secretary and Labour MP for Tottenham – moves to launch a new Sunday morning show, from 10am to 1pm...

Publication date: 09.09.2022

talkSPORT suspends radio presenter Trevor Sinclair after personal tweet

Sports commentator and presenter Trevor Sinclair will not be on-air for the foreseeable future at talkSPORT as the station investigates the circumstances and timing of a tweet he sent. The social media post, sent an hour after the death of Her Majesty The Queen was announced on Thursday, has attracted many comments and media reports...

Publication date: 09.09.2022

DJ and presenter Omah Howard to host Capital XTRA evening show

Capital XTRA has signed KISS DJ and presenter Omah Howard to host the Capital XTRA Evening Show. Omah will be on-air Monday to Thursdays from 7pm – 10pm, starting tonight, Monday 5th September. He’s been doing weekends at KISS recently, and was a previous...

Publication date: 05.09.2022

Classic FM stages concert for Prince Charles in Scotland

Classic FM has been celebrating its 30th birthday in Scotland with a special concert at St Margaret’s, Braemar. The performance was in the presence of HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay. Hosted by Classic FM’s Margherita Taylor MBE and presenter Dr Robert Lovie, the concert featured musicians from across Scotland including an ensemble of musicians from the Royal...

Publication date: 05.09.2022

House Party Radio launches on local DAB digital radio in Glasgow

House Party Radio has launched on the small-scale DAB multiplex in Glasgow. House Party Radio started three years ago by Station Director John Beddows a.k.a. Johnny Bee who has been hosting a radio show of the same name for over 15 years...

Publication date: 03.09.2022

Tributes paid to Classic FM presenter Bill Turnbull who has died aged 66

Classic FM presenter and former BBC Breakfast host Bill Turnbull has died at the age of 66 after being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017. He passed away peacefully at home in Suffolk surrounded by his family on Wednesday after a “challenging” fight with advanced prostate cancer, they said. Bill was diagnosed in 2017 and went public with the diagnosis the following year. He presented his last show on Classic FM just two weeks ago...

Publication date: 01.09.2022

New station Virgin Radio 80s Plus will play more than 80s hits

If you love music from the 80s but want a little more than that from a radio station, then you’ll probably like Virgin Radio 80s Plus. The new station, being launched by Virgin Radio UK tomorrow, will play the biggest artists from the 1980s PLUS the best music from the late 1970s and early 1990s...

Publication date: 31.08.2022

Capital Xtra gets new sonic audio identity from On The Sly

Capital Xtra has a new sonic identity from audio production company On The Sly. They’ve created a brand new sound for the national station with sung logos and production elements...

Publication date: 28.08.2022