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Over 10,000 gifts collected in the kmfm Christmas gift campaign
kmfm and Kent-based company Bargain Hunter UK have delivered over 10,000 toys in their ‘Give A Gift’ campaign this year. ‘Give A Gift’ started on air Monday 7th November and ended on Sunday 27th November with the team reporting the biggest year ever for donations. Deliveries started on Monday 5th December and were completed on Friday 16th December...Publication date: 20.12.2022
Bono tells Chris Evans how his parents shaped his career
U2’s Bono has spoken about how grateful he is that his parents helped shape the man, and the musician he became. The Irish singer made the remarks when he appeared on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio to discuss his new biography Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story...Publication date: 19.12.2022
Pete Waterman back on air over Christmas on Virgin Radio 80s Plus
Producer and DJ Pete Waterman is to present two special shows on Virgin Radio 80s Plus over the festive season. The 80s legend will be live on Christmas Eve from 6pm to 10pm, and New Year’s Eve 8pm to Midnight. Both programmes will be classic 80s Party Shows. Best known as part of the top songwriting team Stock Aitken Waterman, Pete started his career as a DJ...Publication date: 16.12.2022
Sonny Jay exits Capital Breakfast to host the Capital Late Show
Sonny Jay is leaving the Capital Breakfast show after five years to host the late-night slot on the station. He’s been on Breakfast alongside Roman Kemp and Sian Welby (and Vick Hope before her) since 2018, which went national in 2019 replacing local and regional Capital breakfast shows. Since October, the show has seen Chris Stark join from BBC Radio 1 meaning four presenters on-air every morning...Publication date: 15.12.2022
James Norton tells Chris Evans about playing Happy Valley villain
Actor James Norton joined Chris Evans on his Virgin Radio Breakfast Show this morning. He was there to talk about returning as Tommy Lee Royce in the hotly anticipated third and final series of Happy Valley. It’s six years since series two ended and the third launches on New Year’s Day on BBC One. James returns to play psychopath and violent criminal Tommy, who has been in prison since series one...Publication date: 13.12.2022
Owen Warner reunites with Chris Moyles then gets pranked!
I’m A Celeb runner up Owen Warner joined his jungle campmate Chris Moyles on Radio X this morning. The Hollyoaks actor spoke about the effects of being in the jungle and Chris thought it might be fun to wind him up a little too! They were both talking about putting weight back on since returning home when Chris said that he’d put back most of what he’d lost...Publication date: 13.12.2022
Chris Moyles returns to Radio X after his stint in the jungle
Chris returned to his Breakfast Show this morning for the first time in six weeks after being on ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! He was given the red carpet treatment by the team and they toasted him with champagne as he walked through the studio door. They also gave him a spanner in honour of his Boiling Point Bushtucker Trial where he had to unscrew stars with spanners, but only managed to get one...Publication date: 02.12.2022
Romesh Ranganathan speaks to Virgin Radio about his Netflix special
The comedian and actor was a guest on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show. He spoke to Chris about The Cynic, his new Netflix special, available on Netflix from today. The recording follows his sell out tour (The Cynic’s Mixtape) between 2019 and 2022 and was recorded at his hometown gig at the Hawth Theatre in Crawley...Publication date: 29.11.2022
Pure Radio Scotland switches to all Christmas music all day
Pure Radio is playing nothing but Christmas music till the big day itself. The station, with Robin Galloway in the mornings, officially launched Christmas on November 25th, dropping all regular playlists for a month of festive favourites...Publication date: 27.11.2022
Ricky Wilson from Kaiser Chiefs to host Drive at Virgin Radio UK
Ricky Wilson is joining Virgin Radio UK full-time to take over the weekday Drivetime show. The Kaiser Chiefs lead singer has previously stood in for Chris Evans on Breakfast, but will now host his own show 4pm till 7pm Monday to Friday from January 9th 2023...Publication date: 25.11.2022
