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About Viking FM

Listen to the internet radio of Viking FM live, broadcasting since 1984 and covering the Humberside territory. The broadcaster is owned by Bauer Radio Ltd., and member of the Planet Radio station fleet. A key station within Bauer's Hits Radio Network in Humberside, serves the East Riding of Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire with essential local news, sports updates, travel-traffic information, and weather reports during daytime hours. During the nighttime, hourly and half-hourly rotating news updates encompass national and international news as well as sports news. Additionally, cheerful talk-shows and engaging phone-ins add variety to the program, which predominantly features pop music from the past 15 years. "The Hits UK Chart" is broadcasted from 4pm to 7pm on Sundays, which is Bauer's own chart show led by Sam Thompson, with the hottest 40 songs. On weekdays from 6am to 10am, get ready for a cheerful start with Alex & Nicola in the morning.

Viking FM slogan: "The Biggest Hits. The Biggest Throwbacks"

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Postal address: The Bloc, 38 Springfield Way, Anlaby, Hull, HU10 6RJ 51

Website: https://hellorayo.co.uk/hits-radio
Phone: +44 161 288 5000, +44 161 288 0103
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East Yorkshire - 96.9 FMNorth Lincolnshire - 96.9 FM

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News about Viking FM

Viking FM reunion planned for 40th anniversary

Viking FM staff old and new are invited to gather to celebrate the 40th birthday of the radio station for East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire. The event has been organised by former Marketing Manager Alana Ennis and former presenters Darren Lethem and Ben Wrigley.More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 29.01.2024

Bauer to rebrand heritage FM stations in England and Wales to Hits Radio

Free Radio, Gem Radio, Hallam FM, Lincs FM, Metro Radio, Pulse 1, Radio City, Rock FM, Signal 1, TFM, Viking FM and Wave Swansea are rebranding to Hits Radio. The news has been announced to staff this morning with 15 radio stations in total making the switch in April 2024.More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 10.01.2024

Singer Calum Scott to co-host on Viking FM Breakfast

Calum Scott is co-hosting Viking FM breakfast with Alex Duffy as he covers Ellie Brennan next week. The Hull-born singer says he’s very excited by the opportunity as he grew up listening to Viking FM and that Alex & Ellie are his favourite presenters. Calum found fame on Britain’s Got Talent in 2015 where he placed sixth. His single, a cover of ‘Dancing on My Own’ became Britain’s best-selling single of summer 2016...More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 20.08.2021

Nominations for the 2020 IRN Awards revealed

The nominations for the 2020 IRN Awards have been announced by Sky News presenter Kay Burley. There are 12 categories including the Student Journalist of the Year prize which is supported by the Broadcast Journalism Training Council. The awards event itself will take place at Sky Cinema in west London on Thursday 26th March 2020, also hosted by Kay. IRN Editor and Chair of Judges, Dave Terris said: This is a stellar list of nominations representing the gold standard in commercial radio news and sport...More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 12.02.2020

Viking FM is moving out of Hull to join Hallam FM

Viking FM is moving its broadcast teams out of Hull to co-locate with Hallam FM in Sheffield. The station’s only remaining local show (once Drive goes networked in September), Breakfast with Alex Duffy and Ellie Brennan, will be broadcast from Sheffield starting on 2nd October. Bauer says: “The broadcast teams will move into our Sheffield studios, ensuring that they have access to the very best technology and resource and more vibrant creative environment.”More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 12.08.2019

Bauer to network drivetime across 11 licences in North and Midlands

Bauer Media has announced plans to network Wes Butters and Gemma Atkinson across most of its big city stations in England, meaning 7 presenters will lose their daily drivetime show. From 2nd September, Wes will be on 4-7pm across Metro Radio, TFM, Rock FM, Radio City, Hallam FM, Radio Aire, Viking FM and the four Free Radio stations in the West Midlands – in addition to his current show on Hits Radio in Manchester and on DAB across the UK. Gemma will join the show after her maternity leave...More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 05.08.2019

Bauer gains approval to network breakfast shows

Ofcom has granted Bauer a number of Format changes to allow all of its stations to network all but three hours each weekday rather than the previous seven. UK commercial radio stations have been allowed to submit Format changes since the Localness Guidelines were amended last year, but Bauer has only just taken the steps required to allow this. Bauer can now share all programmes, with the exception of a three-hour show on weekdays (which doesn’t have to be breakfast), in the approved areas already suggested by Ofcom.More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 08.07.2019

Bauer design agency reveals Hits Radio national roll-out

One of Bauer’s design agencies has offered an insight into the future of the Hits Radio brand after writing about its recent work on its website. Thinkfarm, which works with Bauer designing and promoting some of its radio stations, created the brand identity and marketing campaign for Hits Radio. It appears to confirm that Hits Radio will replace regional brands to create one national station.More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 11.04.2019

Opinion: UK commercial radio presenter numbers could drop by more than 250

With news that Global is to introduce networked breakfast shows and have just a handful of local drive shows across Capital, Heart and Smooth, RadioToday’s Stuart Clarkson has done the maths on what it means for presenter roles across commercial radio. Our exclusive figures show that presenter numbers could drop by more than 250 if both Global and Bauer take full advantage of the recent changes in localness guidelines from Ofcom.More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 26.02.2019

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Viking FM's programmes22

02:00 - The Biggest Hits, The Biggest Throwbacks

The biggest hits, the biggest throwbacks through the night...

06:00 - Matt Crabb

The biggest hits, the biggest throwbacks with Matt Crabb...

09:00 - Wes Butters

The biggest hits, the biggest throwbacks with Wes Butters...

12:00 - Scott Clarke

The biggest hits, the biggest throwbacks with Scott Clarke...

16:00 - The Hits UK Chart

Sam Thompson counts down the UK's biggest hits!

18:20 - The Hits UK Chart - Top Ten

Sam Thompson counts down the UK's ten biggest hits and reveals this week's number 1.

19:00 - Hits Coming Home

Hattie's got all the build up & reaction to England's first men’s Euros final on foreign soil with our reporters & fans across the country hoping that the Three Lions can go all the way.