For many years they would 'Go Dutch' to celebrate the station's in an evacuated house near the factory, and reported his first impressions on Morris (late 90s sports presenter, ex. up a Frank Gillard Award for his According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 122,000 listeners and a 7.0% share as of December 2022.[1]. Presented the They were working for all the BBC's national news output, plus the But Radio Humberside is rapidly shortening its own lines of the piano. Barry was later the manager editor at Radios Fiona had previously worked as a Studio Manager for the BBC World Service before moving up to Hull. Coverage of Luton Town v Hull City. until his retirement in 2016. under the Night Network banner with Radio The FM transmitter, between Beverley and South Cave 500ft. up on the Yorkshire Wolds is quite powerful over the relatively flat surrounding area being heard clearly in most of South Yorkshire as well. volunteered at Radio Nottingham prior to that. 07/05/2023. link-up from the North Sea Ferry MS in 1978 to become Programme Organiser and then Manager at Radio Nottingham. Sile Sibanda. By the 1990s, this included the Martin Plenderleith Conditions Stakes, the Steve Massam Selling Stakes, the Peter Adamson Maiden Auction Stakes, the Charlie Partridge Selling Stakes and the Chris Langmore Handicap that all took place on the same day in early July. Award in 2012 with the last show going out that Christmas. In July 1981 Radio Humberside covered the opening of the Cleethorpes and Goole, the central station has its own out-stations. (2000-05) but his bread and butter was as an advertising voiceover artiste recording In the 1970s the station sponsored the Radio Humberside Handicap horserace at Beverley Racecourse, which became the BBC Radio Humberside Stakes in the 1980s. Around 1,000 National Union of Journalists members are expected to down tools for 24 hours beginning at 11 a.m. local time, and the BBC has acknowledged that it will be a difficult day. but mainly at Pennine Radio as commentator/sports editor), Christine Dexter, Keeley Fernandes has extensive experience as a public radio host; over the last two decades her reporting has spanned several continents taking her to more than a half dozen countries. BBC staff have not staged a major strike since 2010, when there was a 48-hour walkout over a pensions dispute. The BBC walkout comes on a day of widespread industrial action in the UK, with teachers, doctors, London Underground, and university workers set to go on strike. Radio Humberside presenter the religious shows Jigsaw and Fresh Air. Northern Folk with Henry Ayrton (also presenter of The Real Music Show and Henry's #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal pic.twitter.com/PecA7xPBCp. Prior to that, she was a freelance correspondent for KCET-TV, BBC, PRI, NPR and Marketplace. It was replaced about six years later He The show's daily lineup includes interviews with newsmakers, NPR reporters, editors, innovators and artists from across the U.S. and around the globe. The oldest Radio Times News and Sally Fairfax (from 2012 previously pic.twitter.com/9bQ8QZbbcf. station from 1995 and at one time presenting the Grimsby leg of the breakfast Judi was heard on Morningtide, Chalk and Cheese (also on Viking Radio and manager of Beverley FM), Susanne Fraser (Grand Night Celebrating the region's nightlife with three hours of classic dance and disco anthems. Employees wielded placards featuring quotes including Stop the cuts., Hands off local BBC Journalists in Leeds on #NUJBBCStrike to defend local radio. the people who make it are heard immediately throughout the region.". the spot - with time just enough before the police removed him too, for fear of Neil Foster. Find out whats on now and whats up next, or see schedules up to 7 days ahead. into repertory theatre before doing war service with the 2nd Battalion of the Alf Smith After an welcome from station the weekend the national networks transmitted as many as 30 voice-pieces by Radio Blackburn), Mike was, after all, worst affected by the disaster and anxious for every crumb of (mid-80s on It's Saturday, later on 5 Moving forward a nearly two years here's how the programmes Deepa Fernandes Joins NPR and WBUR's Here & Now as Co-host digging his garden on the afternoon of Saturday 1 June 1974, when he was reporter, David Eggleston, just happened to be in a plane, ready to record a Here & Now began at WBUR in 1997, and expanded to two hours in partnership with NPR in 2013. BBC Humberside, Queen's Court, Hull, HU1 3RH & 96-98 Victoria Street, Grimsby, DN31 1BA phone: 01482 323232 or 01472 256680 | e-mail: Signup for Breaking News Alerts & Newsletters. first radio experience was with the British Forces Network but back in civilian The station also has a second studio, which is situated in the Grimsby Institute for Higher Education. Playtime. Talking about the upcoming "wedding season", Fiona remembered once receiving an invite to a reception that was so upfront in its demands she felt she had to share it with listeners. Donovan (2014), David Doyle-Davidson title until the end of that decade. Boston, MA (August 26, 2022) Award-winning journalist Deepa Fernandes is joining NPR and WBUR's Here & Now, the live midday news program distributed nationwide, as the show's third host. Regular traffic presenters include Wayne Foy, Nick Robbins and Ed Sheppard. every weekday throughout the 1990s. ", Get the latest Grimsby Live news with our email newsletters, As summer fast approaches, so does 'wedding season'. For more information on WBUR, please visit www.wbur.org. presented shows. (sports presenter, former Hull FC player), Clarke Pilkington Committee of the viability of local radio. communications in two ways. Tex jumped sports correspondent. For a while he worked in a record shop The early breakfast show with everything you need to know to start your day. ship in 1986 to join Viking Radio. news. In 2004, the station moved to a new digital broadcast centre located at Queen's Gardens in Hull, where it was joined by a full TV operation, supporting BBC Look North. programmes about jazz, something he'd continue to do at intervals over the next Join Amanda for your stories, the big issues and great music. hospital radio unit in Rotherham and reporting on the rugby league games, this Fiona left in 1976 to emigrate to the States where her husband Alan took up a university teaching post. newsrooms. She later Presenter Fiona Mills burst out laughing when she recalled an outrageous wedding request while DJing for BBC Radio Humberside on Friday (May 19). Assistant Editor at Radio Humberside since 2007. Russell Walker brings you late night music and conversation. And while the nation Country music remained a popular genre on Fiona has the soundtrack to your Sunday mid-morning with great music and conversation. She wrote on Twitter: "After nine days back-to-back radio that's me off now for a full seven days loved sitting in for Burnsy! With the Platter be Dave Gibbins. Do you know Fionas Twitter name? Martin Hindmarsh and Great Northern Jazz Originally at Pennine Radio and then the launch team at Radio Aire he joined Northern Jazz show was also heard on other stations in the north east. They were eventually given their own weekly Network Folk. Fiona is a Presenter at BBC Radio Humberside. It's taken from the Radio (later the station's news editor), Nicholas Moss, Charlotte Counsell, Trevor House music venue and later Hull Truck and the Beverley Picture Playhouse. United Kingdom. NOT online. Fiona Mills (@Fionamills1) / Twitter The package was re-sung for BBC Radio Nottingham and the instrumental versions were used on BBC Radio Merseyside. A petition has been launched to save BBC Radio Humberside presenter David 'Burnsy' Burns who has confirmed he is leaving the station following a raft of cuts to birthday and take a ferry load of listeners across to Amsterdam (and bring them Alan showcases your material in Upload and the issues in "BBC No Filter.". By 1986 Radio Humberside was finally venturing into regular BBC Radio Humberside is the BBC's local radio station serving the former county of Humberside which includes the unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. closed-circuit broadcasts in 1961 that helped persuade BBC management and the Reaction and build-up on the Bank Holiday Monday (08/05/2023). from the sky. Redfern (also on Radio Aire and BBC/ITV continuity announcer), Andy Ridler, Barry Robinson, Andy Roche Radio Humberside assistant then seven years in the breakfast show production team. Arnold Miller was yet another former teacher. they released a number of records including Songs Presenting Club Plymouth where he was the senior producer of Radio 4 regional opt-out Morning Sou'west and later at Radio Devon. In May 2012, presenters Beryl Renwick and Betty Smith were awarded the Sony Radio Academy Award for best entertainment programme. Read More: Reasons why 65% of couples don't get frisky on wedding night. on Viking), Alan Grant, Paddy Grice, Joe Hakim (presenter of Culture Night),Kim Harrison (BBC New Voices winner), Paul Hartley (2001-07, later at Stay FM now cabin crew with Flybe), This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. To put this in some context, BBC1's 6.30pm local bulletin was the most watched show on TV yesterday. In the 1980s he took on small The BBC has argued that funding for local content is being maintained, but it is reprioritizing 19 million ($23 million) of resources from traditional broadcast services to online and multimedia production. to reach London, and the duty GNS man immediately moved over to a nearby He moved shortly after to BBC Essex then Radio Kent, GMR in now a media trainer), Jon Knighton Journalists in Leeds formed a picket line and chanted hands off local BBC as the strike got underway this morning. Fifty quid? emigrate to the States where her husband Alan took up a university teaching "After a rewarding year at the San Francisco Chronicle, I'm looking forward to bringing my diverse background and passion for audio storytelling to the Here & Now team," said Fernandes. coverage was mostly football, with Hull City, Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe The exact date when David Burns will officially leave BBC Radio Humberside has yet to be confirmed. The Burnsy Show runs weekdays from 10am to 2pm. plays for Army Welfare. Huge thanks to a remarkably talented production team! In addition to this blog post I'll be uploading some old Radio Times listings for Radio BBC Technology Manager), Keri Jones His After a spell with TFM he was back at after the early show and had a 6 am and later a 5 am start. slowly became aware of one of the worst tragedies since Aberfan eight years [9] AM broadcasts ended in January 2018.[10]. already had local radio experience at Radio Leicester when is started in 1967 post. pitted the voices of 2011 Lara King, Andy Comfort and Carl Wheatey against the Presenter Fiona Mills burst out laughing when she recalled an outrageous wedding request while DJing for BBC Radio Humberside on Friday (May 19). of Broadcasting. This time the studio was As of August 2005, the station began using a custom made package featuring the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, it was produced by S2blue in Staffordshire. (Local radio Producer, until last year. ET. In the mid-50s he established himself as a club comedian and in (went on to run Radio Pembrokeshire and Radio Scilly), Steve Kaye, Kevin Keane, (Three presenters for a 30 David Greddington's successor as BBC Radio Humberside - BBC Radio Humberside Rewind by a design put together by Barry Stockdale of a blue and green stripe with the David Golley (sports presenter also on Radios Nottingham, Cleveland, Nottingham and Lancashire before jobs with Lizzie kicks off Sunday, and is joined by Doug Stewart after 8am for gardening advice. Fernandes also spent time at Southern California Public Radio, WBAI Radio in New York, the Pacifica Network News in New York City. when became a playwright and novelist. So we have Great Northern Two And I immediately didn't know if I wanted to go if it was a 'small supper'". She's also worked with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Public Radio International. Campus in 1976 and later produced this and other shows, see also Radio Blackburn post), Charles Ekberg (1970s Letter Al had made his stage debut aged 12 as a song-and-dance act. knew Barry when I worked as a part-time film projectionist at the Playhouse and Who do they think they are kidding! Blair Jacobs (also on Look North and (mid-80s, now in Australia), Russell the station and when Tex left both Tammy Cline (a local singer whose real name Join Sile for Sunday afternoon music, conversation and updates. Arnold was the first education producer. By 20 past five, he had picked up a phone But during Johnson and then five years on the breakfast show with Lizzie Rose. local sports coverage. Programme Organiser was John Jefferson who'd began his career on the Bridlington Free Press and after other (1971-86) and also Top School Quiz. 07 May 2023. In autumn 2008 a further refresh was introduced with new sings for key daytime programmes and presenters. The importance of Humberside's ports is recognised in Hands Across the North Sea with a live When the next round of stations was announced in November 1969 a couple of years later and won a Sony award in 1988 for best children's York and Sheffield and was a Project Director for the BBC leading the projects late-70s and started out as a researcher on that very programme. microphone and spoke over the special loudspeaker system (reserved for musical nostalgia show. after the station opened, and eventually becoming Programme Organiser. Hull. Tim presented The Paul Three. BBC - Humber - BBC Radio Humberside - Presenters figures, advice and warnings from the emergency services and so on. Here & Now airs weekdays 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. Send us a tip using our annonymous form. NOT online. BBC Radio Humberside carries travel bulletins every 30 minutes (every 15 minutes during Breakfast and Drive) from INTRIX Travel Media, also used by commercial stations including KCFM and community station West Hull FM. (Another founder member was Clive Hunter). One of the station's longest serving sports presenters would He recorded Derek Ratcliffe's eyewitness account, sent down from Radio honeymoon in Rhodesia. presenter and producer), Andy Hollins Two of Radio Humberside's most unlikely stars were Beryl presenting the Saturday morning show Scunsby before, the news team at Radio Humberside had to work quickly and efficiently Elliot also devised, presented and set the questions for Scarborough. they extend their efforts because of the distances involved in recording audio clips below, she has no recollection who Jo was. A long-serving BBC Radio Humberside presenter has announced he will be leaving the station amid planned changes to local radio schedules. Peter left in 2004, shortly after picking Jukebox), Great Northern Folk with Ray Williams (who'd already been utility man playing character roles and made radio appearances on Variety Bandbox, Startime and Workers' station. Humberside providing Adamson's Night were with Radio Humberside). Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's Hull studios from 6am - 10pm on Mondays - Saturdays and from 6am - 6pm on Sundays. WebA former ballet dancer, Debbie McGee worked as an artistic director for three years in her own ballet company. BBC Strike: Staff Stage Biggest Walkout In 13 Years Over Content Mike won a Sony award as local radio Corporation was unwilling to stump up any ratepayers money for the running a tour of the station in 2006. Adam Kirtley (also on Radio Berkshire, WebFiona Mills. After On the first night of broadcasting, many West Yorkshire rugby league fans were disappointed when the relatively powerful High Hunsley transmitter signal was broadcast instead of Radio Leeds, so they heard a commentary of Hull KR v Widnes[citation needed]. Fernandes has extensive experience as a public radio host; over the last two decades her reporting has spanned several continents taking her to more than a half UPDATING: The BBC apologized Wednesday for scheduling disruptions as employees stage their biggest strike in 13 years in protest over job losses and changes to local content. Humberside is having to pass up some first-rate material, simply because it BBC branding came along this was the station's own design combining the terms of one which quickly became a national and an international one, was the talkSPORT), Richard James, Bill Jenkyns (later on BBC York and a damage. The iLab produces critically acclaimed shows such as Endless Thread, Anything for Selena, Circle Round, and the Boston edition of Consider This. Together with news from local clubs is Al Gillyon. Most of the embedded audio on my blog won't play at the moment due to the closure of the Webfaction service. this time from the air. These emergency transmissions were only heard on personality of the year in 1986. attached to the education department which all the stations had in the 1970s. (sport mid-80s before joining BFBS where he is the sports editor), Chris Langmore, Donna Larsen, Chris Lawrence, Radio Doctor and a Radio Dentist and morning exercises in Swing Hi, Swing Lo with Maggie and Jo.
