Pennine Radio (radio station)
Encyclopedia
Pennine Radio was the original name for what is now the Pulse of West Yorkshire
in Bradford
, the independent local radio
station for West Yorkshire
http://www.radio-now.co.uk/old_station_names.htm. It was launched on 16 September 1975.
member of Metro Radio
in Newcastle
and Radio Trent in Nottingham
.
The first presenter was Steve Merike and the first record he played was Honeybus 'I Can't Let Maggie Go' http://www.mediauk.com/article/32692/first-tracks-played-on-radio-stations. Other original presenters on "Pennine 235" were Peter Levy http://www.mediauk.com/the_knowledge/i.muk/Peter_Levy., Austin Mitchell, Stewart Francis, Roger Kirk, Julius K. Scragg, Liz Allen, Dorothy Box, Mike Smith, Gerald Harper, Stewart Coxhead and Mike Hurley http://hurleyburley.com/mike.htm]
The original news department included the first News Editor Tony Cartledge (went to Metro), Steve Harris (Deputy News Editor), Mike Smith (Sports Editor) and reporters Martin Campbell (later a senior figure at Ofcom
) http://www.penninesoundradio.co.uk/History.htm Peter Milburn (later managing director of Red Dragon Radio in South Wales
), Alan Brook, Helen Maskill, Nigel Baker (went to Reuters), Paul Cooke, who also presented 'The Pennine Soul Express' (went to Capital Radio) and Peter Judge. Later in the 1970s, Jim McVicar, Vyvyan Mackeson (went to YTV), Barbara Groom (went to LBC and now at the National Broadcasting School), Tim Wyatt, Gerry Radcliffe, Will Venters (went to YTV) and Christa Ackroyd
(a former presenter on Yorkshire Television
's Calendar
and currently BBC Look North
), http://www.forum.thebigboards.net/viewtopic.php?t=2038 http://www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthyorkslincs/content/articles/2006/09/27/christa_ackroyd_feature.shtml http://www.ukonair.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-441.html.
Other Pennine people from that early era included Frazer Hines, Ian Scott formally from Piccadilly Radio (late show '78/79) and went on to broadcast under his real name Ian Hutchinson (Hutch) on BBC Radio Jersey, Brian McSharry, Paul Kaye, Mike Boothroyd, Venessa Hill, Paul Owens, Dave Gregory, Terry Davies (presented breakfast around the turn of the 1980s and left for Essex Radio), Paul Fairburn (took over on breakfast from Terry and continued until leaving for (Red Rose
), Nick Risby (went to Radio Broadland
), Bob Preedy (later Radio Hallam, Aire, Tees, Magic 828, BBC Leeds, Humberside, York, YTV continuity announcer) Alan Ross (went to CBC which later became Red Dragon FM
) but returned in summer '86 for afternoons and then breakfast).
Richard Horsman spent 20 years at Pennine, working as 'features producer', host of 'Chips' the UK's first radio programme for computer enthusiasts http://richardhorsman.com/ and five years as News Editor in the 1990s. He is now Associate Principle Lecturer at the Centre for Journalism Leeds Trinity University College
.http://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/departments/cfj/staff/pages/richardhorsman.aspx
Roger Kirk
presented on Pennine from day one. He presented various programmes on the station, but he will probably best be remembered for his late show and Solid Gold Sunday http://www.mediauk.com/the_knowledge/i.muk/Roger_Kirk and a weekly 50's 'Rock'n'Roll' show.
One of the many highlights of Pennine's history was having ex-BBC Radio 1
lunch-time presenter Paul Burnett
host the breakfast show for 12 months from autumn 1984-85.
24 hour broadcasting began in autumn 1984 - the gap between Roger Kirk's late show and Steve Truelove's early show being filled by Dave Nixon, who became legendary for his Night Strike competition: ten pin bowling on the wireless!
Mid-1980s Pennine people included Martin Kelner and Steve Truelove (both went to BBC Radio 2
), Mark Flanagan (left for the start of Ocean Sound), Andy Hitchcock (went to BBC Radio York
), Tony Fisher (left for BBC Radio Leeds
) and Simon Pattern (went to Viking FM, then BBC Radio York
and is now Managing Editor at BBC Radio Humberside
). The show that pulled in the biggest audience of the week was the Sunday Request Show presented by Dorothy Box, Bob Preedy and Brian Cooke - with a regular audience of 65,000 listeners.
Brian Cooke went on to present weekend breakfast shows and after presenting on Classic Gold went on to work for Magic 828
.
Andy and Tony teamed up to become Ronnie and Gordon Groovesticker on Pennine's tea-time soap opera Mulberry Terrace which ran from spring 1985 to summer 1986.
A huge date in the history of Pennine Radio was 4 December 1984 - at 6.30am the station officially began broadcasting to a much larger area. Having resigned the original franchise early, Managing Director Mike Boothroyd, Programme Controller Will Venters, Chief Engineer Steve Bowley, Sports Editor Tony Delahunty and the rest of the team at Pennine House were thrilled to win back their franchise, which transformed the station from one of the UK's smallest Independent Local Radio
Station's to one of the biggest. Pennine was now broadcasting to not only Bradford
, West Leeds
and the Aire Valley on 235 m MW/1278 kHz AM and 96 MHz VHF, but now had new transmitters at Vicar's Lot overlooking its new additional area of Kirklees
and Calderdale
on 196 m MW/1530 kHz AM and 103.4 MHz VHF. In August 1985, 103.4 was changed to 102.5 as the first of the ILR frequency changes under the mid-1980s "Geneva convention" to lump ILR
and BBC
local FM frequencies into sub-bands. The 103.4 frequency started to relay the new Doncaster
signal of Radio Hallam a month later.
The station was part of the Yorkshire Radio Network
from 1987, and its AM
transmitters were used for the very first form of Classic Gold
http://www.mediauk.com/the_knowledge/i.muk/Yorkshire_Radio_Network. Pennine 235 as it was originally known became Pennine Radio which then turned into Pennine FM after they were forced to split frequencies http://www.mediauk.com/the_knowledge/i.muk/Pennine_Radio.
In 1990, Pennine lost its 103.2 frequency
to incremental broadcaster Bradford City Radio
, it is now used by Sunrise Radio (Yorkshire)
http://www.mediauk.com/the_knowledge/i.muk/Pennine_FM.
After the take over of YRN by the Metro Radio Group
, Pennine FM was rebranded as The Pulse of West Yorkshire. The Metro Radio Group was itself taken over by EMAP
. In November 1995, EMAP sold both The Pulse and its AM
sister service, Great Yorkshire Gold to the Radio Partnership for £4.6m. Earlier the same year, they'd paid £98.7m for the Metro Radio Group. In 1999 the Radio Partnership was acquired by the Wireless Group, which was later swallowed up by UTV
.
The Pennine link hasn't been lost entirely, to this day the Pulse still broadcasts from Pennine House, in Forster Square in Bradford http://www.pulse.co.uk/contact.php.
package, complete with a cut which sang "Pennine two-thirty-five, that's the sound goin' into your ear'oles!", was provided by Emison, the jingle arm of EMI
Music. Some jingles in later packages produced by Alfasound
, the UK agent for Jam Creative Productions
featured the vocal talents of soul singer Jimmy Helms
.
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The Pulse of West Yorkshire
The Pulse is a British Independent Local Radio station that serves the Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale areas of West Yorkshire. The station was originally known as Pennine Radio...
in Bradford
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
, the independent local radio
Independent Local Radio
Independent Local Radio is the collective name given to commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. The same name is used for Independent Local Radio in Ireland.-Development of ILR:...
station for West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
http://www.radio-now.co.uk/old_station_names.htm. It was launched on 16 September 1975.
History
It was the brainchild of Steve Harris and Terry Bate, the latter being a founderEntrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
member of Metro Radio
Metro Radio
Metro Radio is an independent local radio station based in Newcastle upon Tyne and broadcasting to Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland. The station's output is principally contemporary pop and dance music...
in Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
and Radio Trent in Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
.
The first presenter was Steve Merike and the first record he played was Honeybus 'I Can't Let Maggie Go' http://www.mediauk.com/article/32692/first-tracks-played-on-radio-stations. Other original presenters on "Pennine 235" were Peter Levy http://www.mediauk.com/the_knowledge/i.muk/Peter_Levy., Austin Mitchell, Stewart Francis, Roger Kirk, Julius K. Scragg, Liz Allen, Dorothy Box, Mike Smith, Gerald Harper, Stewart Coxhead and Mike Hurley http://hurleyburley.com/mike.htm]
The original news department included the first News Editor Tony Cartledge (went to Metro), Steve Harris (Deputy News Editor), Mike Smith (Sports Editor) and reporters Martin Campbell (later a senior figure at Ofcom
Ofcom
Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...
) http://www.penninesoundradio.co.uk/History.htm Peter Milburn (later managing director of Red Dragon Radio in South Wales
South Wales
South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...
), Alan Brook, Helen Maskill, Nigel Baker (went to Reuters), Paul Cooke, who also presented 'The Pennine Soul Express' (went to Capital Radio) and Peter Judge. Later in the 1970s, Jim McVicar, Vyvyan Mackeson (went to YTV), Barbara Groom (went to LBC and now at the National Broadcasting School), Tim Wyatt, Gerry Radcliffe, Will Venters (went to YTV) and Christa Ackroyd
Christa Ackroyd
Christa Ackroyd is a British television and radio presenter. She is one of the main presenters for the BBC Yorkshire regional magazine programme Look North.-Early life:...
(a former presenter on Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television, now officially known as ITV Yorkshire and sometimes unofficially abbreviated to YTV, is a British television broadcaster and the contractor for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network...
's Calendar
Calendar
A calendar is a system of organizing days for social, religious, commercial, or administrative purposes. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months, and years. The name given to each day is known as a date. Periods in a calendar are usually, though not...
and currently BBC Look North
BBC Look North
BBC Look North is a name used by the BBC for its local regional news programme in three regions in the North of England:*BBC Look North for the BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire region*BBC Look North for the BBC Yorkshire region...
), http://www.forum.thebigboards.net/viewtopic.php?t=2038 http://www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthyorkslincs/content/articles/2006/09/27/christa_ackroyd_feature.shtml http://www.ukonair.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-441.html.
Other Pennine people from that early era included Frazer Hines, Ian Scott formally from Piccadilly Radio (late show '78/79) and went on to broadcast under his real name Ian Hutchinson (Hutch) on BBC Radio Jersey, Brian McSharry, Paul Kaye, Mike Boothroyd, Venessa Hill, Paul Owens, Dave Gregory, Terry Davies (presented breakfast around the turn of the 1980s and left for Essex Radio), Paul Fairburn (took over on breakfast from Terry and continued until leaving for (Red Rose
97.4 Rock FM
97.4 Rock FM is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Lancashire, North West England and some parts of North Wales. Its output is mainly contemporary pop and current chart hits. The station is owned & operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's Place Network of stations...
), Nick Risby (went to Radio Broadland
Radio Broadland
Heart Norwich was an Independent Local Radio station for Norfolk and North Suffolk, including Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, until early 2009...
), Bob Preedy (later Radio Hallam, Aire, Tees, Magic 828, BBC Leeds, Humberside, York, YTV continuity announcer) Alan Ross (went to CBC which later became Red Dragon FM
Red Dragon FM
Capital South Wales is a British independent local radio station broadcasting from Cardiff Bay . The station serves Cardiff, Newport and the surrounding areas, broadcasting to a potential audience of around 1 million people...
) but returned in summer '86 for afternoons and then breakfast).
Richard Horsman spent 20 years at Pennine, working as 'features producer', host of 'Chips' the UK's first radio programme for computer enthusiasts http://richardhorsman.com/ and five years as News Editor in the 1990s. He is now Associate Principle Lecturer at the Centre for Journalism Leeds Trinity University College
Leeds Trinity University College
Leeds Trinity University College is an independent higher education institution which offers foundation and undergraduate degrees, as well as postgraduate qualifications...
.http://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/departments/cfj/staff/pages/richardhorsman.aspx
Roger Kirk
Roger Kirk
Roger Kirk may refer to:* Roger Kirk * Roger Kirk * Roger Kirk -See also:* Roger Kirkby, English soldier and politician* Roger Kirkman...
presented on Pennine from day one. He presented various programmes on the station, but he will probably best be remembered for his late show and Solid Gold Sunday http://www.mediauk.com/the_knowledge/i.muk/Roger_Kirk and a weekly 50's 'Rock'n'Roll' show.
One of the many highlights of Pennine's history was having ex-BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
lunch-time presenter Paul Burnett
Paul Burnett
Paul Burnett is an English radio disc jockey, who began his radio career while in the Royal Air Force in the Persian Gulf in 1964. In 1966 he joined offshore radio station, Radio 270, broadcasting off Scarborough, North Yorkshire...
host the breakfast show for 12 months from autumn 1984-85.
24 hour broadcasting began in autumn 1984 - the gap between Roger Kirk's late show and Steve Truelove's early show being filled by Dave Nixon, who became legendary for his Night Strike competition: ten pin bowling on the wireless!
Mid-1980s Pennine people included Martin Kelner and Steve Truelove (both went to BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
), Mark Flanagan (left for the start of Ocean Sound), Andy Hitchcock (went to BBC Radio York
BBC Radio York
BBC York is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of North Yorkshire.- Early history :The station was launched at 6:30am on 4 July 1983 - a launch featured on the cover of the Radio Times...
), Tony Fisher (left for BBC Radio Leeds
BBC Radio Leeds
BBC Radio Leeds is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of West Yorkshire.- Frequencies :It broadcasts from its studios at St...
) and Simon Pattern (went to Viking FM, then BBC Radio York
BBC Radio York
BBC York is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of North Yorkshire.- Early history :The station was launched at 6:30am on 4 July 1983 - a launch featured on the cover of the Radio Times...
and is now Managing Editor at BBC Radio Humberside
BBC Radio Humberside
BBC Radio Humberside is a BBC Local Radio service covering the area of the former English county of Humberside, which was returned to North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull on 1 April 1996....
). The show that pulled in the biggest audience of the week was the Sunday Request Show presented by Dorothy Box, Bob Preedy and Brian Cooke - with a regular audience of 65,000 listeners.
Brian Cooke went on to present weekend breakfast shows and after presenting on Classic Gold went on to work for Magic 828
Magic 828
Magic 828 is the AM sister service of Radio Aire and broadcasts to West Yorkshire on 828 kHz.-History:Magic 828 began when Radio Aire split its AM & FM frequencies to form two different stations...
.
Andy and Tony teamed up to become Ronnie and Gordon Groovesticker on Pennine's tea-time soap opera Mulberry Terrace which ran from spring 1985 to summer 1986.
A huge date in the history of Pennine Radio was 4 December 1984 - at 6.30am the station officially began broadcasting to a much larger area. Having resigned the original franchise early, Managing Director Mike Boothroyd, Programme Controller Will Venters, Chief Engineer Steve Bowley, Sports Editor Tony Delahunty and the rest of the team at Pennine House were thrilled to win back their franchise, which transformed the station from one of the UK's smallest Independent Local Radio
Independent Local Radio
Independent Local Radio is the collective name given to commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. The same name is used for Independent Local Radio in Ireland.-Development of ILR:...
Station's to one of the biggest. Pennine was now broadcasting to not only Bradford
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
, West Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
and the Aire Valley on 235 m MW/1278 kHz AM and 96 MHz VHF, but now had new transmitters at Vicar's Lot overlooking its new additional area of Kirklees
Kirklees
The Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 401,000 and includes the settlements of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Kirkburton, Marsden, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite...
and Calderdale
Calderdale
The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name...
on 196 m MW/1530 kHz AM and 103.4 MHz VHF. In August 1985, 103.4 was changed to 102.5 as the first of the ILR frequency changes under the mid-1980s "Geneva convention" to lump ILR
ILR
ILR may refer to:* Institute for Legal Reform, an advocacy group founded in 1998 by the United States Chamber of Commerce* Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations...
and BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
local FM frequencies into sub-bands. The 103.4 frequency started to relay the new Doncaster
Doncaster
Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...
signal of Radio Hallam a month later.
The station was part of the Yorkshire Radio Network
Yorkshire Radio Network
Not to be confused with Yorkshire Radio.The Yorkshire Radio Network was a group of three radio stations which shared programmes in the evening and at weekends...
from 1987, and its AM
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...
transmitters were used for the very first form of Classic Gold
Classic Gold
Classic Gold was a network of three "Gold" music formatted stations which broadcast on AM in Bradford, Hull and Sheffield. They were the Pennine Radio, Viking Radio and Radio Hallam's medium wave franchises...
http://www.mediauk.com/the_knowledge/i.muk/Yorkshire_Radio_Network. Pennine 235 as it was originally known became Pennine Radio which then turned into Pennine FM after they were forced to split frequencies http://www.mediauk.com/the_knowledge/i.muk/Pennine_Radio.
In 1990, Pennine lost its 103.2 frequency
Frequency
Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency...
to incremental broadcaster Bradford City Radio
Bradford City Radio
Bradford City Radio or BCR as it was also known, was a small radio station in the early 90s. It used the old Pennine Radio frequency of 103.2 FM to broadcast.Its studios were based at Little Germany, just two minutes walk from Pennine Radio itself!...
, it is now used by Sunrise Radio (Yorkshire)
Sunrise Radio (Yorkshire)
Sunrise Radio Yorkshire is an Asian radio station in Bradford, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom.-Availability:The station broadcasts 24 hours a day on 103.2 FM and on DAB to Bradford, Huddersfield and Keighley. A feed is also available world wide via the stations website...
http://www.mediauk.com/the_knowledge/i.muk/Pennine_FM.
After the take over of YRN by the Metro Radio Group
Metro Radio group
Metropolitan Broadcasting or the Metro Radio Group as it was more commonly known, was a group of Independent Local Radio stations in North East of England.-History:The group originally consisted of:* Metro FM...
, Pennine FM was rebranded as The Pulse of West Yorkshire. The Metro Radio Group was itself taken over by EMAP
EMAP
Emap Limited is a British media company, specialising in the production of business-to-business magazines, and the organisation of business events and conferences...
. In November 1995, EMAP sold both The Pulse and its AM
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...
sister service, Great Yorkshire Gold to the Radio Partnership for £4.6m. Earlier the same year, they'd paid £98.7m for the Metro Radio Group. In 1999 the Radio Partnership was acquired by the Wireless Group, which was later swallowed up by UTV
UTV
UTV is a television channel based in the UK region of Northern Ireland. The channel is the Channel 3 or Independent Television licensee for Northern Ireland and is operated by UTV Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of UTV Media.- Terrestrial :* Analogue: Normally tuned to 3 * Freeview : 3...
.
The Pennine link hasn't been lost entirely, to this day the Pulse still broadcasts from Pennine House, in Forster Square in Bradford http://www.pulse.co.uk/contact.php.
Jingles
The first jingleJingle
A jingle is a short tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses. The jingle contains one or more hooks and lyrics that explicitly promote the product being advertised, usually through the use of one or more advertising slogans. Ad buyers use jingles in radio and television...
package, complete with a cut which sang "Pennine two-thirty-five, that's the sound goin' into your ear'oles!", was provided by Emison, the jingle arm of EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
Music. Some jingles in later packages produced by Alfasound
Alfasound
Alfasound was a radio jingle production company based in Manchester from late 1970s to mid 1990s founded by Alan Fawkes and ex-Piccadilly Radio DJ Steve England....
, the UK agent for Jam Creative Productions
JAM Creative Productions
JAM Creative Productions, Inc., is an American company that produces radio jingles, promo music for television, and commercial jingles for advertisers. It has made more radio jingles than any other jingle company and has become part of American pop culture....
featured the vocal talents of soul singer Jimmy Helms
Jimmy Helms
James H. Helms is an American soul singer.-Early days:Helms' first release "Ragtime Girl" was put out on Pye Records in 1963...
.
Former presenters
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- Steve Merike.
- Peter Levy.
- Roger KirkRoger Kirk (presenter)-Career:Roger Kirk was originally named Peter Wright.After training in engineering at Kings Lynn Technical College, he started his interest in radio at Hospital Radio Tunbridge Wells and then landed a job as a "tech-op" for the BBC where he worked on numerous BBC Radio 1 programmes and also...
. - Stewart Francis
- Julius K. Scragg
- Liz Allen
- Austin MitchellAustin MitchellAustin Vernon Mitchell is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby since a 1977 by-election.-Education and early life:...
. - Dorothy Box.
- Gerald Harper
- Frazer Hines
- Mike Smith
- Tony Cartledge
- Steve Harris
- Martin Campbell
- Stewart Coxhead.
- Bob PreedyBob PreedyRobert "Bob" Preedy is a broadcaster, presenter on BBC Radio York, a book author and was formerly the chief continuity announcer for Yorkshire Television.-Television:...
- Paul Cooke
- Paul Needle
- Peter Milburn.
- Alan Brook
- Ian Scott
- Mike Hurley
- Tim Wyatt
- Alan Ross.
- Bob Kingsley.
- Ian Davidson.
- Dave Gregory
- Brian McSharry.
- Nigel Schofield.
- Peter Fairhead.
- Dave Lincoln.
- Terry Davies.
- Rev. Peter Wright
- Christa Ackroyd
- Will Venters
- Martin KelnerMartin KelnerMartin B. Kelner is a British journalist, author, comedian and radio presenter, educated at Stand Grammar School, in Whitefield near Manchester....
. - Mark FlanaganMark FlanaganMark Flanagan may refer to:* Mark Flanagan , Welsh television actor* Mark Flanagan, the Queen's chef of the Royal Kitchens* Mark Flanagan , British blues guitarist* Mark Flanagan , English rugby league player...
. - Andy Hitchcock
- Steve Truelove.
- Dave Nixon.*
- Jon CulshawJon CulshawJonathan Peter Culshaw is an English impressionist and comedian. He was educated at St Bede's RC High School, Ormskirk and St John Rigby College, in Orrell, Wigan....
. - Simon Pattern.
- Tony Fisher
- Pete Simester
- Martin Lee.
- John Brocks
- Adrian Greene.
- Phil Butler.
- Jayne Young.
- Ross Dickinson
- Brian Cooke.
- Paul FairburnPaul FairburnPaul Fairburn is a British radio broadcaster. He has presented and managed many different radio stations and has gained recognition in the radio world.-Career:...
. - Nick Risby.
- John Dash.
- Tim Finlay
- Paul BurnettPaul BurnettPaul Burnett is an English radio disc jockey, who began his radio career while in the Royal Air Force in the Persian Gulf in 1964. In 1966 he joined offshore radio station, Radio 270, broadcasting off Scarborough, North Yorkshire...
. - Maggie Mash.
- James Watt.
- Martin KelnerMartin KelnerMartin B. Kelner is a British journalist, author, comedian and radio presenter, educated at Stand Grammar School, in Whitefield near Manchester....
. - Edouard LapaglieEdouard LapaglieEdouard Lapaglie is a UK radio personality most famous for his sidekick comedy input on programmes presented by Martin Kelner. Kelner often refers to him as "everyone's favourite bogus Frenchman"...
.
Former Back Room Staff
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- Chris Cooper - Sports Editor / Reporter.
- Steve White http://www.myspace.com/stevewhitefm - Sport Production.
- Doug Adams - Sport Reporter.
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- Jim Hallett - Sports Reporter.
- Iain Williamson - Sports Reporter.
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- Cath Fearnley - News Room Secretary