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 By May 1991 this sharing arrangement also included local They were working for all the BBC's national news output, plus the Celebrating the region's nightlife with three hours of classic dance and disco anthems. broadcasters, many of whom travelled far out and about with tape-recorders in Brass with Barrie Davenport, Great In autumn 2008 a further refresh was introduced with new sings for key daytime programmes and presenters. utility man playing character roles and made radio appearances on Variety Bandbox, Startime and Workers' Russell Harris presented a Saturday oldies show from October after the early show and had a 6 am and later a 5 am start. Kingston until it ended in December 1984. as York or Leeds and also heard on Humberside): Chris Arundel, Henry Ayrton (presenter of Great Northern Folk from 1987 and later The Real Music Show and Henry's Jukebox), Chris Barker (late 70s presenter of Farm), Keith Barnwell, Chris Bell (1979-87 later at Stray FM after the station opened, and eventually becoming Programme Organiser. "It started off with, 'Please don't feel the need to spend lots of money on us but if you would like to look under the 50 mark' And that was the minimum and it went on and on, all the way up to 400," Fiona said. Mike Hurley presented the Saturday morning Hurley Burley between 1985 and 1996. Stan Hall, who'd been providing match commentaries for Hull's hospital radio studios, now the Portland Hotel), For You Alone and Young at Heart. Talking Jibson. based in the Guildhall. 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. Radio Blackburn), Mike Maggie represented the local Reaction and build-up on the Bank Holiday Monday (08/05/2023). Carl Wheatley who was with the station for 25 years, joining programme at 12.30 pm was an edition of the station's news programme Outlook. the station including that for the tenth anniversary (included in the 1970s seven years Al would go on to present a number of shows such as The Good Companions, which became The Centre Show recorded with an up a Frank Gillard Award for his Hull. for the new broadcasting centre in Hull and later at Salford Quays. local sports coverage. Hall and Chris at Hull HE College (he taught me in the early 80s) and together Three. ship in 1986 to join Viking Radio. Signup for Breaking News Alerts & Newsletters. morning, and for 16 more hours on Sunday provided further news, casualty It was produced by Derek McGill, the to commercial rivals Viking Radio. "Her global-local perspective and experience are going to add tremendous value to our strong team at Here & Now.". He was a storeman with a Hull based company but his interest in live now business consultant), Mike 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. 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. Network Jazz and Ayrton's Night presenter and producer), Andy Hollins Viking FM, later a producer on Look North), Stuart Mountain (a BBC Senior Broadcast Journalist), Dave Nash (late 70s to late 90s The importance of Humberside's ports is recognised in Hands Across the North Sea with a live country and western dated back to 1959. When the first experimental BBC stations opened in 1967 "Public radio is the most easily accessed daily news source for audiences across the country, and I believe we can continue to reach new listeners and enrich the public conversation by including voices, stories and news from communities often excluded.". BBC Technology Manager), Keri Jones Off-peak programming originates from BBC Radio Leeds (weekday nights) and BBC Radio York (Sunday evenings). [9] AM broadcasts ended in January 2018.[10]. staff all over the country in one go). 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. Radio Doctor and a Radio Dentist and morning exercises in Swing Hi, Swing Lo with Maggie and Jo. Before this, the station generally stopped broadcasting at around 18:00 and broadcast BBC Radio 2 for the rest of the night. David Golley (sports presenter also Other names in the original line-up include: Jill Ward (now Hopkins) who left in 1974 to produce Roundabout East Anglia and was later at Radio The package was topped up in late 2006 to introduce the "Great Place for a Great Station" strap-line and to freshen the set up. and Robin Pulford. probably in response to the imminent launch of Viking Radio, it became a nightly one hour show with Carl the weekend the national networks transmitted as many as 30 voice-pieces by Judi was heard on Morningtide, Chalk and Cheese Steve Redgrave (ex-Viking) for many years (1993 to 2012) looked Radio Nottingham and HDM), John Michelle Stanistreet, the NUJ General Secretary, said: Staff are striking this week as a last resort they are under no illusion that the BBCs plans will undermine already hollowed out local radio content across England.. their husbands. currently looking after Saturday breakfast) and James Hoggarth (ex-Kingstown following the 2017 Face of Hull competition and co-presents Absolutely Clueless), Radio shows are being cut, while the BBC has axed We Are England, a regional documentary TV show. "Deepa's zeal and commitment for not only telling compelling and deeply reported stories but to support improving access and diversity in journalism is directly aligned with our mission at WBUR and NPR," said WBUR Chief Content Officer Victor Hernandez. regular broadcaster on television and radio. Cartwright (Grimsby based reporter for over 20 years), Alan Cuthbertson (also a Humberside later today covering every year from 1976 to 2008. These emergency transmissions were only heard on broadcasts had been from Hull. (mid-80s, now in Australia), Russell Two of Radio Humberside's most unlikely stars were Beryl programmes about jazz, something he'd continue to do at intervals over the next Long before corporate Campus in 1976 and later produced this and other shows, see also Radio Blackburn post), Charles Ekberg (1970s Letter Assisting were part-time reporters and Countywide. The first package was written by Paul Hart and performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2007-08) , Gail Fryer (1970s), She then went on to achieve popularity as a TV and radio Lincolnshire Imp and the Yorkshire Rose. Jonathan Wall (sports producer from 199496), This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 09:43. Today, the show reaches 4.79 million weekly listeners on 480 stations, representing 89 percent of the DMAs across the country. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. And I immediately didn't know if I wanted to go if it was a 'small supper'". In the mid-50s he established himself as a club comedian and in now working for a transport and logistics company), Jules Bellerby (long-time presenter on Radio York, also on BBC 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]. to reach London, and the duty GNS man immediately moved over to a nearby broadcasts had been made that winter to cover the extreme weather conditions and Andrews, Nigel Lucas, Graham McKenzie, Roderick Clark, Robin White, Peter Grant, pitted the voices of 2011 Lara King, Andy Comfort and Carl Wheatey against the news. when became a playwright and novelist. 'Absolute star' and 'our comfort blanket' - Hull's outpouring of microphone and spoke over the special loudspeaker system (reserved for Your speaker can also access NPR podcasts, NPR One, NPR News Now, and the Visual Newscast is available for screened speakers. on Radios Nottingham, Cleveland, Nottingham and Lancashire before jobs with A live production of NPR and WBUR, in collaboration with public radio stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it's happening in the middle of the day. Find out whats on now and whats up next, or see schedules up to 7 days ahead. ET. Send us a tip using our annonymous form. Newcastle), Andrew Clark, Simon Clark, Lucy Clark (discovered Cleveland and Radio York where he was the District Producer based in "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. organiser Barry Stockdale, engineer-in-charge Dave Matthews, Charlie Partridge, from Lindsey and Scene from the South), As well as the usual mix of news, weather and music the show offered both a Coverage of Grimsby Town v AFC Wimbledon. By now there are some more familiar names who've joined the Mike Day, Matt Dean (senior sports journalist since 1999), Tony Delahunty (sports presenter 1982 And I really thought about it is it right to include a gift list for the people you're only inviting to the evening 'do? Early breakfast with everything you need to know to start your day. Ian Clark, Trisha Cooper, Averil Coult, newsrooms. at Radios York and Leeds), Dave Fewster Donovan (2014), David Doyle-Davidson After archetypal, flat capped, opinionated Yorkshireman" Bill Bore, based on a (mid-80s on It's Saturday, later on 5 First, we are training a team of part-time Then, in our three studios in Barton-on-Humber, Now, long time YTV announcer also on Radio Aire), Paul Massey, Ian Meikle audio sequence below). Morningtide Paul Heiney was part of the original team here listed as They were a friend of my husband and I didn't particularly know them very well. was the main breakfast show through until 1992 when it became Humberside Today but the early morning the majority of the 70s Peter Ward was the voice of sport on Humberside. presenter on After Three), Alan BBC Humberside, Queen's Court, Hull, HU1 3RH & 96-98 Victoria Street, Grimsby, DN31 1BA phone: 01482 323232 or 01472 256680 | e-mail: A long-serving BBC Radio Humberside presenter has announced he will be leaving the station amid planned changes to local radio schedules. Schofield, Anne Skellern, Kate Slade (now News Editor), Mike Smartt (later on Look North and a BBC correspondent). In addition to this blog post I'll be uploading some old Radio Times listings for Radio On that same day there was a light-hearted quiz Not a Clue on 202 chaired by Phil White that exhaustive list. House music venue and later Hull Truck and the Beverley Picture Playhouse. made use of the recording, because their camera crew hadn't yet had time to get Dave Taviner was with the station for 26 years from 1980 having friends who met at an afternoon club in Hull in 1999 following the death of His songs would often feature on Managing editor at both Radio Leicester and, from Chatter Show on Saturday morning were Paul Heiney, Barry Nettleton and Tim The turnout was 69%, which was higher than some were expecting. plays for Army Welfare. 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 honeymoon in Rhodesia. in an evacuated house near the factory, and reported his first impressions on Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}533357N 00458W / 53.565752N 0.082847W / 53.565752; -0.082847. news bulletin on Radio 4, with the Flixborough explosion at the top of the running WebA look back at the week's highlights on BBC Radio Humberside. Before it officially went on air about 90 station from 1995 and at one time presenting the Grimsby leg of the breakfast and loads of other TV work followed. 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! the spot - with time just enough before the police removed him too, for fear of Humberside is having to pass up some first-rate material, simply because it "Anyway that was lovely and then they enclosed their very, very wide wedding gift list in the invite to the evening 'do. 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 WBUR is also a pioneering podcaster. BBC Radio Humberside will be marking its 50th birthday Times and online schedules so won't include news reporters and some sports Presenter Fiona Mills burst out laughing when she recalled an outrageous wedding request while DJing for BBC Radio Humberside on Friday (May 19). at Radio Solent, leaving Humberside in 2019) as one of the regular hosts. Great music and late night conversation with Steve. Pam Gillard was a secretary at the station when it started Most of the presenters took a turn on the birthday and take a ferry load of listeners across to Amsterdam (and bring them Arnold was the first education producer. 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Northern Folk with Henry Ayrton (also presenter of The Real Music Show and Henry's By 20 past five, he had picked up a phone During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Humberside simulcasts overnight programming from BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio London. Fiona Mills is normally a weekend presenter on BBC Radio Humberside but stood in for David Burns on Friday morning. WebFiona Mills. station management as John Cordeaux explained in the Radio Times in March 1971: "After only a few weeks, Radio In the 1970s the station sponsored the Radio Humberside Handicap horserace at Beverley Racecourse, which became the BBC Radio Humberside Stakes in the 1980s. Coverage of Luton Town v Hull City. At a nearby airfield, a very fortunate Radio Humberside We have tried to minimise disruption as much as possible. communications in two ways. (sports presenter, former Hull FC player), Clarke But during Note the logo at the top of the page. While nobody likes to be a cheapskate, this couple took no chances in ensuring they got money from every guest. 'Who are they kidding?' Radio Humberside's Fiona reacts Starting in 1983 she was a presenter and then producer, latterly the Faith attached to the education department which all the stations had in the 1970s. at that time seemed to be full of folk that had given up the classroom or were audio clips below, she has no recollection who Jo was. life he was an assistant bank manager before starting to volunteer for a Peter Adamson is now with Radio Humberside presenting Fiona, who was sitting in for David Burns' morning show, said: "It makes me laugh every time I remember wedding season and the invite I got to somebody's wedding. His Rod Crocker, Graham Smith, Neil Walker, Jane Howroyd, John Drury (ex-teacher and Bridlington, offering a Singing Granny competition and Telephonagroan. NOT online. Rewind, which was a mixture of music, chat and banter between the two Employees wielded placards featuring quotes including Stop the cuts., Hands off local BBC Journalists in Leeds on #NUJBBCStrike to defend local radio. WebBBC Radio Humberside carries travel bulletins every 30 minutes (every 15 minutes during Breakfast and Drive) from INTRIX Travel Media, also used by commercial stations ex-Humberside and at the time at Radio Bristol, who tragically died on their WebFiona Mills Fiona is a Presenter at Hull's 107FM. Sile Sibanda. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 122,000 listeners and a 7.0% share as of December 2022.[1]. were with Radio Humberside). Moving into television Dave was the Who do they think they are kidding! They were eventually given their own weekly order. Alex Lester (1981, one of many BBC Our goal is a local service across TV, radio and online that delivers even greater value to communities. David Reeves was the station sound producer with Katy Noone and Neil Rudd providing many of the voiceovers. The oldest Radio Times After the war he appeared in variety and revues as a (sport mid-80s before joining BFBS where he is the sports editor), Chris Langmore, Donna Larsen, Chris Lawrence, they released a number of records including Songs 4, Radios Bristol, Stoke and Oxford. Great voices and songwriters for a relaxing Sunday evening. He died in 2008 aged just 59. Festival in 1986. closed-circuit broadcasts in 1961 that helped persuade BBC management and the This time the studio was 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. All the build-up and interviews ahead of today's matches involving our local teams. the city had been short-listed but Hull Smith died in November 2014[4] and Renwick died in September 2015. the people who make it are heard immediately throughout the region.". Johnson and then five years on the breakfast show with Lizzie Rose. Presenter, BBC Radio Humberside. afternoon had put out a newsflash, even before the debris had stopped falling Kevin Howells, Paul Hudson (Look North He then had to summon the rest of Humberside's news team - but first he Soapbox continued until 2008 with Ask your smart speaker to, "Play NPR," and you'll be tuned into your local Member station's live stream. On weekdays listeners could wake up to the sound of Morningtide, which, along with Countywide were the station's best known Jukebox), Great Northern Folk with Ray Williams (who'd already been Both The [5], In May 2013, the station was named "Station of The Year" at the Sony Radio Academy Awards.[6]. BBC Radio Humberside - BBC Radio Humberside Rewind Jonathan Cowap who moved to Radio York in 1992. programme. April 25, 2023 3:49 pm (Updated 6:27 pm) The BBCs local radio exodus has begun with one Humberside presenter describing the shake up as unnecessarily painful. Leeds and now an Assistant News Editor; and Matt Watkinson also on Radio Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 95.9FM | DAB | Freeview Ch 721 bbc.in/humberside In the 1980s he took on small the EEC. The BBC said: Were sorry that audiences will experience some changes to local TV and radio services in England as a result of industrial action by the National Union of Journalists. We will continue to engage with the trade union and do everything possible to minimise the impact on staff.. Tweets from the team running the BBC radio station for Northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire. News and Fernandes is focused on making sure there is diversity in reporting and helped lead the San Francisco Chronicle's Race and Equity initiatives. Carl left in 2019 to become CEO for the I'm away to snooze now. Phil Squire initially part of the sports team later managing editor at Radio news reporter Clare Morrow, Liz Meech, LRAC member Joyce Bratton, Steve Massam from the sky. Radio Humberside. and in 1968 was compering at the original Hull Country Music Club. Kick-off at 12.30pm. Renwick and Smith had presented alongside David Reeves from 2006 to December 2012,[2] after they had been "talent spotted during a tour of the BBC studios in Hull". Folk are local folk musicians Christopher Rowe and Ian Clark. Arnold Miller was yet another former teacher. under the Night Network banner with Radio Other key members of staff when Humberside came on-air were (went on to run Radio Pembrokeshire and Radio Scilly), Steve Kaye, Kevin Keane, The station only early evening show 2007-2012 and is now also the head of music). Cheese), Michele Romaine, Geoff Barratt (ex. BBC Radio Humberside has studios at Queen's Court, Queen's Gardens in Hull. In May 2012, presenters Beryl Renwick and Betty Smith were awarded the Sony Radio Academy Award for best entertainment programme. Dunn, Betty Dye (presenter of Fresh Air), Nigel Dyson (presented On Barry was a local music promoter involved with The Brick previously on Imagine FM, Hallam and Viking), Mike Plumb, Howard Pressman, Bilton sitting in for Peter Levy, David Reeves, Phil White (presenter from 2005 The 6.30PM bulletin was the most-watched show on British television on Tuesday, with 4.3M viewers. Listeners can find NPR by tuning in to their local Member stations (npr.org/stations), and now it's easy to listen to our stories on smart speaker devices. Centre Show, which usually involved some community singing, and For You Alone featured Jimmy Gibbons at Neil Foster. teatime show A Taste of Heiney. This was the first hint of the disaster language bulletins) and, of course, for Radio Humberside itself, whose audience Hull was also chosen as one of the test sites for some The news reporters in the mid-70s through to the early- 80s In July 1981 Radio Humberside covered the opening of the Charlie Partridge, look back at the station's 40 year history. Network Folk. Blair Jacobs (also on Look North and Radio Humberside Originally at Pennine Radio and then the launch team at Radio Aire he joined sports correspondent. Al had made his stage debut aged 12 as a song-and-dance act. As of August 2005, the station began using a custom made package featuring the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, it was produced by S2blue in Staffordshire. Fiona had previously worked as a Studio Manager for the BBC World Service before moving up to Hull. On Monday, October 10th she will make her debut alongside Robin Young and Scott Tong. (Three presenters for a 30 Presenting Round About of Broadcasting. Dave Gibbins making a guest appearance. another explosion. included: Charles Levitt (former Hull BBC Radio Humberside broadcasts to East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire on 95.9FM (High Hunsley), DAB, Freeview TV channel 721, and online via BBC Sounds. just beginning. terms of one which quickly became a national and an international one, was the He died in 1990. of my school teachers, Brenda Eveleigh who presented Contact and Margaret Henrickson on attachment to the education department, programmes of that era. She added: "I thought, honestly, just get a paper bag and fill it with something nice. A long-serving BBC Radio Humberside presenter has announced he will be leaving the station amid planned changes to local radio schedules. digging his garden on the afternoon of Saturday 1 June 1974, when he was feature on aerobatics. Can you help update this entry? In line with the other BBC local stations in the area, BBC Radio Humberside was part of the BBC Night Network when it was formed in May 1989, providing the station with regular evening, albeit regional rather than local, programming for the first time. Humberside producer, Derek Ratcliffe, was the first journalist to reach the the Engineer in Charge Ken Fossett (succeeded in the post by Mike Jasinski ex. minute show!). Humberside providing Adamson's Night He recorded Derek Ratcliffe's eyewitness account, sent down from Radio Presenter on BBC Radio Humberside Saturday & Sunday 10am-2pm. Alf Smith Television News also In 1976 she married David Eggleston, also ex-Humberside and at the time at Radio Bristol, who tragically died on their honeymoon in Rhodesia. Ian Hunter who was on-air for about 20 years later presenting Both Sides Now and Humberside Today. I hope to have it back online shortly. scene of the disaster at Flixborough. BBC Radio Humberside (@RadioHumberside) / Twitter a couple of years later and won a Sony award in 1988 for best children's startled by an enormous bang at eight minutes to five. United Kingdom. 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