# British Radio **URL:** \ **Category:** Regional, Community and International Radio\ **Created:** [January 30, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721 "2016-01-30T08:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![motosenokia](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/motosenokia/32/235445_2.png) [@motosenokia](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/motosenokia)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/367 "2025-03-15T23:33:00Z")
> [@NuStraya](#): > > Is there a track list? Admittedly I didn’t buy it but the track listing is on Discogs [link here.](https://www.discogs.com/release/1437592-Various-Kiss-House-Nation-2000) You’re right was a great time for dance music! ---
**Author:** ![1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/1323zm/32/436633_2.png) [@1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/1323ZM)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/368 "2025-03-18T07:58:19Z")
> [@motosenokia](#): > > You’re right was a great time for dance music! Certainly was a great time for EDM. I often think that again EDM is on the cusp of comeback but then I see KISS’s ratings and think maybe not. TVHead is right is saying that that these stations now all seem to be just Hits Radio repeaters… (I think Rock 97.4 FM might be the only exception). But I guess none of them (apart from Kiss) were EDM stations, they only took the Friday night show? Still pretty good though. Thanks for sharing. I must admit that Kiss was my station of choice when I visited London. ---
**Author:** ![BBI45](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@BBI45](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BBI45)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/369 "2025-03-20T15:42:18Z")
More local programming cuts following the Media Act. Bauer’s turn again as local breakfast shows in England & Wales are getting the chop. Steve & Karen (North East) are moving to new spin-off station, Hits Radio 90s. The fate of the other presenters are currently unknown. These changes will also see the closure of studios in Birmingham, Nottingham, Redruth, Lincoln, Sheffield & Swansea. > **[Bauer to network breakfast on heritage FM radio stations in England and Wales](https://radiotoday.co.uk/2025/03/bauer-to-network-breakfast-on-heritage-fm-radio-stations-in-england-and-wales/)** > > Breakfast is going national on Hits Radio stations in England and Wales… > **[Steve and Karen to host breakfast on Hits Radio 90s](https://radiotoday.co.uk/2025/03/steve-and-karen-to-host-breakfast-on-hits-radio-90s/)** > > Steve and Karen, hosts of the current Hits Radio North East Breakfast will host the breakfast show on Hits Radio 90s from June 9th ---
**Author:** ![Brianc68](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@Brianc68](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Brianc68)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/370 "2025-03-21T01:17:11Z")
I guess it’s a small positive they are putting a breakfast show on the digital-only 90s station. There should be more of that here. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/371 "2025-03-21T01:50:15Z")
> **[Laura McGhie joins Dotun Adebayo to host overnights on BBC Radio](https://radiotoday.co.uk/2025/03/laura-mcghie-joins-dotun-adebayo-to-host-overnights-on-bbc-radio/)** > > Broadcaster Laura McGhie is to host a new overnight show on BBC Radio 5 Live on Friday, Saturday and Sundays. > **[Cate Blanchett to star in her first major radio drama The Fever for BBC Radio...](https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/cate-blanchett-starring-in-first-radio-4-drama-the-fever)** > > BBC Radio 4 has announced a host of exciting new commissions coming soon to Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. This includes The Fever, a 90-minute radio adaptation of the critically acclaimed play by Wallace Shawn ---
**Author:** ![1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/1323zm/32/436633_2.png) [@1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/1323ZM)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/372 "2025-03-21T02:54:01Z")
> [@BBI45](#): > > Hits Radio 90s. That’s the future of radio right there. It’s not about local. We’re not going to tune into Alan Partridge on ‘North West Essex’ anymore, but on a national station for a particular listening group (such as fans of 90s music). Our communities have shifted. I used to listen to ‘The Slump’ on Absolute 90s. A group of middle class English blokes who shared alot in common with their listeners everywhere. University educated, latte drinking, into condiments with a weird fixation with sinkholes. That’s the listening community we have these days. It’s not about local, it’s about having a sizeable national audience with a particular shared interest. I guess that’s what CADA have tried to do here. Forget about trying to be all things to all people in Penrith. But there’s a national audience who have a shared love of Hip Hop and RnB (with a little EDM). ---
**Author:** ![TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tvhead/32/160_2.png) [@TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TVHead)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/373 "2025-03-21T02:59:12Z")
> [@1323ZM](#): > > Alan Partridge on ‘North West Essex’ North Norfolk, if you’re going to try to be funny. ---
**Author:** ![DigiFizz](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/digifizz/32/321_2.png) [@DigiFizz](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/DigiFizz)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/374 "2025-03-23T23:55:01Z")
All of the FM frequencies of these stations are now Hits Radio, which will be fully national apart from “local” news and ads once the local breakfast shows go. Only a national Kiss continues on DAB. ---
**Author:** ![WestKnight](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/westknight/32/321147_2.png) [@WestKnight](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/WestKnight)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/375 "2025-04-13T04:59:23Z")
The BBC Radio 2 spinoff proposal is provisionally blocked by Ofcom. > **[Ofcom provisionally blocks BBC Radio 2 spin-off - The Media Leader](https://uk.themedialeader.com/ofcom-provisionally-blocks-bbc-radio-2-spin-off/)** > > In its provisional conclusions, the regulator has given the green light to three new DAB+ stations. ---
**Author:** ![WestKnight](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/westknight/32/321147_2.png) [@WestKnight](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/WestKnight)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/376 "2025-04-18T03:16:24Z")
The geoblocking proposal is delayed until alternative platforms for the other stations are secured. > **[BBC Sounds geoblocking delayed for listeners outside the UK](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgxzn1rmrgo)** > > BBC said it is working on plans to have other BBc stations available to those outside the UK and will not close BBC Sounds until then. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelPower](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/michaelpower/32/499507_2.png) [@MichaelPower](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/MichaelPower)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/377 "2025-04-18T07:21:44Z")
that’s great news! ---
**Author:** ![NuStraya](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/nustraya/32/369694_2.png) [@NuStraya](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/NuStraya)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/378 "2025-04-30T15:41:51Z")
> **[Global signs new podcast deal with CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour](https://radiotoday.co.uk/2025/04/global-signs-new-podcast-deal-with-cnn-journalist-christiane-amanpour/)** > > Global has signed journalist Christine Amanpour for a new multi-podcast partnership. Staying with CNN, but will be doing podcasts for Global too. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/379 "2025-05-06T22:43:02Z")
> **[BBC Laments “Lapse In Editorial Standards” Over News Item On Prince Harry...](https://deadline.com/2025/05/bbc-lapse-prince-harry-interview-1236386733/)** > > The BBC said Radio 4's 'Today' show failed to "properly challenge" Prince Harry's allegations about his security arrangements. ---
**Author:** ![1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/1323zm/32/436633_2.png) [@1323ZM](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/1323ZM)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/380 "2025-05-15T01:56:59Z")
If you’re going to play Billy Ocean, surely ‘Loverboy’ or ‘European Queen’ or even ‘Get outta my dreams’ would be a better fit. ![Screenshot 2025-05-15 090808](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/f/1/6/f16caee5a6e29d76b77b820341ca6ee86fd42704.png) ---
**Author:** ![dxnerd](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/dxnerd/32/404112_2.png) [@dxnerd](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/dxnerd)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/381 "2025-05-15T03:42:33Z")
I must admit, Billy Ocean in a sea of modern rubbish is a little out of place. Clinging to the life raft of 80s schmaltz…or is that one popular with the yoof for some reason? ---
**Author:** ![Brianc68](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@Brianc68](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Brianc68)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/382 "2025-05-15T05:52:53Z")
> [@dxnerd](#): > > I must admit, Billy Ocean in a sea of modern rubbish is a little out of place. Clinging to the life raft of 80s schmaltz…or is that one popular with the yoof for some reason? It must be linked to some tik tok video or some other youth thing. They wouldn’t play it otherwise ---
**Author:** ![NuStraya](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/nustraya/32/369694_2.png) [@NuStraya](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/NuStraya)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/383 "2025-05-15T08:27:46Z")
It’s in an ad campaign over here at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bacco007/32/99038_2.png) [@bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/bacco007)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/384 "2025-06-03T07:25:13Z")
Radio X is running the simplest competition I’ve heard for a while - they’ve put the name of an artist in a “box” and every day they offer a single opportunity to open the box by using the correct artist’s name > - One artist. > - It’s an artist we play on Radio X. > - Chris doesn’t know who it is. > - Dom doesn’t know who it is. > - None of the other Radio X presenters know who it is. > - Every day we will get a new caller on the air to guess a name. > - We lock in that name… Then we ask The Box if it’s the correct answer… > - If The Box opens you win £25,000! > - Every day we will get a new caller on the air to guess and if you name the artist… you win!💷 > - Get the artist wrong? You’ll still take home £1,000! Last time they ran it, the competition ran for weeks ---
**Author:** ![BBI45](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@BBI45](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BBI45)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/385 "2025-06-07T06:29:13Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/zYGgSbh3Znc?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![BBI45](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@BBI45](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/BBI45)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721/386 "2025-07-01T12:44:08Z")
A bit of disruption to today’s morning shows on BBC Radio 2 and Greatest Hits Radio, courtesy of problems on the railways. Vernon Kay failed to make it in for his Radio 2 show, whilst Ken Bruce was over 90 minutes late. > **[Vernon Kay misses BBC Radio 2 show as Ken Bruce delayed on GHR](https://radiotoday.co.uk/2025/07/vernon-kay-misses-bbc-radio-2-show-as-ken-bruce-delayed-on-ghr/)** > > Vernon Kay missed his BBC Radio 2 show and Ken Bruce was 90 minutes late to GHR, both because they were stuck on a train [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721.md?page=18) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/british-radio/721.md?page=20)