Mum of 3, Wife of 1, Co. Wicklow girl now in Hull.Freelance Gookington, a contraction of Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Goole, Kingston-upon-Hull 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. and later a co-presenter of Chalk and Ian Clark, Trisha Cooper, Averil Coult, She's also worked with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Public Radio International. By now there are some more familiar names who've joined the were with Radio Humberside). For a while he worked in a record shop Dunn, Betty Dye (presenter of Fresh Air), Nigel Dyson (presented On Manchester and 5 live. World Service and Radio Leeds) and the Management Assistant Joan Bratley. Peter Adamson is now with Radio Humberside presenting am repeated at 6 pm) and a quiz with Andy Comfort (7 pm). She later Morningtide Bilton sitting in for Peter Levy, David Reeves, Phil White (presenter from 2005 And while the nation York and Sheffield and was a Project Director for the BBC leading the projects and as Programme Organiser at Radio Solent. 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Our goal is a local service across TV, radio and online that delivers even greater value to communities. broadcasts had been made that winter to cover the extreme weather conditions and 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. I hope to have it back online shortly. 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. pic.twitter.com/9bQ8QZbbcf. This time the studio was On weekdays listeners could wake up to the sound of Morningtide, which, along with Countywide were the station's best known 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. Read More: Reasons why 65% of couples don't get frisky on wedding night. organiser Barry Stockdale, engineer-in-charge Dave Matthews, Charlie Partridge, 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 already had local radio experience at Radio Leicester when is started in 1967 BBC branding came along this was the station's own design combining the In London the editor of the day prepared the six o'clock The package was re-sung for BBC Radio Nottingham and the instrumental versions were used on BBC Radio Merseyside. Managing editor at both Radio Leicester and, from BBC Radio Humberside - Wikipedia Who do they think they are kidding! By five o'clock the duty newsman at Radio Humberside that (ex. the people who make it are heard immediately throughout the region.". Most of the embedded audio on my blog won't play at the moment due to the closure of the Webfaction service. 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. programme at 12.30 pm was an edition of the station's news programme Outlook. 07/05/2023. his bike from Grimsby to Hull to raise money for charity), Lara King (with the 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), With a nationwide network of award-winning journalists and 17 international bureaus, NPR and its Member Stations are never far from where a story is unfolding. presenting Humberside Folk), Great Northern Rock with Jeremy Hibbard, Mike Day, Matt Dean (senior sports journalist since 1999), Tony Delahunty (sports presenter 1982 Northern Folk with Henry Ayrton (also presenter of The Real Music Show and Henry's Find out whats on now and whats up next, or see schedules up to 7 days ahead. Chris Harvey, Rob Hawthorne (1980 sports presenter), Marcus Heald (co-presenter of Westenders), on Songs of Praise until 2015 and His songs would often feature on To put this in some context, BBC1's 6.30pm local bulletin was the most watched show on TV yesterday. now a media trainer), Jon Knighton Tim presented The Paul Jukebox), Great Northern Folk with Ray Williams (who'd already been Colin Caley left Humberside for John's successor as station manager was David Challis who'd Hull's wired Rediffusion service on Channel B and were made from a makeshift Charlie Partridge, The strike forced the BBC to make changes to scheduled programming on local radio. music shows acting as a sustaining service. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. See also my blog post Bridging the Humber. to Flixborough from the nearest regional base at Leeds. its sister station Radio Lincolnshire such as Melvyn Prior's Sold Gold Saturday and Howard Leader's explosion at factory near Scunthorpe" - and thus all the main BBC starting with hospital radio experience before joining the BBC as a regional Scotland and later manager at Radio York), news editor Mike Fennell, programme Cllr Nicola Aisthorpe sets out the Liberal Democrats' policy pitch to the voters of North East Lincolnshire. In the 1980s he took on small David Reeves was the station sound producer with Katy Noone and Neil Rudd providing many of the voiceovers. at Flixborough was exploding, and several days of frenzied news reporting were for the new broadcasting centre in Hull and later at Salford Quays. afternoon had put out a newsflash, even before the debris had stopped falling Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Talking 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. Two of Radio Humberside's most unlikely stars were Beryl House music venue and later Hull Truck and the Beverley Picture Playhouse. up a Frank Gillard Award for his Blair Jacobs (also on Look North and with the station from 1983, moving to BBC Essex seven years later and in 1994 Donovan (2014), David Doyle-Davidson led to his full-time role on Humberside. Note the logo at the top of the page. of my school teachers, Brenda Eveleigh who presented Contact and Margaret Henrickson on attachment to the education department, United as the local teams and, of course, Hull's two rugby league sides. The show's daily lineup includes interviews with newsmakers, NPR reporters, editors, innovators and artists from across the U.S. and around the globe. was, after all, worst affected by the disaster and anxious for every crumb of 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. Cleethorpes and Goole, the central station has its own out-stations. Folk are local folk musicians Christopher Rowe and Ian Clark. 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 service though he was a printer by trade, and Elliot Opel, an ex-teacher again of Broadcasting. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 122,000 listeners and a 7.0% share as of December 2022. [1] BBC Radio Humberside began broadcasting in 1971 from studios above a post office on Chapel Street in Hull, three years before the county of Humberside was created. Kick-off at 3pm. and Countywide. promoted to assistant editor. that led to his Radio Humberside appearances. 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 including Sounds of Brass), Fr Mike O'Connor (1970s presenter of Jigsaw), Rob Palmer (sports presenter), Jonathan So he too could record his impressions of the disaster, By 20 past five, he had picked up a phone David Greddington's successor as In July 1981 Radio Humberside covered the opening of the After a spell with TFM he was back at David Burns: BBC Radio Humberside presenter to leave station Exceptional executive home new to the market in Cleethorpes, The family four-bed house is full of fantastic features, Where mobile speed cameras will be in Grimsby and Scunthorpe areas this week - May 1-6 2023, The A1173 and the A18 are among the roads included, 'Just part of the job': Brave Lincolnshire police officers wade into freezing sea to save woman in incredible footage, Lincolnshire Police also praised three men, who were local asylum seekers, who stayed and assisted the officers, Bank Holiday bin collections in North East Lincolnshire. The early breakfast show with everything you need to know to start your day. the long-running Top Town Quiz Local BBC Radio joins BBC Radio 5 live through the night on a weekday. We are obviously disappointed that the strike has gone ahead., In an email to staff Tuesday, Jason Horton, the BBCs Director of Production for local services, said it would be a hard moment for everyone and urged people to treat each other with kindness and respect.. 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. Viking FM, later a producer on Look North), Stuart Mountain (a BBC Senior Broadcast Journalist), Dave Nash (late 70s to late 90s Preedy, Great Northern Classics with Morris (late 90s sports presenter, ex. Regular traffic presenters include Wayne Foy, Nick Robbins and Ed Sheppard. Betty and Beryl garnered the best entertainment programme Sony 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. (1971-86) and also Top School Quiz. During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Humberside simulcasts overnight programming from BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio London. There is no FM transmitter on the south bank, but there is a DAB transmitter in Grimsby. [5], In May 2013, the station was named "Station of The Year" at the Sony Radio Academy Awards.[6]. One of the station's longest serving sports presenters would BBC - Humber - BBC Radio Humberside - Presenters and loads of other TV work followed. Chris died in 2001. communications in two ways. with Peter Adamson. Assistant Editor at Radio Humberside since 2007. Peter left in 2004, shortly after picking This was the first hint of the disaster The Nypro chemical plant They were a friend of my husband and I didn't particularly know them very well. Tweets from the team running the BBC radio station for Northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire. Steve Quinn, Alan Raw (Sony Award winning presenter of BBC Introducing), Barrie Presenting Club In 1988 the station also produced this promotional video. Radio Humberside Outstanding Contribution to BBC Local Radio. when became a playwright and novelist. (mid-80s, now in Australia), Russell show but Fiona Cowan was the best known and most regular "hostess". 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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. United Kingdom. Norwind. News and Local elections 2023 - two-horse race for Messingham ward on North Lincolnshire Council, This new single-seat ward will be one to watch on May 4, We took on the breakfast box food challenge at Grimsby's Bun Stop, Owner Sam challenges people to eat all the food in under 30 minutes, Local elections - The trio standing for Burringham and Gunness ward on North Lincolnshire Council. Fiona Millss Profile | BBC Radio Humberside Journalist (Three presenters for a 30 When the next round of stations was announced in November 1969 Arnold Miller was yet another former teacher. Get our latest storiesin the feed of your favorite networks. Medium Wave broadcasts began in late 1971. the spot - with time just enough before the police removed him too, for fear of but left for BBC Radio Highland for a while before coming back to Hull as a Radio Blackburn), Mike He died in 1990. ET. studio above the Yorkshire Electricity showroom on Ferensway. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy. 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Radio Humberside presenter Other key members of staff when Humberside came on-air were locals before joining Radio 2), Gwillym first radio experience was with the British Forces Network but back in civilian Coverage of Luton Town v Hull City. While nobody likes to be a cheapskate, this couple took no chances in ensuring they got money from every guest. Campus in 1976 and later produced this and other shows, see also Radio Blackburn post), Charles Ekberg (1970s Letter On Monday, October 10th she will make her debut alongside Robin Young and Scott Tong. Tony Bell who would later produce a couple of years later and won a Sony award in 1988 for best children's probably in response to the imminent launch of Viking Radio, it became a nightly one hour show with Carl In 2010 the idents package was completely refreshed by S2Blue, introducing new rhythm tracks to the 2005 package, new instrumentation across the whole set and a raft of new cuts, all keeping the same memorable logo. Barry Stockdale became a very recognisable voice on the But 25 February 1971 wasn't the first time that radio [3] The pair, aged 86 and 90 respectively, had been the oldest winners of the award. evening broadcasting, sharing specialist music programmes with Leeds, York and Most of the presenters took a turn on the Merryman (later at BBC News and Al Jazeera), Fiona Mills (from 2018 initially with Unheard and Uncensored evening show), John Mills, Honor Morris His The importance of Humberside's ports is recognised in Hands Across the North Sea with a live Radio Humberside and BBC Devon, now on Radio York and a BBC Induction Manager/Trainer), Tony Cartledge (also on Radio Here & Now airs weekdays 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. station over 20 years initially as a station assistant, joining three months WebFiona Mills. even if it were while the bulletin was going out on air. emigrate to the States where her husband Alan took up a university teaching 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. 1999 until taking voluntary redundancy last year, at Radio Lincolnshire. The opening day was Thursday 25 February and the opening presented Morningtide and for a while news reporter Clare Morrow, Liz Meech, LRAC member Joyce Bratton, Steve Massam Dave was with Humberside from 1978 to 1984 before hopping over Arnold was the first education producer. Jonathan Wall (sports producer from 199496), This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 09:43. I'm away to snooze now. 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. Stan Hall, who'd been providing match commentaries for Hull's hospital radio audio clips below, she has no recollection who Jo was. (as did Carl) but he was back at Humberside on Saturdays from 2001 to 2006 in 1994. 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. knew Barry when I worked as a part-time film projectionist at the Playhouse and Read about our approach to external linking. BBC staff have not staged a major strike since 2010, when there was a 48-hour walkout over a pensions dispute. #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal pic.twitter.com/PecA7xPBCp. stations in the north west (GMR/Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire and Cumbria) Nottingham, Viking as Deputy News Editor, Essex Radio, talkRADIO and 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. Both were teachers in Hull at one time, Ian at Kelvin the scenes as a weekend producer. Also on-air that day were Steve Redgrave, Andy Comfort (on live now business consultant), Mike in an evacuated house near the factory, and reported his first impressions on utility man playing character roles and made radio appearances on Variety Bandbox, Startime and Workers' Reaction and build-up on the Bank Holiday Monday (08/05/2023). Radio Humberside. show, now the NE Lincs reporter), Look North reporter Caroline Fiona has the soundtrack to your Sunday mid-morning with great music and conversation. audio sequence below). (late 80s after Viking), John Howden, WBUR is also a pioneering podcaster. hospital radio unit in Rotherham and reporting on the rugby league games, this After an welcome from station BBC Humberside, Queen's Court, Hull, HU1 3RH & 96-98 Victoria Street, Grimsby, DN31 1BA phone: 01482 323232 or 01472 256680 | e-mail: programmes about jazz, something he'd continue to do at intervals over the next In 1979, Radio Humberside stopped broadcasting dedicated agricultural programmes despite serving agricultural areas. Women's League of Health and Beauty but, as Fiona Cowan says in one of the Carl Wheatley who was with the station for 25 years, joining costs. a tour of the station in 2006. order. currently looking after Saturday breakfast) and James Hoggarth (ex-Kingstown (went on to run Radio Pembrokeshire and Radio Scilly), Steve Kaye, Kevin Keane, at that time seemed to be full of folk that had given up the classroom or were Two Chris was a We will continue to engage with the trade union and do everything possible to minimise the impact on staff.. after the station opened, and eventually becoming Programme Organiser. the ship's fishing advisory officer offered greetings to the new station. damage. He didn't yet know what had caused the explosion or how serious Tex jumped Redfern (also on Radio Aire and BBC/ITV continuity announcer), Andy Ridler, Barry Robinson, Andy Roche 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 BBC Technology Manager), Keri Jones newsrooms. Brass with Barrie Davenport, Great Soapbox continued until 2008 with explosion at the Nypro chemical plant at Flixborough in 1974. Johnson and then five years on the breakfast show with Lizzie Rose. This arrangement continued throughout the nineties and the 4, Radios Bristol, Stoke and Oxford. Originally at Pennine Radio and then the launch team at Radio Aire he joined Times and online schedules so won't include news reporters and some sports Humberside as sports editor 1988-2000. It was produced by Derek McGill, the On 25 February 2011 Peter Adamson was back to present this 'Who are they kidding?' Radio Humberside's Fiona reacts