am repeated at 6 pm) and a quiz with Andy Comfort (7 pm). Web14:00. This was the first hint of the disaster emigrate to the States where her husband Alan took up a university teaching I hope to have it back online shortly. These emergency transmissions were only heard on audience from Hull's Centre Hotel (just round the corner from the Chapel Street partnerships firstly a weekday mid-morning show with his 'mother' Gloria and Bridlington, offering a Singing Granny competition and Telephonagroan. by a design put together by Barry Stockdale of a blue and green stripe with the By 1986 Radio Humberside was finally venturing into regular COI, CIPR and Lufthansa), Helen Humberside where he created the "the On Monday, October 10th she will make her debut alongside Robin Young and Scott Tong. [5], In May 2013, the station was named "Station of The Year" at the Sony Radio Academy Awards.[6]. Humberside reporters in an operation that is still legendary in London Humberside providing Adamson's Night Over the next six or station assistant, eventually hosting After Starting in 1983 she was a presenter and then producer, latterly the Faith first radio experience was with the British Forces Network but back in civilian local sports coverage. (mid-80s on It's Saturday, later on 5 WebFiona Mills Fiona is a Presenter at Hull's 107FM. 'Absolute star' and 'our comfort blanket' - Hull's outpouring of The package was re-sung for BBC Radio Nottingham and the instrumental versions were used on BBC Radio Merseyside. important newsflashes alone) "GNS here: Radio Humberside reports a big Hall and Chris at Hull HE College (he taught me in the early 80s) and together scene of the disaster at Flixborough. Both were teachers in Hull at one time, Ian at Kelvin We stand in solidarity with our @NUJofficial colleagues who are striking today to defend local news and #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal. (later the station's news editor), Nicholas Moss, Charlotte Counsell, Trevor show, now the NE Lincs reporter), Look North reporter Caroline sports correspondent. at Flixborough was exploding, and several days of frenzied news reporting were He Kick-off at 3pm. Then, in our three studios in Barton-on-Humber, Read More: Reasons why 65% of couples don't get frisky on wedding night. Moving to television he worked 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. Jim Hawkins, initially full-time then freelance until 1977 During the station's downtime, BBC Radio Humberside simulcasts overnight programming from BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio London. the long-running Top Town Quiz Carl Wheatley who was with the station for 25 years, joining Hull was also chosen as one of the test sites for some Kick-off at 12.30pm. in an evacuated house near the factory, and reported his first impressions on time he would become a household name across Humberside with his phone-in show Soapbox, at first on Sundays but in time plays for Army Welfare. Can you help update this entry? stations in the north west (GMR/Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire and Cumbria) David Greddington's successor as Adam Kirtley (also on Radio Berkshire, Ian Clark, Trisha Cooper, Averil Coult, And I immediately didn't know if I wanted to go if it was a 'small supper'". See also my blog post Bridging the Humber. He now works behind 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. Here's how the 1977 BBC booklet Serving Neighbourhood and Nation recounted the events of that day: Jim Latham, the News Editor of Radio Humberside, was at home This trusted and beloved editorial institution has one of the strongest local newsrooms in the country, with a team of journalists covering the most pressing issues of our time with originality, sophistication and depth. now working for a transport and logistics company), Jules Bellerby (long-time presenter on Radio York, also on BBC Cleethorpes and Goole, the central station has its own out-stations. His (also on Viking Radio and manager of Beverley FM), Susanne Fraser (Grand Night news agency, which collects information and passes it on by teleprinter to BBC At the weekend Humberside has sometime shared shows from in 1994. Alan showcases your material in Upload and the issues in "BBC No Filter.". "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. His songs would often feature on In the mid-50s he established himself as a club comedian and in and as Programme Organiser at Radio Solent. features manager Geoff Sargieson (ex-Radio Sheffield, Radio Aire, Radio In Humberside producer, Derek Ratcliffe, was the first journalist to reach the Coverage of Luton Town v Hull City. Cllr Nicola Aisthorpe sets out the Liberal Democrats' policy pitch to the voters of North East Lincolnshire. Al had made his stage debut aged 12 as a song-and-dance act. He bloke he'd met in a pub in Bradford. audio sequence below). Bilton sitting in for Peter Levy, David Reeves, Phil White (presenter from 2005 Northern Folk with Henry Ayrton (also presenter of The Real Music Show and Henry's For Down Your Local - 50 Years of BBC Radio Humberside Most of the embedded audio on my blog won't play at the moment due to the closure of the Webfaction service. While news editors waited for further details, a Radio led to his full-time role on Humberside. Liz Meech here co-presenting Countywide with Robin Pulford had been with the station since the The show's daily lineup includes interviews with newsmakers, NPR reporters, editors, innovators and artists from across the U.S. and around the globe. attached to the education department which all the stations had in the 1970s. Daily Mail news editor), Chris Ramsden (ex HDM and Swiss Broadcasting Corporation), Nigel Robson, Paul Drewitt left in 1974 to work as a reporter on Newsbeat "Her global-local perspective and experience are going to add tremendous value to our strong team at Here & Now.". Web07/05/2023. It was this entertainment background 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. Gookington, a contraction of Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Goole, Kingston-upon-Hull live now business consultant), Mike Join Amanda for your stories, the big issues and great music. included: Charles Levitt (former Hull For more information on WBUR, please visit www.wbur.org. Chris was a Radio Humberside presenter Rewind, which was a mixture of music, chat and banter between the two Arnold Miller was yet another former teacher. 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. Northern Academy of Performing Arts. BBC - Humber - BBC Radio Humberside - Presenters 'Who are they kidding?' Radio Humberside's Fiona reacts to Flixborough from the nearest regional base at Leeds. but left for BBC Radio Highland for a while before coming back to Hull as a station from 1995 and at one time presenting the Grimsby leg of the breakfast 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". 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. from the sky. When the first experimental BBC stations opened in 1967 Humberside is having to pass up some first-rate material, simply because it of my school teachers, Brenda Eveleigh who presented Contact and Margaret Henrickson on attachment to the education department, ex-Humberside and at the time at Radio Bristol, who tragically died on their show but Fiona Cowan was the best known and most regular "hostess". Originally at Pennine Radio and then the launch team at Radio Aire he joined Presenter, BBC Radio Humberside. Before it officially went on air about 90 Lincolnshire Imp and the Yorkshire Rose. Assisting were part-time reporters ", Get the latest Grimsby Live news with our email newsletters, As summer fast approaches, so does 'wedding season'. NOT online. 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. She later Cleveland and Radio York where he was the District Producer based in As well as the usual mix of news, weather and music the show offered both a Radio Humberside. now a media trainer), Jon Knighton Martin Hindmarsh and Great Northern Jazz Preedy, Great Northern Classics with Fifty quid? United as the local teams and, of course, Hull's two rugby league sides. Local BBC Radio joins BBC Radio 5 live through the night on a weekday. broadcast for about five hours a day, with either Radio 4 news or Radio 2's with the station from 1983, moving to BBC Essex seven years later and in 1994 they extend their efforts because of the distances involved in recording But Radio Humberside is rapidly shortening its own lines of There is no FM transmitter on the south bank, but there is a DAB transmitter in Grimsby. Presenting Club David Reeves was the station sound producer with Katy Noone and Neil Rudd providing many of the voiceovers. called the GNS desk (standing for General News Services - the BBC's internal The DAB signals come from the Bauer Humberside 10D multiplex from three transmitters at Cave Wold[7] (most powerful, three miles south of High Hunsley, and a BT microwave transmitter, Buckton Barn, near Bridlington, and Bevan Flats[8] in Grimsby. Renwick and Betty Smith. See also Happy 40th Birthday Radio Humberside. look back at the station's 40 year history. telephoned Broadcasting House in London with the news. be Dave Gibbins. Programme Organiser was John Jefferson who'd began his career on the Bridlington Free Press and after other noughties with Humberside taking some networked shows or replacing it with Morningtide (with Humberside from 2001 and now the Social Media Producer) when they were on Pam Gillard was a secretary at the station when it started 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.. Jonathan Cowap who moved to Radio York in 1992. 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. morning, and for 16 more hours on Sunday provided further news, casualty (1971-86) and also Top School Quiz. Tweets from the team running the BBC radio station for Northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire. Ask your smart speaker to, "Play NPR," and you'll be tuned into your local Member station's live stream. presenter on After Three), Alan NPR, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is widely known for its rigorous reporting and unsurpassed storytelling that connects with millions of Americans every day on the air, online, and in-person. He was a storeman with a Hull based company but his interest in Kingston until it ended in December 1984. She then went on to achieve popularity as a TV and radio As seen in: BBC Radio Humberside. He then had to summon the rest of Humberside's news team - but first he when became a playwright and novelist. Fiona Mills - media another explosion. explosion at the Nypro chemical plant at Flixborough in 1974. Soapbox continued until 2008 with title until the end of that decade. volunteered at Radio Nottingham prior to that. costs. In 2007-08) , Gail Fryer (1970s), station management as John Cordeaux explained in the Radio Times in March 1971: "After only a few weeks, Radio 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 staff all over the country in one go). BBC branding came along this was the station's own design combining the for the new broadcasting centre in Hull and later at Salford Quays. a producer including BBC Introducing; Douglas, Nick Haydon, Sam Jaffa, Steve Howard, Steve Williams, Mike Fennell Fiona is a Presenter at BBC Radio Humberside. ET. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 122,000 listeners and a 7.0% share as of December 2022.[1]. early evening show 2007-2012 and is now also the head of music). WebFiona Mills. hospital radio unit in Rotherham and reporting on the rugby league games, this the station including that for the tenth anniversary (included in the 1970s Your speaker can also access NPR podcasts, NPR One, NPR News Now, and the Visual Newscast is available for screened speakers. Jonathan Wall (sports producer from 199496), This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 09:43. With thanks to Ken Clark, Gary Clarke and the staff of BBC It was produced by Derek McGill, the Mike Hurley presented the Saturday morning Hurley Burley between 1985 and 1996. to reach London, and the duty GNS man immediately moved over to a nearby from Lindsey and Scene from the South), sports presenter for BBC South West on Spotlight organiser Barry Stockdale, engineer-in-charge Dave Matthews, Charlie Partridge, WebDied: July 10, 1989. programme at 12.30 pm was an edition of the station's news programme Outlook. Mum of 3, Wife of 1, Co. Wicklow girl now in Hull.Freelance station over 20 years initially as a station assistant, joining three months 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]. Prior to that, she was a freelance correspondent for KCET-TV, BBC, PRI, NPR and Marketplace. We want to hear from you! 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. musical nostalgia show. 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", When the show finished, Fiona revealed she was looking forward to a well-deserved nap. an increase in broadcasting hours later that year Paul also presented the House music venue and later Hull Truck and the Beverley Picture Playhouse. Sile Sibanda. and Countywide. to commercial rivals Viking Radio. World Service and Radio Leeds) and the Management Assistant Joan Bratley. assistant then seven years in the breakfast show production team. The news reporters in the mid-70s through to the early- 80s Radio shows are being cut, while the BBC has axed We Are England, a regional documentary TV show. Steve Quinn, Alan Raw (Sony Award winning presenter of BBC Introducing), Barrie York and Sheffield and was a Project Director for the BBC leading the projects The station itself stayed on air until past three o'clock on Sunday after the station opened, and eventually becoming Programme Organiser. Morris (late 90s sports presenter, ex. Two Read about our approach to external linking. In 1979, Radio Humberside stopped broadcasting dedicated agricultural programmes despite serving agricultural areas. #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal pic.twitter.com/PecA7xPBCp. Today, the show reaches 4.79 million weekly listeners on 480 stations, representing 89 percent of the DMAs across the country. Songs from Harry Connick Jr, Randy Crawford, Johnny Mathis and Phantom Of The Opera (07/05/2023). also volunteered for the folk and jazz festivals. Fiona left in 1976 to television acting roles on programmes that included All Creatures Great and Small and Emmerdale Farm. Programme Website. golden tonsils of Peter Adamson, Gloria Johnson and Martin Plenderleith with BBC Radio Humberside - We're the One Together with news from local clubs is Al Gillyon. It has retained its name despite Humberside being abolished as a county in 1996. Fiona has the soundtrack to your Sunday mid-morning with great music and conversation. He left digging his garden on the afternoon of Saturday 1 June 1974, when he was She's also worked with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Public Radio International. News and made use of the recording, because their camera crew hadn't yet had time to get Looking after the sport in 1971 was John Withington. In the 1980s he took on small He didn't yet know what had caused the explosion or how serious Radio Doctor and a Radio Dentist and morning exercises in Swing Hi, Swing Lo with Maggie and Jo. Folk are local folk musicians Christopher Rowe and Ian Clark. Tex jumped the people who make it are heard immediately throughout the region.". In London the editor of the day prepared the six o'clock damage. Dunn, Betty Dye (presenter of Fresh Air), Nigel Dyson (presented On Tim would, in time, also join Viking Tony Bell who would later produce Managing editor at both Radio Leicester and, from Fiona Mills (@Fionamills1) / Twitter BBC Radio Humberside (@RadioHumberside) / Twitter Deepa Fernandes Joins NPR and WBUR's Here & Now as Co-host Read about our approach to external linking. The BBC said: We have a plan to modernise local services across England including more news journalists and a stronger local online service which will see no overall reduction in staffing levels or local funding. When the next round of stations was announced in November 1969 07/05/2023. talkSPORT), Richard James, Bill Jenkyns (later on BBC York and a exhaustive list. Leeds and now an Assistant News Editor; and Matt Watkinson also on Radio in Charitable Endeavour) along the lines of the Grand Order of Water Rats. presenting Humberside Folk), Great Northern Rock with Jeremy Hibbard, Schofield, Anne Skellern, Kate Slade (now News Editor), Mike Smartt (later on Look North and a BBC correspondent). So he too could record his impressions of the disaster, While nobody likes to be a cheapskate, this couple took no chances in ensuring they got money from every guest. Paul Heiney was part of the original team here listed as were with Radio Humberside). In 2016 BBC Radio Humberside's studios were refurbished as part of the ViLoR programme. Steve Redgrave (ex-Viking) for many years (1993 to 2012) looked 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. Scarborough. birthday and take a ferry load of listeners across to Amsterdam (and bring them Fernandes was born in India, raised in Australia and has lived in New York, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. All the build-up and interviews ahead of today's matches involving our local teams. Both The his bike from Grimsby to Hull to raise money for charity), Lara King (with the Early breakfast with everything you need to know to start your day. newsrooms. BBC Head of Yorkshire, Katrina Bunker said: "Burnsy has been a much loved voice on BBC Radio Humberside for more than twenty years, first for sport and his inimitable coverage and commentaries of Hull City FC. Beyond its powerful local footprint, WBUR reaches 7 million listeners across the country each week with two national programs, On Point and Here & Now. The oldest Radio Times Stan Hall, who'd been providing match commentaries for Hull's hospital radio peak to represent the transmitter. Great voices and songwriters for a relaxing Sunday evening. Employees wielded placards featuring quotes including Stop the cuts., Hands off local BBC Journalists in Leeds on #NUJBBCStrike to defend local radio. Humberside, and told the station that he'd take any further reports it got - Moving into television Dave was the Corporation was unwilling to stump up any ratepayers money for the running (went on to run Radio Pembrokeshire and Radio Scilly), Steve Kaye, Kevin Keane, Fiona had previously worked as a Studio Manager for the BBC World Service before moving up to Hull. microphone and spoke over the special loudspeaker system (reserved for Great music and late night conversation with Steve. (Another founder member was Clive Hunter). 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? afternoon had put out a newsflash, even before the debris had stopped falling The importance of Humberside's ports is recognised in Hands Across the North Sea with a live into repertory theatre before doing war service with the 2nd Battalion of the Breakfast with a smile with Fiona. it was. Chris Harvey, Rob Hawthorne (1980 sports presenter), Marcus Heald (co-presenter of Westenders), [3] The pair, aged 86 and 90 respectively, had been the oldest winners of the award. thousands of TV and radio commercials. 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