Y Radio

Last updated
Y Radio (YRadio.co.uk)
Broadcast area North Tyneside
Frequency Currently online at www.yradio.co.uk
Programming
Format Mixture of news/music/community programming
Ownership
OwnerYMCA Shareholders
History
First air date
2009

'Y Radio' was a community-based and specialist interest radio service for North Tyneside, which broadcasts online at www.yradio.co.uk and is operated from the YMCA North Tyneside building in Church Way, North Shields. The station features community arts programmes, music programmes and local news and current affairs programmes specifically for the region and wider afield. Originally named Youth Voice FM and operated as part of the VODA scheme, Y Radio is now licensed and regulated.

Contents

History 2009-2012

Y Radio first began as Youth Voice FM in 2009 as part of the VODA scheme. At this time current presenter Daniel Fawcus took part in the broadcasts, which were originally designed to meet the schemes needs and wishes, and didn't extend much further than those sessions.

In January 2010 Y Radio was given an official relaunch by then station manager Laura Robertson and the original www.yradio.co.uk site was born. The station established a series of 8 programmes with topics from Football to Politics and involved local councillors in the area, students and amateur radio presenters. During this time the programmes received a moderate amount of attention and the station also launched an accompanying magazine which was distributed in the area.

In April 2011 the station received another relaunch, with the majority of programmes being either relaunched or re-branded and a massive recruitment drive for presenters being initiated by current station manager Steven Hesse. Steven also relaunched the Y Radio.co.uk with a new mock up and design and went about organising a weekly newsletter informing people of the station's progress.

Steven was also responsible for launching the Multimedia/Review sections of the website which focus on written and video reviews of albums, events, films and games. This gives the presenters a chance to expand on their Journalism skills and review their favourites in more detail.

About 30 volunteers currently produce and broadcast 35 hours of quality programmes each week from the studios. Shows include The Steven Hesse Show, Game On, Noise Up, Game On, The Film Space, THAT Volunteer Show, The Hepple Show and Stuart Smiles Car Show.

Y Radio also operates its own YouTube channel (YRadioNE) which features an assortment of video interviews from both in and out of the studio with local, national and international musicians.

A Game On newsletter/magazine supplement is also in development and was launched in February 2012

In Feb 2013 YMCA North Shields took the decision not to renew the contracts of the volunteers who were working on Y Radio and, as a result, the station ceased to be from March 2013. In the months leading up to this decision, volunteer recruitment had been harder, due to an accident suffered by Station Manager Hesse.

The Graveyard Shift

One of the more original shows on the schedule is The Graveyard Shift, a show presented by Wayne Madden (once a producer at the former UTV Talk107), which is a Hard Rock and Heavy Metal show containing news, views, interviews and reviews from the scene both locally and further afield.

It is the only show on Y Radio to remain unchanged since January 2010 (when it was first broadcast) and has featured both collaborations with festivals like The Damnation Festival and Sonisphere as well as interviews with bands like Trivium, Black Dahlia Murder, Alter Bridge, Theory Of A Deadman and In Flames

Staff

The station is managed by the YMCA North Tyneside.

Advertising

Unlike most commercial stations Y Radio does not currently play any advertisements in keeping with its mission to provide as much informative content as possible.

Related Research Articles

BBC Radio 4 Extra is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The sister station of BBC Radio 4, it mostly broadcasts archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes. It is the principal broadcaster of the BBC's spoken-word archive, and as a result the majority of its programming originates from that archive. It also broadcasts extended and companion programmes to those broadcast on Radio 4, and provides a "catch-up" service for certain programmes.

BBC Southern Counties Radio was the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Surrey and Sussex. The station also covered a large part of north-east Hampshire. It was the first BBC local radio station to introduce an all-speech format. It broadcast from studios in Brighton and Guildford on FM and AM, and on DAB on the NOW Sussex Coast multiplex.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BBC Radio London</span> BBC Local Radio station for London

BBC Radio London is the BBC's local radio station serving Greater London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BBC Radio Bristol</span> Radio station in Bath and Bristol

BBC Radio Bristol is the BBC's local radio station serving the cities of Bristol and Bath and the unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BBC Radio Wiltshire</span> Radio station in Swindon

BBC Radio Wiltshire is the BBC's local radio station serving the English county of Wiltshire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gold (British radio network)</span> United Kingdom oldies radio network

Gold Radio is a network of oldies radio stations in the United Kingdom, which was formed by the merger of the Capital Gold network and the Classic Gold network in August 2007. The station relaunched in March 2014 as a partly-automated service, broadcasting in fewer areas, after many of Gold's local AM/DAB frequencies were transferred to Smooth Radio. Most programming is broadcast from the Global Radio studios in Leicester Square, London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wave 105</span> Radio station in Fareham

Wave 105 was an Independent Regional Radio station based in Fareham, England, owned and operated by Bauer. It broadcast to South Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, West Sussex, Wiltshire, and Dorset.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heart North East</span> Radio station in Newcastle upon Tyne

Heart North East is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Heart network. It broadcasts to North East England from studios in Newcastle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hits Radio East Midlands</span> Radio station in Nottingham

Hits Radio East Midlands is an Independent Regional Radio station based in Nottingham, England, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to the East Midlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Radio Essex</span> Radio station in Essex, England

Radio Essex is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Essex, England via DAB and Mid and South Essex via FM, from studios in The Icon Building on Southend seafront, owned by the Adventure Radio Group.

Heart Digital was a digital radio network of stations that broadcast on DAB Digital Radio in the North East of England, the North West of England, Yorkshire, South Wales and the West of England and in Central Scotland, as part of the Heart network.

<i>The 7 OClock News</i> British TV show on BBC Three 2003–05

The 7 O'Clock News is a British news programme. It was the main news programme broadcast each weekday at 7:00 pm, on British digital television channel BBC Three between 10 February 2003 to 2 December 2005. Originally called The News Show from its launch on 10 February 2003, the night after the launch of BBC Three, it was rebranded later in the year, though retaining the same presentation team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BBC North East and Cumbria</span>

BBC North East and Cumbria is one of the BBC's English regions covering Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside, City of Sunderland, County Durham, Northumberland, north and mid Cumbria and parts of North Yorkshire. The region provides unique BBC One programming, including regional news programmes, and local radio stations. It is headquartered at Broadcasting Centre, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">SA Radio Live</span> Radio station in Swansea , United Kingdom

SA Radio Live, formerly Radio Tircoed, is a community radio station serving Tircoed, Penllergaer, Pontardulais, Gorseinon, Pontlliw and surrounding areas in the north west of the City and County of Swansea, Wales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">SYN Media</span> Youth media organisation in Melbourne, Victoria

Student Youth Network Inc., operating as SYN Media, is an Australian youth-run not-for-profit organisation providing media training and broadcasting opportunities for young people. Commonly referred to as SYN, the organisation produces new and independent media that is made by and for young people in Melbourne. Founded in 2000, today volunteers – all aged 12–25 years of age – produce a radio station broadcast on FM radio and DAB+ digital radio, as well as content for television, print and online. A 2006 McNair listener survey showed a similar age group, 15–24, as the largest age group listening to community radio in Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oxide Radio</span> Radio station in Oxford, England

Oxide Radio is a student radio station run by members of Oxford University in Oxford, England. It was established in 2001 and as Altered Radio made brief forays onto FM in 2004 and 2005 before complications regarding FM licensing and funding forced it onto Internet-only broadcast. It relaunched in Michaelmas Term 2017 with a rebranded interface and website and now broadcasts 24/7.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Radio Skye</span> Radio station in Portree, Isle of Skye

Radio Skye is a local radio station which broadcasts from Portree to the Isle of Skye, as well as the region of Lochalsh, Wester Ross on the Scottish mainland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hits Radio Teesside</span> Radio station in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Hits Radio Teesside, formerly TFM, is an Independent Local Radio station for Teesside, England, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The station is owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to areas of County Durham and North Yorkshire.

CountryLine Radio is a UK-based radio station playing country music. Founded by Chris Stevens, it launched as Chris Country on 27 April 2013. The station is now owned by CountryLine, having purchased the station from Chris Stevens and Nation Broadcasting in March 2020 and its owners rebranded the station on 7 March 2022 to CountryLine Radio.

This is a timeline of the history of chart shows on UK radio.

References

55°00′35″N1°26′51″W / 55.0096°N 1.4474°W / 55.0096; -1.4474