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BBC radio star quits station after 15 years - and his final show is days away
RADIO 1Xtra host Nick Bright has quit the station after 15 years – and his final show is just days away. Nick, who currently hosts Saturday mid mornings on BBC Radio 1Xtra, took to Instagram to repost a statement from the broadcaster after…
Rewind Radio toy appeal delivers thousands
Cornwall's Rewind Radio has delivered nearly 4,000 donated toys to children across the Duchy following its Christmas Toy Appeal this year. The appeal, sponsored by Hawkins Motor Group, resulted in a total of 3,942 toys being collected after…
NLive Radio appeal delivers gifts for local families
More than 2,000 Christmas presents have been collected by NLive Radio to support families across Northamptonshire. The NLive Radio Christmas Present Appeal has provided gifts worth more than £10,000, which are now being distributed to people…
3I/ATLAS Radio Silence And 'Impossible' Jets Push Scientists To Rethink Comets
The cosmos has a way of humbling our best technology, and the latest visitor from beyond our solar system is doing exactly that. Since its discovery on 1 July 2025 by the ATLAS survey in Chile, the interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS has been at…
DevonAir Radio ends secret sound with charity gift
DevonAir Radio has revealed its long-running Secret Sound and donated the £1,000 prize to a children's hospital ward in Exeter. The station's Secret Sound competition, which began in July, became a daily talking point for listeners across…
Search for 3I/ATLAS 'radio signal' as it's shrouded in 'several uncertainties
We've all been interested in a mystery interstellar object, and despite it seemingly on it's way out of our solar system, 3I/ATLAS just won't stop surprising us. In a previous report, the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS appears to have a less exciting…
'Fix The Pitching Staff' - Radio Host Criticizes Steve Cohen and David Stearns for Letting Key Players Go
The Mets' offseason reset isn't sitting well in New York talk-radio land. And when WFAN legend Joe Benigno gets heated, it usually means fans are already there. What started as frustration over one trade quickly turned into a literal indictment of…
Records & Radio | Pom-poms were part of WKIO's format-change plan
December brings all sorts of year-end music calculations and conversations. Since 1981, Billboard has named the Artist of the Year. It combines the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Billboard 200 album chart and Billboard Boxscore, which captures artist…
Last resident moves out of FEMA trailers set up in Spencer after historic '24 flood - Radio Iowa
Some of the temporary trailers FEMA set up in Spencer to house people who were flooded out of their homes in mid-2024 were occupied for nearly a year and a half. Spencer City Manager Kevin Robinson says this fall, there were about a dozen…
Kansas City Chiefs Fan Delivers All-Time Crash-Out On Live Radio After Team Moves To New State
One passionate Kansas City Chiefs fan isn't taking the team's pending move to Kansas well, to say the very least. Yesterday, the Kansas City Chiefs announced that their plans to leave Missouri. According to reports, they'll instead move into a $3…
Bournemouth podcast: Antoine Semenyo's future - Cherries: Unpicked
BBC Radio Solent's Cherries:Unpicked podcast has returned with a look at Antoine Semenyo's future amid growing speculation linking the Bournemouth forward with Manchester City. Host Jordan Clark and former Bournemouth defender Joe Partington delved…
Damon Albarn Reads How the Grinch Stole Christmas! for BBC Radio
With Christmas just days away, Damon Albarn stopped by BBC Radio to read Dr. Seuss' classic children's book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Stream his rendition here, and listen to a preview below. Since its publication in 1957, How the Grinch…
Future of Yomper statue secured thanks to fundraising drive
The future of a statue that commemorates the sacrifices and determination of the Royal Marines in the Falklands War has been secured thanks to a fundraising campaign. The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) had launched the appeal to raise…
Americast - Were our 2025 predictions right? - BBC Sounds
News,·24 Dec 2025,·35 mins What did the Americast team get right when they made their predictions for what the big news stories of 2025 might be? Justin, Anthony, Sarah and Marianna look back at a tumultuous year for Donald Trump in…
BBC Sounds posts record audio listening year
BBC Sounds has recorded more than 2.5 billion plays of radio, music and podcasts this year, marking its strongest performance to date. Figures covering January to November this year show plays on BBC Sounds were up eight per cent compared with the…
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