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Rob Ellis (DJ)
Rob Ellis is a radio presenter. He presents ''The Rob Ellis Show'' on Capital FM across Manchester and Lancashire every weekday between 4pm and 7pm. Rob works alongside his small team which consists of Nigel 'Wingman' Clucas and Rachel 'Text on Legs' Burke-Davies. Ellis formerly presented the breakfast show on Capital Manchester (Galaxy FM until 2011) between 2007 and 2019. Life and career Ellis worked as a DJ in Preston, before starting his radio career in 1996 as a producer for shows on Red Rose 999 before progressing to their flagship FM station Rock FM. He later moved on to Manchester's Key 103 to present the station's evening show. Ellis was then later released by Key 103. In 2006, Ellis joined Galaxy Manchester, and within the first year he was moved to the station's Drive Time show where he was first joined by his co-presenter and then producer Wingman. In March 2014, Ellis married his fiancée Lisa. Capital Breakfast with The Rob Ellis Show ''(2007–2019)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preston, Lancashire
Preston () is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston local government district. Preston and its surrounding district obtained city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. Preston has a population of 114,300, the City of Preston district 132,000 and the Preston Built-up Area 313,322. The Preston Travel To Work Area, in 2011, had a population of 420,661, compared with 354,000 in the previous census. Preston and its surrounding area have provided evidence of ancient Roman activity, largely in the form of a Roman road that led to a camp at Walton-le-Dale. The Angles established Preston; its name is derived from the Old English meaning "priest's settlement" and in the ''Domesday Book'' is recorded as "Prestune". In the Middle Ages, Preston was a parish and township in the hundred of Amounderness an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital (radio Network)
Capital is a network of twelve Independent Local Radio, independent contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming. Nine of the stations are owned and operated by Global Media & Entertainment, while the other three are owned and operated under separate franchise agreements. As of September 2022, the stations serve a combined weekly audience of 5.7 million listeners and target a core audience in the 15–34 age group; 57% of all listeners are within this demographic. The Capital UK, national version of the network is widely available on Global Player, Freeview (UK), Freeview, Sky UK, Sky, Freesat, Virgin Media and Digital One, Digital One DAB. Capital is the fifth most-popular radio network in the UK by listeners, and the second largest of the commercial stations after Heart (radio network), Heart. Capital has a playlist which is updated weekly, and featured songs from the last one to two years in 2013. Unlike BBC Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Manchester And Lancashire
Capital Manchester and Lancashire is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Capital network. It was broadcast to Greater Manchester and eastern & central parts of Lancashire from studios at the XYZ Building in Spinningfields, Manchester. The station launched in April 2019 as a result of a merger between Capital Manchester and 2BR. Overview The regional station originally broadcast as two separate stations. * Kiss 102 began broadcasting to Greater Manchester in October 1994, after taking over the licence previously held by Sunset 102. After being sold to Chrysalis, it rebranded as Galaxy 102 in 1997, before becoming a part of the Capital network in January 2011. * 2BR began broadcasting to the Burnley, Pendle and Hyndburn areas in July 2000. It was merged in June 2016 with The Bee to form a larger station under the 2BR moniker, also covering the Blackburn and Preston areas. The station was sold by UKRD to Global in July 2018. On 26 February 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Manchester
Capital Manchester was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Capital radio network. The station broadcast from their studios at Global's Manchester HQ in the XYZ Building in Spinningfields, Manchester. In April 2019, the station was merged with 2BR in Lancashire to form Capital Manchester and Lancashire. History The 102 MHz frequency in Manchester has a chequered background. Initially it was occupied by Sunset 102 which included regular shows from house music innovators 808 State and a Saturday evening rave show from Sammy B; both were cited by Dave Haslam in City Life to have been instrumental in reflecting and developing the early rave culture in the city. However, due to occasional threats of violence on air and other breaches of the licence the station was closed. The licence was re-advertised and quickly won by Faze FM who launched Kiss 102 on 16 October 1994. The licence win was spearheaded by Eugene Perera's Level Broadcast, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Rose 999
Greatest Hits Radio (Lancashire) is an Independent Local Radio station based in Manchester, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Lancashire and North West England. As of June 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 23,000 listeners according to RAJAR. History The radio station launched as Red Rose Radio on 5 October 1982 at 6:00am on 301 metres medium wave (999 kHz) and 97.3 VHF stereo, broadcasting from a converted church ( St Paul's) at St. Pauls Square in Preston, Lancashire. The station's first presenter on air was Dave Lincoln - the first record played was "Evergreen" by Barbra Streisand. Other early presenters on the station included Dave Lincoln, Allan Beswick, Sally Moon, Derek Webster, Keith Macklin, Russell Harty and Steve Collins. At this point it was owned by Trans World Communications. On 1 June 1990, Red Rose Radio split into two stations - the FM service became Red Rose Rock FM (now known as R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock FM (British Radio Station)
Rock FM is an Independent Local Radio station based in Manchester, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Lancashire, North West England. As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 209,000 listeners according to RAJAR. Overview Originally launched in 1982 as Red Rose Radio, transmitting on 97.3 MHz and 999 kHz (301m MW). The FM frequency transmission changed when the station split to 97.4 MHz in 1990. In 1990, Red Rose Radio was split into two stations - Red Rose Rock FM using the FM frequency and Red Rose Gold on the medium wave frequency. Rock FM was given its name as the station was initially going to be based in Blackpool, Lancashire. However the agreement for the studio premises subsequently fell through and the station remained in Preston. The managing director was Dave Lincoln, with Mark Matthews as programme director, and at that time the station was owned by the Miss World Group, late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Key 103
''For the Network, see Hits Radio. For the National DAB station, see Hits Radio UK.'' Hits Radio Manchester is an Independent local radio station owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Greater Manchester. As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 247,000 listeners according to RAJAR. History Piccadilly Radio Originally known as Piccadilly Radio, the station commenced broadcasting from studios at Piccadilly Plaza in Manchester city centre at 5am on Tuesday 2 April 1974 - the fifth Independent Local Radio station to launch and the first of its kind in northern England. The first presenter on air was Roger Day and the first song played on air was ''Good Vibrations'' by The Beach Boys. In early 1987, due to a nationwide reorganisation of the FM band, Piccadilly moved its VHF (FM) frequency from 97 to 103 FM. A year later, the Government and the IBA began encouraging all ILR stations with multiple frequencies to provide s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galaxy Manchester
Capital Manchester was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Capital radio network. The station broadcast from their studios at Global's Manchester HQ in the XYZ Building in Spinningfields, Manchester. In April 2019, the station was merged with 2BR in Lancashire to form Capital Manchester and Lancashire. History The 102 MHz frequency in Manchester has a chequered background. Initially it was occupied by Sunset 102 which included regular shows from house music innovators 808 State and a Saturday evening rave show from Sammy B; both were cited by Dave Haslam in City Life to have been instrumental in reflecting and developing the early rave culture in the city. However, due to occasional threats of violence on air and other breaches of the licence the station was closed. The licence was re-advertised and quickly won by Faze FM who launched Kiss 102 on 16 October 1994. The licence win was spearheaded by Eugene Perera's Level Broadcast, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wes Butters
Wesley Paul Butters (born 4 May 1979, in Salford), is a radio broadcaster, formerly of BBC Radio 1, and writer. Early life Butters attended Buile Hill High School in Pendleton, Salford, and studied at the University of Salford between 1995 and 1997, where he gained a National Diploma in Design & Media Communications, followed by a BA (Hons) Radio between 1997 and 1998. Radio career On joining AA Roadwatch he shortened his name to Wes Butters. After a year presenting traffic and travel bulletins on local North West radio stations and periods on 96.5 Radio Wave (Blackpool), Wish FM (Wigan) and Century 105, he was offered the evening show on Century 106 in Nottingham. He left the station in 2000 to move to Newcastle as head of music and mid-morning presenter for Galaxy North East. Radio 1 In February 2003 Butters took over as host of ''The Radio 1 Chart Show'' on BBC Radio 1, and the programme was renamed ''The Official Chart Show with Wes''. A change in the show's format led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Radio Awards
The Radio Academy Awards, started in 1983, were the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. For most of their existence, they were run by ZAFER Associates, but in latter years were brought under the control of The Radio Academy. The awards were generally referred to by the name of their first sponsor, Sony, as The Sony Awards, The Sony Radio Awards or variations. In August 2013, Sony announced the end of its sponsorship agreement with The Radio Academy after 32 years. Consequently, the awards were named simply ''The Radio Academy Awards''. In November 2014, it was announced that The Radio Academy would not be holding the awards in 2015, and would be looking for other ways to recognise achievement in the future. The awards were relaunched in 2016 as the Audio & Radio Industry Awards (ARIAS). Awards format The awards were organised into various categories, with nominees being announced a few weeks before the main awards ceremony. The categories varied slight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lamb
George Martin Lamb (born 20 December 1979) is an English radio and television presenter, currently presenting ''Football Tonight'' on BT Sport. In 2012, Lamb presented the Channel 4 game show ''The Bank Job''. Lamb is the son of actor Larry Lamb. Education Born in Hammersmith, West London, Lamb was educated at St Christopher School, a boarding independent school in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. Career Radio Lamb's career peaked with presenting an eponymous daytime BBC Radio 6 Music show, for two years from October 2007 to November 2009, before being moved the early weekend mornings for 6 months, then leaving 6 Music in May 2010. His show mixed shock jock banter with his Ministry of Sound DJ co-host, Marc Hughes;. Lamb's last known radio work was a 2010 Starbucks-sponsored Spotify slot and a brief stint at TalkSport. Television Lamb's television career started in 2007 when he replaced Alex Zane as the host of the second series of BBC reality show ''Celebrity Scissor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Osbourne
Kelly Michelle Lee Osbourne (born 27 October 1984) is an English television personality, singer, actress, model, and fashion designer. The daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, she appeared on the reality show ''The Osbournes'' (2002–2005) with her family, for which they won a 2002 Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program. In 2009, she appeared on '' Dancing with the Stars'', in which she and her professional dance partner Louis van Amstel took third place. Osbourne was a presenter on ''Project Catwalk'' (2007–2008) and ''Fashion Police'' (2010–2015) and a judge on '' Project Runway Junior'' (2015–present) and '' Australia's Got Talent'' (2016). She also played the voice role of Hildy Gloom in the Disney XD animated series ''The 7D'' (2014–2016). As a singer, Osbourne has released two studio albums: ''Shut Up'' (2002) and ''Sleeping in the Nothing'' (2005). In 2003, she collaborated with her father Ozzy on the single "Changes" (a Black Sabbath song) which reached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
