Radio News Hub is a provider of

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s for radio stations based in the United Kingdom. The company, which has its head office in

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, provides 60 second and 120 second bulletins for English speaking radio stations both in the United Kingdom and internationally. As of 2021 it produces bulletins for more than 300 stations.

History

Launched in 2014, Radio News Hub was established to provide an alternative news service to existing providers, and was founded by a team of four journalists; Dave Uttley, Jamie Fletcher, Jon Francis and Stephanie Otty. As well as providing news updates it also supplies weather, travel, sport and entertainment bulletins. In 2018 the company celebrated providing its one millionth bulletin to its providers. Also in 2018 the company launched a new website and redesigned its dispatch system. In 2020, Radio News Hub appointed former

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news presenter Carl Hartley as a senior journalist. Having started its operations in an underground office in 2014, Radio News Hub moved to a serviced office block in the city in 2015. In November 2020, it announced plans to relocate to purpose-built studios, also based in Leeds. Radio News Hub content is broadcast on digital station News Radio UK. National and international news, sport, business and showbiz bulletins are broadcast on a rolling ten minute loop. The station is also used to offer for special live programming to client stations, including UK and US election night coverage. A 10 minute extended "Lunchtime News" programme is also available for client stations for broadcast on weekdays from 13:00. Radio News Hub's news, sport and weather bulletins can be heard on national digital station Fix Radio with weather bulletins broadcast on

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Free news bulletins

In March 2020 Radio News Hub announced that it would produce a daily ten-minute round-up of news relating to the

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that would be made available free of charge to any radio station that wishes to carry the bulletin. In September 2022, a free daily bulletin covering events following the death of Queen Elizabeth II was also offered.

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External links

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