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This is an archive of news about The Bay. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Mark Leigh is the daddy
From Radio Today. Posted April 17 2008, 6.40am
Congratulations to Abbey FM's afternoon drive time presenter Mark Leigh who, along with his wife Vicky, have become parents for the first time. Felicity Jayne Leigh was born on Sunday 13th April weighing 7lb 6oz.Mark has hosted the afternoon show on the Barrow-in-Furness radio station since it launched in October 2006 and has previously worked for Tower FM in Bolton and The Bay in Lancaster. (more)

CN celebrate with Citybeat
From Radio Today. Posted August 16 2007, 7.56am
Belfast station Citybeat 96.7 is celebrating an increase in figures today as 21,000 new listeners takes the bums-on-seats figure to 146,000. Average hours are also up 1.1 per cent. The news is not so good at other CN stations though, with The Bay and Touch FM's Midland network losing listeners and hours. (more)

Tom Hunter joins Original 106
From Radio Today. Posted January 19 2007, 12.02am
Former Emap boss Tom Hunter has been appointed as managing director of the new Bristol station, Original 106. Tom will head the team at CanWest's second UK radio station, leaving behind Palm FM in Torbay, the station he helped launch just eight months ago. (more)

Somalia: Militiamen halt Shabelle Radio station's operations in Baidoa
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 22 2006, 12.43pm
The local station of Radio Shabelle in Baidoa was disrupted today after authorities from the security committee of the Bay region and other militiamen asked for the station to be shut down. Reporters in Baidoa confirmed that two members from the security committee came to the station, ordered all radio operations to be halted, and switched off the transmission. A correspondent at the Baiodoa (more)