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

KCR to relaunch as The Edge
From Radio Today. Posted July 3 2008, 1.46pm
Merseyside station KCR 106.7 has been bought by a consortium headed by group chairman and presenter Jon Jessop.The purchase means another end to the name KCR, as the station will re-launch as 106.7 The Edge later this year. (more)

Dune FM sold to KCR
From Radio Today. Posted May 29 2008, 4.23pm
Southport's 107.9 Dune FM has been sold by The Local Radio Company to KCR owner Ray Furguson, RadioToday.co.uk has learnt.KCR 106.7 is Dune FM's neighbouring station, both based on Merseyside with a distance of 15 miles between the stations. (more)

Four rejected in Cheshire
From Radio Today. Posted February 25 2008, 11.15am
Ofcom has awarded four new community radio licences to groups in the north west of England today, whilst rejecting five more. Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire and Staffordshire will all gain additional services whilst four out of the five rejections were in Cheshire along with Southport Community Radio. (more)

BBC Radio 4 looks back at 40 years of BBC local radio
From Media Network Weblog. Posted November 10 2007, 3.19pm
Tonight’s edition of the Archive Hour at 2000-2100 UTC on BBC Radio 4, presented by Libby Purves, looks back at 40 years of BBC local radio stations. First launched in Leicester, Sheffield and Merseyside, the initial days of local programming were chaotic, featuring unruly guests, erratic phone-ins and various technological mishaps. But the ideals of the early pioneers [...] (more)

Picture Special: BBC Radio Merseyside 40th Birthday
From Merry Media. Posted November 9 2007, 1.15am
BBC Radio Merseyside is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month. The station launched on 22nd November 1967 with a live broadcast from a Mersey ferry presented by the then station editor Michael Hancock.. (more)

Family Wanted event on Merseyside
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted August 28 2007, 2.10pm
Thousands of children in the UK are waiting to be adopted or fostered. Now people across Merseyside are being given the opportunity to find out if they could make all the difference to the life of a local child at a free BBC Family Wanted event. (more)

Merseyside gets ready for '08
From Radio Today. Posted August 25 2007, 1.40pm
BBC Radio Merseyside is getting ready to celebrate Liverpool's Capital of Culture status next year by making some on-air changes. Claire Hamilton, who currently presents an arts and culture show on Sundays, has been given a new drive time show starting at the end of September 2007. (more)

Changes at BBC Radio Merseyside
From Merry Media. Posted August 24 2007, 7.06pm
Claire Hamilton has been announced as the new drivetime presenter from the end of September from 5pm until 7pm on BBC Radio Merseyside.. (more)

BBC lose out in NW England
From Radio Today. Posted August 16 2007, 3.26pm
The BBC's local radio stations covering Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside lost a total of 56,000 listeners in the three months to the end of June compared with the previous quarter. Radio Manchester's demise continued further in the Q2/07 RAJAR figures - 83,000 listeners have now switched off over the last 12 months. It's a different story in the south of England - with some of the better gains for BBC local radio. (more)

New Mid-Morning Host on Radio Merseyside
From Merry Media. Posted July 24 2007, 4.20pm
Comedian Sean Styles will be the new mid-morning presenter on BBC Radio Merseyside. He will host the show from 10am until noon from 28 August, on the day of Liverpool's 800th birthday.. (more)

Comedian for Merseyside show
From Radio Today. Posted July 24 2007, 12.49pm
Liverpool comedian Sean Styles is set to take over the mid-morning show on BBC Radio Merseyside. Sean currently hosts a Sunday show on the station with co-host and comedy partner Willie Millar, but he will go it alone each morning from 10am till midday from August 28th. (more)

Morning changes at Radio Merseyside
From Radio Today. Posted July 11 2007, 3.38pm
Tony Snell is to take over BBC Radio Merseyside's breakfast show, following the recent departure of Simon O'Brien. Tony switches from mid-mornings and will start the new show at the end of August - on Liverpool's 800th birthday. O'Brien quit last month after a recording of him swearing was broadcast by mistake. (more)

Morning changes at Merseyside
From Radio Today. Posted July 11 2007, 3.38pm
Tony Snell is to take over BBC Radio Merseyside's breakfast show, following the recent departure of Simon O'Brien. Tony switches from mid-mornings and will start the new show at the end of August - on Liverpool's 800th birthday. O'Brien quit last month after a recording of him swearing was broadcast by mistake. (more)

BBC breakfast presenter quits
From Radio Today. Posted June 26 2007, 12.01pm
BBC Radio Merseyside's breakfast show host Simon O'Brien has resigned from his position. The news comes after many complaints reached the station following a trail which was broadcast featuring a four letter word. Co-host Lucinda Moore is now listed online as the sole breakfast presenter on the station. (more)

Play Your Song Live on Radio Merseyside
From Merry Media. Posted June 2 2007, 3.15pm
Calling all budding songwriters! You can win a guitar of your choice from a local music store and play your song live on BBC Radio Merseyside.. (more)

Radio Merseyside songwriter search
From Radio Today. Posted June 2 2007, 10.13am
BBC Radio Merseyside have launched a competition to search for upcoming songwriters. Winners will play their song live on the station and win a guitar from a local music shop. It's part of the Claire Hamilton on Sunday show, which covers the local arts scene. (more)

Radio Merseyside song search
From Radio Today. Posted June 2 2007, 10.13am
BBC Radio Merseyside have launched a competition to search for upcoming songwriters. Winners will play their song live on the station and win a guitar from a local music shop. It's part of the Claire Hamilton on Sunday show, which covers the local arts scene. (more)

BBC Merseyside paints the city
From Radio Today. Posted May 9 2007, 4.03pm
BBC Radio Merseyside's launched a new marketing campaign to promote the county - by spraying graffiti-style messages on the streets of Liverpool. The "Made on Merseyside" stamp's been plastered on pavements overnight, but will fade within a couple of weeks. The idea's to highlight everything that's good about Merseyside and what lies at the heart of the radio station. (more)

BBC Radio Merseyside Send a Message to Liverpool
From Merry Media. Posted May 9 2007, 3.19pm
BBC Radio Merseyside have started a new campaign to highlight everything that is good about Merseyside with 'Made on Merseyside' messages splashed across Liverpool.. (more)

Radio Merseyside Team up With Liverpool School
From Merry Media. Posted March 18 2007, 2.36am
BBC Radio Merseyside has teamed up with a Liverpool school to produce a series of special news bulletins to mark the 200th anniversary of the Act of Abolition of the Slave Trade.. (more)

Emap DJ Pete Price arrested
From Radio Today. Posted March 15 2007, 3.15pm
Radio City 96.7 late night phone-in host Pete Price will be arrested and locked up - in aid of charity. He is supporting the Stroke Association's Liverpool Jail and Bail event, which is raising money to help local people living with the affects of stroke throughout Merseyside. He won't be let out until enough money has been raised for his bail. (more)

Veteran comedian Ken Dodd to host Merseyside media awards
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 7 2007, 12.00am
Funnyman will be guest star at glittering event to honour region's best journalists (more)

BBC says sorry to Liverpool
From Radio Today. Posted January 23 2007, 9.00am
BBC Radio Five Live boss Bob Shennan has sent a letter to local council leader and Everton fan Warren Bradley apologising about the comments made by commentator Alan Green during a recent football match on Merseyside between Everton and Reading. (more)

TLRC Sell The Rocket
From Merry Media. Posted November 2 2006, 12.36pm
The Local Radio Company (TLRC) has sold Merseyside radio station 106.7 The Rocket to original owner Ray Ferguson for £100,000 in cash, £40,000 of which is deferred.. (more)

Ray returns to The Rocket
From Radio Today. Posted November 1 2006, 7.32am
The Local Radio Company have sold another station which failed to make a profit during their ownership. East Merseyside station 106.7 The Rocket has been sold back to original owner Ray Ferguson and a colleague for a total of £100,000 in cash. TLRC bought the station in January 2005 for over 500 thousand pounds. (more)

TLRC sells The Rocket
From Radio Today. Posted November 1 2006, 7.30am
The Local Radio Company has sold another station which failed to make a profit under their ownership. Merseyside station 106.7 The Rocket has been sold locally for a total of £100,000 in cash. TLRC bought the station in January 2005 for over 500 thousand pounds. (more)

My Mentor: Shelagh Fogarty On Geraldine Woods
From The Independent. Posted October 2 2006, 12.00am
I met Geraldine in 1989 at BBC Radio Merseyside, shortly before I began my BBC reporter training. We also worked together at Granada on This Morning, when it was still broadcast from Liverpool. Geraldine produced the phone-in element and I was a "phone-in girl". (more)

Ten applications for Liverpool
From Radio Today. Posted July 14 2006, 12.00pm
Ofcom has received ten applications for the Liverpool FM commercial radio licence. These are: allTalk FM Liverpool allTalk FM Liverpool Limited, 5 Castle Street, Liverpool, L2 4XE Contact: Jim Davies Tel: 0151 907 3000 Email: jim.davies@dwf.co.uk A speech based station with a strong commitment to locally led news and information, with intelligent, entertaining and interactive debate relevant to the people of Liverpool and the surrounding areas. The Arrow The Arrow (Liverpool) Ltd, The Chrysalis Building, 13 Bramley Road, London, W10 6SP Contact: Daniel Owen Tel: 020 7470 1065 Email: daniel.owen@chrysalis.com A classic and contemporary rock music station for listeners over 35 in Liverpool. CityTalk Radio City (Sound of Merseyside) Limited, St John’s Beacon, 1 Houghton Street, Liverpool, L1 1RL Contact: Terry Smith Tel: 0151 472 6800 Email: terrysmith545@btinternet.com 24 hours a day of speech programming including news, sport, features, documentaries, advice, phone-ins, studio discussions and special flagship programs on weekly or monthly basis. 105.9 JACK FM Liverpool Liverpool Radio 1059 Limited, 216 Tower Street, Liverpool, L3 4BJ Contact: Clive Dickens Tel: 0151 630 2375 Email: clive@jackfmliverpool.com A variety rock music station for Liverpool and the surrounding area aimed primarily at people aged 40 to 59 years, with regular local news, sport and information. Speech will be most concentrated during weekday peak times, with a music-intensive theme at other times. Liver FM Liverpool Local Radio Limited, Fairmead House, 49 Freshfield Road, Formby, Liverpool, L37 3HL Contact: David Maker Tel: 01704 832207 Email: david.maker@btinternet.com A rolling news and information and music service with Classic Rock and Classic Hits for a 35 plus audience. MerseyLife Merseylife Limited, CN Radio, PO Box 969, St George’s Quay, Lancaster, LA1 3LD Contact: Jon Hewson Tel: 07776 404040 Email: jon.hewson@cnradio.co.uk A locally-focused speech, information and music station aimed at Liverpool’s 45-64 year olds. Original 106 FM Original Liverpool FM Ltd, The New Boathouse, 136-142 Bramley Road, London, W10 6SR Contact: Peter Viner Tel: 020 7565 6600 Email: peter.viner@canwest.co.uk Adult Alternative Radio – an eclectic mix of adult-orientated music with particular ABC1 appeal, with 24 hour local news. Planet Rock Planet Rock Limited, 30 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LA Contact: Jane Wilson Tel: 020 7766 6863 Email: jane.wilson@gcapmedia.com A music based radio station catering for the community of interest that enjoys classic rock music from the 60s to today. RockTalk Liverpool RockTalk Liverpool, Sterling Court, Capitol Park, Leeds, WF3 1EL Contact: Jeff Stephenson Tel: 07710 073021 Email: jeff.stephenson@gmgradio.co.uk A speech and music service for 35-64 year olds which contains a strong commitment to local news, current affairs and interactive debate for the Liverpool area. Comprehensive local, national, world news and information is included, with a wide variety of rock music played during off-peak and bank holidays. Wicked FM UK Media and Radio Liverpool Ltd, 61 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6AX Contact: Mark Oliver Tel: 020 7313 5900 Email: mark.oliver@oando.co.uk A full service broad rock station for people 20 to 49 in the city of Liverpool and surrounding areas with local news and information with a mix of indie, alternative, guitar based Britpop and classic and soft rock music from the last 40 years with specialist rock shows during evenings and weekends. The full applications for this licence will be published on the Ofcom website shortly. Ofcom welcomes the views of the public about the local needs of listeners in this area and the type of service required. Opinions on these issues can either be emailed to commercialradio@ofcom.org.uk or posted to Neil Stock, Head of Radio Planning & Licensing, Ofcom, Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA. Please mark the envelope ‘Liverpool licence’. (more)

Bascombe scoops double at Merseyside awards
From Press Gazette. Posted June 15 2006, 12.34am
Liverpool Echo sports writer Chris Bascombe has won the Merseyside Journalist of the Year award. (more)

Echo sportswriter named Merseyside Journalists of the Year
From Press Gazette. Posted June 12 2006, 10.12am
Chris Bascombe, the Liverpool Echo’s sports writer, has won the Merseyside Journalist of the Year award. (more)

Eight community licences explained
From Radio Today. Posted May 24 2006, 1.00pm
On Thursday 11th May, Ofcom's Radio Licensing Committee awarded eight community radio licences. These awards are the last in Ofcom's first round of community radio licensing, which began with the receipt of 194 applications in November 2004. From these, Ofcom has now awarded a total of 107 community radio licences. The eight new stations will be: 7 Waves Radio on the Wirral in Merseyside, Talkin' Toxteth TTFM in Liverpool, Halton FM in Runcorn, Cheshire FM for Mid Cheshire, Diversity FM in Lancaster, Chelmsford Calling in Essex, Saint FM in Burnham-On-Crouch and BRFM which will serve the community on the Isle of Sheppey. (more)