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Beacon (Radio)
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Beacon is an independent local radio station, broadcasting to the Black Country and Shropshire in the West Midlands region
of England
.
and the Black Country
from studios at 267 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton on mediumwave
303 metres, and 97.2 MHz (from Turner's Hill) at 6 a.m. on 12 April 1976.
The first presenter was Mike Baker and the first song to be played was Eric Carmen
's "Sunrise". The station originally set out to broadcast Beautiful Music including soul and country rock with a heavy bias towards American chart music with artists like Linda Ronstadt
and The Eagles.
The station's original Managing Director was Jay Oliver, an American who, with his Programme Controller Allen McKenzie (a Scot/Canadian), was responsible for the Mid-Atlantic sound that flooded the West Midlands for three years (including a US-style jingle package).
As with other UK commercial stations at the time, the station's commitment to news and speech broadcasting under news editor Mike Stewart in its opening year, particularly in the evenings, was extensive; and its late-evening music programmes appeared to offer the presenters a freedom to enlighten, with a wide choice of recordings, as well as to entertain.
The station became successful, although facing competition from the already established commercial station, BRMB in nearby Birmingham. However, the station came in for criticism from the UK licensing authority (then, the Independent Broadcasting Authority
) for being too American sounding and not wide ranging enough in its programming. Due to this, the senior management and output changed in mid-1979.
Its licence was later expanded in 1987 to cover Shropshire
, ostensibly broadcasting from its offices in Shrewsbury
on 103.1 MHz. Actually, only local news was produced in Shrewsbury, with programmes emanating from the Wolverhampton studios — although entirely separate programming for the two areas was provided during daytime hours (this was from time to time slimmed down or expanded as finances allowed).
Since January 1989, the station has been FM-only, with Beacon's former AM
frequencies of 990 and 1017 kHz becoming branded as a separate service "Nice 'n' Easy Radio WABC" (WABC stood for Wolverhampton And Black Country). This was shortened to "Radio WABC" in 1992.
In 1997 the local service essentially closed, and the service was networked (bar afternoon drive time and News bulletins) under the banner of "WABC Classic Gold". This service is currently owned and operated by Orion Media
as Gold 990 & 1017.
The company had been reorganised in the late 1990s into "Beacon Broadcasting and Communications Ltd" (BBCL) — a holding company for the company's various activities. In 1995 GWR Group plc bought Beacon Broadcasting Ltd from BBCL (leaving BBCL as a dormant company). The FM licenses transferred to GCap Media
following the GWR Group's Merger with Capital Radio Group. GCap re-branded the FM service as Beacon FM in 1997, before reverting to Beacon Radio in May 2005. The thinking behind this reversion to the 'radio' title had been floating around for a number of years within the company — new digital radios do not promote a frequency on 'FM' therefore as a 'radio' station it should be branded as such.
On 8 August 2008 it was confirmed that due to competition 'conflict of interests' in the West Midlands (and in other areas), both Beacon Radio stations would be sold by Global Radio, along with other West Midlands owned GCap/Global stations — BRMB
, Mercia FM
, Wyvern FM
and Heart 106
. In July 2009, the stations were sold officially to a company backed by Lloyds TSB
Development Capital and Phil Riley
called Orion Media
.
From Monday 5 July 2010, the two Beacon stations merged to form one station with the loss of separate programming for Shropshire and The Black Country. Breakfast and Drive output is now broadcast to both service areas with the mid-morning show networked between Beacon and Wyvern
while the afternoon show is networked with BRMB
. Separate travel bulletins for Shropshire and the Black Country are being retained at peak times alongside advertising.
In July 2011, Orion Media
announced that Beacon would leave its current Tettenhall Road studios in Wolverhampton and move to new facilities elsewhere in the broadcast area.
.
Most networked programming is produced from BRMB
's Birmingham studios, with the exception of the Tom Newitt show on weekday mornings (produced and simulcast with Wyvern
). Networked programming from Birmingham is also carried on Wyvern
and Mercia. Weekday evening and weekend schedules vary during the football season, owing to live coverage of West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers' matches.
Vicky Breakwell
Head of Sport
Tom Ross (also The Goalzone commentator)
Broadcast Journalists
Steve Hermon
Travel Presenter
Tom Stokes
The Goalzone match commentators
Robbie Dennison
Tony 'Bomber' Brown
The Goalzone airs every Saturday afternoon and on midweek match nights. The programme is presented by head of sport Tom Ross with commentators Mike Burrows, Joe Holt, Steve Hermon, Bill Hatton, Adam Bridge Robbie Dennison
and Tony 'Bomber' Brown.
Following the Saturday afternoon coverage, a networked phone-in programme on the day's games covered by Beacon, BRMB and Mercia is presented by Tom Ross.
On certain Tuesday and Wednesday nights, The Goalzone also airs on 97.2 FM in the Black Country. The regular weekday evening show with James Meritt airs as usual on 103.1 FM in Shropshire.
West Midlands (region)
The West Midlands is an official region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley,...
of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
History
The station began broadcasting to WolverhamptonWolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
and the Black Country
Black Country
The Black Country is a loosely defined area of the English West Midlands conurbation, to the north and west of Birmingham, and to the south and east of Wolverhampton. During the industrial revolution in the 19th century this area had become one of the most intensely industrialised in the nation...
from studios at 267 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton on mediumwave
Mediumwave
Medium wave is the part of the medium frequency radio band used mainly for AM radio broadcasting. For Europe the MW band ranges from 526.5 kHz to 1606.5 kHz...
303 metres, and 97.2 MHz (from Turner's Hill) at 6 a.m. on 12 April 1976.
The first presenter was Mike Baker and the first song to be played was Eric Carmen
Eric Carmen
Eric Howard Carmen is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist.He scored numerous hit songs across the 1970s and 1980s, first as a member of the Raspberries , and then with his solo career, including hits such as "All By Myself", "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", "She Did It",...
's "Sunrise". The station originally set out to broadcast Beautiful Music including soul and country rock with a heavy bias towards American chart music with artists like Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...
and The Eagles.
The station's original Managing Director was Jay Oliver, an American who, with his Programme Controller Allen McKenzie (a Scot/Canadian), was responsible for the Mid-Atlantic sound that flooded the West Midlands for three years (including a US-style jingle package).
As with other UK commercial stations at the time, the station's commitment to news and speech broadcasting under news editor Mike Stewart in its opening year, particularly in the evenings, was extensive; and its late-evening music programmes appeared to offer the presenters a freedom to enlighten, with a wide choice of recordings, as well as to entertain.
The station became successful, although facing competition from the already established commercial station, BRMB in nearby Birmingham. However, the station came in for criticism from the UK licensing authority (then, the Independent Broadcasting Authority
Independent Broadcasting Authority
The Independent Broadcasting Authority was the regulatory body in the United Kingdom for commercial television - and commercial/independent radio broadcasts...
) for being too American sounding and not wide ranging enough in its programming. Due to this, the senior management and output changed in mid-1979.
Its licence was later expanded in 1987 to cover Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
, ostensibly broadcasting from its offices in Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...
on 103.1 MHz. Actually, only local news was produced in Shrewsbury, with programmes emanating from the Wolverhampton studios — although entirely separate programming for the two areas was provided during daytime hours (this was from time to time slimmed down or expanded as finances allowed).
Since January 1989, the station has been FM-only, with Beacon's former AM
Amplitude modulation
Amplitude modulation is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave. AM works by varying the strength of the transmitted signal in relation to the information being sent...
frequencies of 990 and 1017 kHz becoming branded as a separate service "Nice 'n' Easy Radio WABC" (WABC stood for Wolverhampton And Black Country). This was shortened to "Radio WABC" in 1992.
In 1997 the local service essentially closed, and the service was networked (bar afternoon drive time and News bulletins) under the banner of "WABC Classic Gold". This service is currently owned and operated by Orion Media
Orion Media
Orion Media is a UK commercial radio group run by radio veteran Phil Riley and backed by Lloyds TSB Development Capital. It was created from the enforced sale of several radio stations in the English Midlands owned and operated by Global Radio.-History:...
as Gold 990 & 1017.
The company had been reorganised in the late 1990s into "Beacon Broadcasting and Communications Ltd" (BBCL) — a holding company for the company's various activities. In 1995 GWR Group plc bought Beacon Broadcasting Ltd from BBCL (leaving BBCL as a dormant company). The FM licenses transferred to GCap Media
GCap Media
GCap Media was a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group. The merger was completed in May 2005. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. On 31 March 2008 the company agreed a takeover by...
following the GWR Group's Merger with Capital Radio Group. GCap re-branded the FM service as Beacon FM in 1997, before reverting to Beacon Radio in May 2005. The thinking behind this reversion to the 'radio' title had been floating around for a number of years within the company — new digital radios do not promote a frequency on 'FM' therefore as a 'radio' station it should be branded as such.
On 8 August 2008 it was confirmed that due to competition 'conflict of interests' in the West Midlands (and in other areas), both Beacon Radio stations would be sold by Global Radio, along with other West Midlands owned GCap/Global stations — BRMB
Brmb
brmb is a local radio station based in Birmingham, UK, owned and operated by Orion Media. The station broadcasts on 96.4 FM, DAB Digital Radio in the West Midlands and online...
, Mercia FM
Mercia FM
Mercia is an Independent Local Radio station serving Coventry and Warwickshire. The station, owned and operated by Orion Media broadcasts from studios shared with BRMB at Broad Street in Birmingham.-History:...
, Wyvern FM
Wyvern FM
Wyvern is a radio station broadcasting to Herefordshire and Worcestershire in England. Wyvern is predominantly music-based, playing pop from the 1980s through to the present day...
and Heart 106
Heart 106
Gem 106, previously known as Heart East Midlands, is a regional radio station broadcasting to the East Midlands, owned and operated by Orion Media.-History:...
. In July 2009, the stations were sold officially to a company backed by Lloyds TSB
Lloyds TSB
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc is a retail bank in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1995 by the merger of Lloyds Bank, established in Birmingham, England in 1765 and traditionally considered one of the Big Four clearing banks, with the TSB Group which traces its origins to 1810...
Development Capital and Phil Riley
Phil Riley
Phil Riley was Chief Executive of Chrysalis Radio from June 1999 to July 2007, having played a major role in establishing Chrysalis Radio as one of the leading new entrants in the UK radio industry. Phil resigned his post after leading the successful sale of Chrysalis Radio to private company...
called Orion Media
Orion Media
Orion Media is a UK commercial radio group run by radio veteran Phil Riley and backed by Lloyds TSB Development Capital. It was created from the enforced sale of several radio stations in the English Midlands owned and operated by Global Radio.-History:...
.
From Monday 5 July 2010, the two Beacon stations merged to form one station with the loss of separate programming for Shropshire and The Black Country. Breakfast and Drive output is now broadcast to both service areas with the mid-morning show networked between Beacon and Wyvern
Wyvern FM
Wyvern is a radio station broadcasting to Herefordshire and Worcestershire in England. Wyvern is predominantly music-based, playing pop from the 1980s through to the present day...
while the afternoon show is networked with BRMB
Brmb
brmb is a local radio station based in Birmingham, UK, owned and operated by Orion Media. The station broadcasts on 96.4 FM, DAB Digital Radio in the West Midlands and online...
. Separate travel bulletins for Shropshire and the Black Country are being retained at peak times alongside advertising.
In July 2011, Orion Media
Orion Media
Orion Media is a UK commercial radio group run by radio veteran Phil Riley and backed by Lloyds TSB Development Capital. It was created from the enforced sale of several radio stations in the English Midlands owned and operated by Global Radio.-History:...
announced that Beacon would leave its current Tettenhall Road studios in Wolverhampton and move to new facilities elsewhere in the broadcast area.
Controversy
In 2003, two presenters, Mark Peters and Lisa Freame, left the station after discussing the testimony of the subsequently-convicted murderer, Ian Huntley, during his trial, despite the matter being sub judiceSub judice
In law, sub judice, Latin for "under judgment", means that a particular case or matter is currently under trial or being considered by a judge or court...
.
Weekdays
| Time | Main presenter(s)/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0100 – 0600 | Overnights | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... /Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... |
| 0600 – 1000 | Fresh and Emma: Nigel Freshman & Emma Saint http://www.beaconradio.co.uk/show/fresh-and-emma | Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region... |
| 1000 – 1300 | Tom Newitt | Worcester Worcester The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the... |
| 1300 - 1600 | Dan Morrissey | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
| 1600 – 1900 | James Carpenter | Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region... |
| 1900 – 2200 | James Merritt | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
| 2200 – 0100 | The Sanctuary: Caroline Martin |
Weekday variations
| Day | Time | Main presenter/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday & Friday | 0100 - 0600 | Adam Wilbourn | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
| Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday | Dan Wood (voicetracked) | Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... |
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| Friday | 2200 - 0100 | Will Batchelor | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
Saturday
| Time | Main presenter(s)/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0100 – 0700 | Adam Wilbourn | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
| 0700 – 1100 | James Carpenter | Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region... |
| 1100 – 1400 | Justin Walker | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
| 1400 - 1800 | The Goalzone | |
| 1800 - 2200 | Justin Walker | |
| 2200 – 0100 | Will Batchelor |
Sunday
| Time | Main presenter(s)/programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0100 – 0700 | Adam Wilbourn | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
| 0700 - 1100 | Jon Wyer | Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region... |
| 1100 - 1300 | Sam & Mark: Sam Nixon Sam Nixon Sam Nixon is an English singer and television presenter. He came third on the Pop Idol television series in 2003 and is now one half of the duo Sam & Mark, with the other being Mark Rhodes.-Early life:... & Mark Rhodes Mark Rhodes Mark Thomas Rhodes is an English singer and television presenter.-Career:... |
One Golden Square Golden Square Golden Square, Soho, London in the City of Westminster is one of the historic squares of Central London. The square is just east of Regent Street and north of Piccadilly Circus.... , London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
| 1300 – 1600 | Dan Morrissey | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
| 1600 – 1900 | The Vodafone Big Top 40 | Leicester Square Leicester Square Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west... , London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
| 1900 – 2200 | David Francis | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
| 2200 - 0100 | The Sanctuary: Caroline Martin |
Most networked programming is produced from BRMB
Brmb
brmb is a local radio station based in Birmingham, UK, owned and operated by Orion Media. The station broadcasts on 96.4 FM, DAB Digital Radio in the West Midlands and online...
's Birmingham studios, with the exception of the Tom Newitt show on weekday mornings (produced and simulcast with Wyvern
Wyvern FM
Wyvern is a radio station broadcasting to Herefordshire and Worcestershire in England. Wyvern is predominantly music-based, playing pop from the 1980s through to the present day...
). Networked programming from Birmingham is also carried on Wyvern
Wyvern FM
Wyvern is a radio station broadcasting to Herefordshire and Worcestershire in England. Wyvern is predominantly music-based, playing pop from the 1980s through to the present day...
and Mercia. Weekday evening and weekend schedules vary during the football season, owing to live coverage of West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers' matches.
News and Sport staff
Head of NewsVicky Breakwell
Head of Sport
Tom Ross (also The Goalzone commentator)
Broadcast Journalists
Steve Hermon
Travel Presenter
Tom Stokes
The Goalzone match commentators
Robbie Dennison
Robbie Dennison
Robert "Robbie" Dennison is a Northern Irish former professional footballer, who spent the majority of his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers.-Career:...
Tony 'Bomber' Brown
Past presenters
- Mike Burrows (Ex-Breakfast NewsReader)
- Jo 'The Legend' Jesmond
- Mike Baker
- Dave OwenDave OwenDave Owen , is a former professional baseball player who played infielder in the Major Leagues from -. He played for the Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals. He got the game-winning RBI game during the The Sandberg Game. He attended the University of Texas at Arlington and played for the...
- Mick Wright
- Abeer MacIntyreAbeer MacIntyreAbeer Macintyre is journalist and broadcaster, formerly a regular presenter and journalist at BBC Scotland from 1994 to 2009, presenting the station's flagship radio programme Good Morning Scotland and as a presenter of the station's news and political TV broadcasts...
- Gavin McCoyGavin McCoyGavin McCoy Broadcaster born and educated Oxford, UK.-Biography:McCoy entered radio in the 1970s at BBC Radio Oxford whilst a student. Moving from there to Beacon Radio 303, and The Voice Of Peace in Israel. He later became a journalist-reporter at Radio 210 in Reading, Berkshire...
- Helen Armitage
- Peter DeeleyPeter DeeleyPeter Deeley is a British journalist who until January 2006 was a presenter on the London phone-in radio station, LBC 97.3.-Career:Deeley has enabled interviewed Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, former British Prime Ministers Baroness Thatcher and Sir John Major, Dr. Henry Kissinger, and Tony Blair...
- Davinia PalmerDavinia PalmerDavinia Palmer is a TV presenter and voiceover artist now based in the US.- Radio career :Davinia Palmer began her career in entertainment as a radio host in 1997...
- Graham Freer
- Stephen RhodesStephen RhodesStephen Rhodes is a former weekday daytime presenter on BBC Three Counties Radio. He originally hosted the Consumer Programme from 10am until 1.30pm, but moved to the breakfast show from 6 to 9am...
- Tony Silvia
- Andy AndersonAndy AndersonAndy Anderson is a drummer, notably for the band The Cure. He was born in West Ham, East London, England on 30 January 1951.-Life and work:Anderson worked on Hawkwind's Nik Turner's Sphynx album in 1978...
- Dick Fisher
- Pat Foley
- Mike Stewart
- Chris Harper
- Munro Jack
- George Ferguson
- KKJ
- Phil Brice
- Bob Snyder
- Peter Quinn
- Rob Birnie (now at Planet Rock)
- Diane Jean-Paul
- Ryan Kennedy ( now on BBC Radio Shropshire )
- Ed NellEd NellEdward Ian Nell is a British DJ, known as Ed Nell. He currently presents the drive show on Hallam Fm and weekdays 3-6pm on Heat Radio....
(Now at Hallam FmHallam FMHallam FM is an independent local radio station serving South Yorkshire and the North Midlands from studios in Sheffield. The station is owned and operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's Place Network of stations.-History:...
) - Dale WintonDale WintonDale Winton is an English radio DJ and television presenter.-Early life:Winton's father, Gary, was "domineering" and died when Winton was 13. Winton was brought up by his mother, actress Sheree Winton...
- Andy Wint
- Tony Paul
- Peter Craig
- Pete Wagstaff (Now MD at The Severn/The WyreThe Wyre107.2 The Wyre is a local commercial radio station serving Kidderminster, Bewdley Stourport-on-Severn, Stourbridge and Bromsgrove owned by Midlands News Association.The Wyre keeps its output fully for North Worcestershire.....
) - Gordon AstleyGordon AstleyGordon Astley was a presenter on BBC Southern Counties Radio until 9 Feb 2009.He was also presenter on the final series of the children's show Tiswas in 1982 alongside Sally James...
- Nick PierceyNick Piercey-Early career:Nick Piercey started his broadcasting career on University Radio Stations in Bath in 1979 and 1980, and University of Kent from 1981 - 1984, before becoming a trainee at Invicta FM in late 1984...
- Dave Myatt (Now at 107.7 The Wolf107.7 The Wolf107.7 The Wolf is a British Independent Local Radio station based in Wolverhampton that serves the city and its surrounding area. The studios and transmitter are at Mander House in the centre of Wolverhampton...
) - Ian Perry
- Dicky Dodd (Now at 107.7 The Wolf107.7 The Wolf107.7 The Wolf is a British Independent Local Radio station based in Wolverhampton that serves the city and its surrounding area. The studios and transmitter are at Mander House in the centre of Wolverhampton...
) - Niel Jackson (Now at 107.7 The Wolf107.7 The Wolf107.7 The Wolf is a British Independent Local Radio station based in Wolverhampton that serves the city and its surrounding area. The studios and transmitter are at Mander House in the centre of Wolverhampton...
) - Chuck Street
- Graham Hall
- Barry Curtis
- Jim Duncan
- Bob Lawrence
- Andy Gregory
- Stu Haycock
- Guy Jogoo
- Will Tudor
- Charlie WolfCharlie WolfCharlie Wolf is a British-based American radio talk-show host, disc jockey and political commentator, originally from Boston, and formerly the Communications Director of Republicans Abroad UK. Wolf is best known for the TalkSport show he hosted on Saturdays and Sundays from 1am to 6am, following...
- Simon Nicks
- Bob Davis
- Alan Nicklin The Severn/The WyreThe Wyre107.2 The Wyre is a local commercial radio station serving Kidderminster, Bewdley Stourport-on-Severn, Stourbridge and Bromsgrove owned by Midlands News Association.The Wyre keeps its output fully for North Worcestershire.....
- Pete Clements
- Debi Massey
- Vicky Sherwin
- Andy Nash
- Mark Somers (Beacon Shropshire Breakfast)
Sports coverage
Beacon Radio currently owns the commercial rights to broadcast live commentary on all of Wolverhampton Wanderers' and West Bromwich Albion's live matches, home and away throughout the 2010–11 season. All games are broadcast either on 97.2 FM (Beacon Black Country) or on its sister station Gold - both of these stations are also available on DAB Digital Radio. All Wolves commentaries are also broadcast on 103.1 FM (Beacon Shropshire).The Goalzone airs every Saturday afternoon and on midweek match nights. The programme is presented by head of sport Tom Ross with commentators Mike Burrows, Joe Holt, Steve Hermon, Bill Hatton, Adam Bridge Robbie Dennison
Robbie Dennison
Robert "Robbie" Dennison is a Northern Irish former professional footballer, who spent the majority of his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers.-Career:...
and Tony 'Bomber' Brown.
Following the Saturday afternoon coverage, a networked phone-in programme on the day's games covered by Beacon, BRMB and Mercia is presented by Tom Ross.
On certain Tuesday and Wednesday nights, The Goalzone also airs on 97.2 FM in the Black Country. The regular weekday evening show with James Meritt airs as usual on 103.1 FM in Shropshire.