New stations on DAB - the benefit of the brand extension, now from the BBC. Radioland, my radio newsletter, this week. james.cridland.net/blog/2025/bb...

Soaking up the sunshine before Autumn settles in! ☀️ #HistoricHouses #Hertfordshire #KnebworthHouse

🚨 Giveaway Time again! 🚨 Who’s up for winning another little bundle of original retro radio station stickers? Virgin, Hallam, Viking, MFM, Beacon, Westsound & more! To enter, Follow our account + Share this post. We’ll pick one ‘entry’ across all platforms at the end of Tuesday. Good Luck!!

Elon Musk has shared an obviously AI-generated image of the Unite the Kingdom rally in London. The first AI error is that the Arc de Triomphe is in Paris, not London. And once you zoom in, you'll notice that the Union Jacks and the crowd have other errors typical of AI images.

🚨Radio Merch Giveaway!!🚨 We’re paying forward some of the recent merch donations we’ve received by giving away this big bundle of original retro radio stickers! To enter, follow our account and also Share this post. We’ll pick one ‘entry’ across all platforms at the end of Monday. Good Luck!!

The UK Radio Merchandise Archive: Gold Radio sticker - mid 90s | 1990s Gold Radio / Vale FM Stickers. (Added by Peter Wilde) #radiomerch www.radiomerch.co.uk/merch/gold-r...

Who’d have thought it but it looks like retro radio merch is actually going mainstream!! Selfridges have launched a new range of BBC clothing including designs featuring retro Radio 1 and 2 logos (albeit mostly partials)! www.selfridges.com/GB/en/cat/th...

Some fascinating insights from behind the scenes of The Big Breakfast (apologies for the Daily Mail link and ignore the clickbait 'hated' in the headline, utter nonsense) #TheBigBreakfast www.dailymail.co.uk/tv/article-1...

No sign of thunderstorms here yet! Our Griffins must be warding it off. ⚡💂

Saint Etienne Album signing and Q&A tour September 2025 Tickets: ffm.live/saintetienne...

Saint Etienne announced today via Instagram & Facebook that International is pressed & ready to go for Sep 5. 2nd single Take Me To The Pilot is due out 1st week of Aug on streaming platforms. Signings/Q&As at local UK record shops in Sep. Copy of Post here: saintetiennedisco.com/photos/se/20...

40 years ago this week it was all aboard for BBC Radio 2's week in the west country for the Radio 2 Railshow with Gloria Hunniford, Ken Bruce, Jimmy Young, David Hamilton and John Dunn

🗣️ "I knew that they would be a bit more cautious after Silverstone, but this also didn't make sense." Max Verstappen warns that F1 risks losing classic wet races if the FIA remain so cautious:

From w/c 27 July 1985 - All aboard the Radio 2 train as The Radio 2 Railshow is previewed in the Radio Times. #80s

From The Masters - Quite possibly one of the best! Produced in 1987 by TM Productions and Muff Murfin for Capital Radio. #AircheckDownloads

New audio - Scotland's Greatest Hits Radio gets a new breakfast show with Simon Ross (Jul 28th 2025). 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #AircheckDownloads

Toto Wolff when asked where he thinks Christian Horner might end up next 😅

The following song is rated 18 as it may cause you violence by wanting you to throw things at your television causing it to be damaged. #totp

Everyone likes a bosom for a pillow #totp

From The Masters - Produced in 1992 by TM Century (now @tmstudios.com) for Broadland FM (now Heart). #AircheckDownloads

Bonne journée avec Fip 🎸

Swing by from 10pm #GreatestHitsRadio for a #TopTenatTen #CoverNotes a #BigEnd & Great Tunes 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵I’m on for #AndyCrane till 1am 🩵

Yes Mum...

Don't see the point of Age Verification on Bluesky anyway. Even the stuff I posted before from TV Times covers to chart single covers has had restrictions put on it.

Then it begins...

#OnThisDay 1987 : The first edition of The Cook Report was broadcast on ITV. Produced by Central Television, it saw Roger Cook fight the injustice of the world until 1999. #80s

Christian Horner: Zak Brown 'not surprised' former Red Bull boss was sacked - BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formul...

Global has made its first radio station acquisition outside the UK

This is exactly the right attitude. Don't feed the trolls. Specifically, the ones called Musk and Zuckerberg. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

From w/c 20 Jully 2002 : The second coming of Radio 2 is marked with this Radio Times cover.

The UK Radio Merchandise Archive: Lincs FM 'Listener in Transit' sticker 1992 | 1990s Lincs FM Stickers. (Added by Peter Wilde) #radiomerch www.radiomerch.co.uk/merch/lincs-...

The UK Radio Merchandise Archive: BBC Radio Kent sticker 1995 | 1990s BBC Radio Kent / Medway Stickers. (Added by Peter Wilde) #radiomerch www.radiomerch.co.uk/merch/bbc-ra...

From our collection: #bbcr1 1994 #showusyourmugs

From The Masters - An epic TOH cut for Great Yorkshire Gold. Produced in 1994 by TM Century (now @tmstudios.com). #AircheckDownloads

Bonne journée avec Fip 🎸

Welcome to the weekend! 🙌 We love this view shared with us by photographer Alec Scott. If you're in the #YorkshireDales #NationalPark please: 🚮 Take all your litter home 🌊 Stay safe around water 🦮 Keep dogs on leads 😎 Have a great time! 📸 Alec Scott

The UK Radio Merchandise Archive: Chris Ashley Radio Trent photocard | 1980s Radio Trent / Trent FM Photocards. (Added by Anorak Attic) #radiomerch www.radiomerch.co.uk/merch/radio-...

Watch this space…

Bonne journée avec Fip 🎧

New audio - Ewen & Cat with their final couple of links at Greatest Hits Radio Scotland (Jul 18th 2025). #AircheckDownloads

The UK Radio Merchandise Archive: BBC Radio Sussex sticker 1986 | 1980s BBC Radio Sussex / Brighton Stickers. (Added by Peter Wilde) #radiomerch www.radiomerch.co.uk/merch/bbc-ra...

This day 1990 - West Yorkshire's Radio Aire splits AM/FM with 828 kHz becoming Magic 828. #AircheckDownloads

These were the jingles used to launch Magic 828 this day 1990. Produced by Century 21 (now @tmstudios.com). #AircheckDownloads

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This day 1996 - London's Heart 106.2 with David Prever and Kara Noble. #AircheckDownloads

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This day 1993 - Thanet's Invicta FM on 95.9 (now Heart) with Peter Quinn. Back then Invicta had three separate breakfast shows covering Thanet, East/West Kent and Ashford. #AircheckDownloads

The UK Radio Merchandise Archive: Hallam FM / Coca-Cola Eurochart Hot 100 sticker | 1990s Radio Hallam / Hallam FM Stickers. (Added by Anorak Attic) #radiomerch www.radiomerch.co.uk/merch/radio-...

Aerial photography. Most obvious a double-5 Band III array used for fringe area reception of Croydon. An early UHF aerial for Oxford, maybe 50+ years still in service & in the middle a horizontal dipole for the old Band I Ch2 Oxford relay. Many survivors of these around, next door had one as well.

51 years today since the launch of the UK’s sixth ILR station, the North East’s mighty Metro Radio! More merch at www.radiomerch.co.uk/station-bran... (For such a big station, we don’t actually have that many Metro items in the Archive, so if you have anything we could add, do let us know!)