24-432: TFM may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] TFM (radio) , North-East England Transformice , a 2010 French online game The Fame Monster , a 2009 album by Lady Gaga Science and technology [ edit ] TFM (piscicide) , a poison for fish TeX font metric , a typeface file format Thin-film composite membrane Total fatty matter ,
48-457: A few months during 1985, Radio Tees had its own light aircraft for traffic, named Flying Eye , kept at Teesside Airport , from which Graham Robb reported on traffic conditions and which featured daily on John Simons' breakfast show. Some former Radio Tees/TFM Radio presenters have gone on to work in the UK national media. These include Mark Page , who briefly worked as a presenter for BBC Radio 1 in
72-556: A fire at the Bilsdale site. It is feared that the structural integrity of the transmitter mast may have been compromised. As at 11 August 2021, the 95 FM service is available again, using the Eston Nab transmitter, but it does not reach all areas of the station's transmission area. A temporary transmitter on 104.0 FM has also been instated for Darlington and the surrounding areas. The station also broadcasts on Freeview TV channel 714 in
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120-486: A result of the relaunch. Regional programming ( Steve & Karen's Breakfast Show ) airs weekdays from Bauer’s Newcastle studios. At all other times networked programming airs via Bauer’s London headquarters or studios in Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester. Bauer's Newcastle newsroom broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am-7pm on weekdays and from 7am-1pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Headlines are broadcast on
144-582: Is an Independent Local Radio station for Teesside , England, based in Newcastle upon Tyne . The station is owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to areas of County Durham and North Yorkshire . As of September 2024, the station has a weekly audience of 136,000 listeners according to RAJAR . Radio Tees opened at 6 a.m. on Tuesday 24 June 1975, broadcasting on 257 metres medium wave (1,169kHz) from
168-494: Is in the areas of news and sport that Radio Tees has given well-known figures in the UK broadcasting industry their break, including Jeff Stelling , a Sky Sports presenter until 2023, Helen Boaden , who went on to become Director of BBC News, and Mark Mardell , who went on to become BBC News' Europe Editor and North America Editor. 54°33′32″N 1°18′19″W / 54.55889°N 1.30528°W / 54.55889; -1.30528 BBC Radio Tees BBC Radio Tees
192-576: Is the BBC's local radio station serving the Tees Valley ,The southern parts of County Durham including Hartlepool and the northern parts of North Yorkshire, including Whitby . It broadcasts on FM , DAB , digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Newport Road in Middlesbrough . According to RAJAR , the station has a weekly audience of 100,000 listeners and a 4.4% share as of December 2023. The station
216-502: The 1980s and Alex Lester , who presented the 3–6 a.m. show on BBC Radio 2 from 1990 to 2016, and then in 2020, joined Greatest Hits Radio where he's currently presenting overnights from 1:00am-6:00am. The late Alastair Pirrie , 'The Big P on the Big T' – host of afternoon show Pirrie PM , which was part of the opening day's schedule – went on to host cult Tyne Tees TV children's pop show Razzamatazz between 1981 and 1987. It
240-509: The TFM area. Despite the merger, RAJAR reported an increase in weekly listener reach for TFM during the second quarter of 2013. On 10 January 2024, station owners Bauer announced TFM would be rebranded as Hits Radio Teesside from April 2024, as part of a network-wide relaunch involving 17 local radio stations in England and Wales. The station's local news and regional output will not be affected as
264-659: The TFM branding was retained along with separate news bulletins and advertising. The two stations were able to merge without consultation because both the TFM and Metro licence areas are located in one OFCOM-approved broadcast area ( North East England ). The TFM studios in Thornaby were closed and remaining staff were moved to Newcastle. Most on-air staff were made redundant, including breakfast presenters Wayne Tunnicliffe and Amy McConnell, due to them replaced by Metro Radio counterparts Steve Furnell and Karen Wight, although two journalists continued to be based locally for news-gathering in
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#1732851452947288-510: The brand. Shortly after this, in April 1989, its 257 metres/1170 kHz medium wave frequency was split and this became Great North Radio (GNR). This was launched after broadcasting rules meant TFM could not broadcast on both FM and medium wave. In 1992, TFM vacated its old Dovecot Street studios and moved to new, purpose-built studios in Thornaby-on-Tees . In 1995 Metropolitan Broadcasting
312-550: The converted Water Board buildings at 74 Dovecot Street, Stockton-on-Tees . The first presenter on air was breakfast show host Les Ross and the first record played was " Everything's Tuesday " by Chairmen of the Board . By the autumn of that year, Radio Tees was also broadcasting on 95 VHF - the first local radio station in the area to broadcast on FM. By the mid-1980s Radio Tees found itself in financial difficulties, and in 1986, its parent company, Sound Broadcasting (Teesside) Ltd,
336-481: The governmental sub-region of Tees Valley . Also included in the main coverage area is the Army 's main garrison at Catterick Garrison , which is also included in the transmission area of Radio York on 104.3 FM . On Saturday 11 August 2007, the station was renamed BBC Tees. The BBC Tees brand was already associated with its "Where I Live" website and "BBC Bus", which have both since been discontinued. On 27 January 2020,
360-586: The half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside traffic bulletins. National bulletins from Sky News Radio are carried overnight with bespoke networked bulletins on weekend afternoons, usually originating from Bauer's Leeds newsroom. Marketing itself as 'A Friend Who's Always Near' and 'The Sound of Home', Radio Tees offered unique and distinctive local output with a wide variety of programming and an emphasis on community involvement. Many of its presenters, such as Alastair Pirrie , Mark Page, John Simons , Mark Matthews and Graham Robb, derive from
384-443: The local area. Alongside specialist soul, blues and country music shows, Radio Tees programmes included the hi-fi show Sounds Superb , the motoring show Sidelight and the holiday show Trains and Boats and Planes in which Radio Tees presenters would travel to destinations around the world and record reports interviewing local people and giving tourist advice and information. Radio Tees also met and interviewed artists over
408-804: The proprietor of 'The Balloon and Feather' pub. Around the time of Late On , the station briefly experimented with over-the-air software downloads for popular home computers of the time, usually broadcasting them after Robb's show finished at 1am. Radio Tees reported at local events, broadcasting from the Cleveland and Darlington Shows, the Teesside Air Show and the Teesside Steel Family Gala. The station often organized its own outside broadcast events as well, many of which took place in John Walker Square, off Stockton-on-Tees High Street. For
432-514: The station was renamed BBC Radio Tees. The addition of "radio" to the names of most BBC local radio stations was to avoid confusion with its similarly named TV news regions. Colin Bunyan is currently the longest-serving presenter at BBC Radio Tees, hosting the Sunday afternoon Vintage Vinyl programme. He has been a presenter for over 47 years. Before moving to Eston Nab , the signal on 95 FM originally
456-475: The title TFM . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TFM&oldid=1249901247 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages TFM (radio) Hits Radio Teesside , formerly TFM ,
480-507: The years both in mainstream and specialist music genres including soul music legend Bobby Womack interviewed in 1985 by the then Nightlife show presenter, Mike Prior. A notable programme from the Radio Tees era was Late On , presented by Graham Robb, which ran from 10 pm to 1 am every weekday evening in 1984. The show featured characters such as Rita the cleaner, Mad Tom the handyman, Ginger Johnson (ex- RAF ) and Superstar Cecil,
504-539: Was bought by Metropolitan Broadcasting (or the Metro Radio Group as it was known, for it owned Metro Radio in Newcastle upon Tyne ). In November, that year Radio Tees moved its FM frequency to 96.6 in a direct swap with BBC Radio Cleveland (currently known as BBC Radio Tees ). In January 1988, thirteen years after launch, Radio Tees was rebranded to TFM 96.60 after being taken over by Newcastle upon Tyne-based Metro Radio Group. This relaunch also helped modernise
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#1732851452947528-578: Was originally launched as Radio Teesside at 6 p.m. on 31 December 1970 with a local news programme entitled Teesside Tonight , presented by George Lambelle. On 1 April 1974, the station became known as Radio Cleveland when the county of Cleveland was formed. The station moved to new studios in 1983. On 1 April 1996, the county of Cleveland was abolished and the boroughs of Stockton-on-Tees , Hartlepool , Middlesbrough , and Redcar and Cleveland were returned to County Durham and North Yorkshire. These four boroughs, along with nearby Darlington , now form
552-608: Was relatively strong and originated from the 900-foot Bilsdale transmitter on the North York Moors . A relay transmitter covering the town of Whitby broadcasts on 95.8 FM. The DAB signals come from the Bauer 11B multiplex at Eston Nab (near the A174 road ) and Brusselton (near Shildon between the A68 and A6072). On 10 August 2021, FM transmission was knocked off air indefinitely following
576-596: Was taken over by EMAP ; 'TFM' was renamed '96.6 TFM' and brought into EMAP's north of England Independent Local Radio Big City Network . In July 2007, 96.6 TFM was rebranded TFM Radio and re-adopted the slogan 'Today's Favourite Music' which had first been used in the late 1990s. In 2008, EMAP plc was bought by Bauer Media, a privately owned German-based family business, with the radio group being renamed Bauer Place . On Monday 8 April 2013, all programming began to be shared with sister station Metro Radio in Newcastle although
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