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19/12/2024

19/12/2024

Today Bradford faith and business communities joined forces to display a Multicultural Festive Tree in Centenary Square

Find out more at 5.05pm on & Beyond on 106.6FM and bcbradio.co.uk/player

19/12/2024

12-1pm it's One to One with Carole Moss - the show where we chat to the people who make tick

Today Carole is chatting to Fatima Mahmood, Communications and Project Officer at Race Equality Network

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17/12/2024

Keep Being You! What makes me 'me’ & what makes you 'you'

Jenny & Reyhana revisit some of the conversations they've had with their amazing guests during the year.

Listen in on BCB 106.6 FM tonight 9-10pm

Photo credit: Reyhana Laher

17/12/2024

Big pre Christmas week this week for your entertainment pleasure…

1. YardFest (Christmas) jazz hour on BCB Radio Tuesday evening at 8pm. With special guest John Bousfield talking all things Christmas.

2. The anchor big band ( including me on a few vocal numbers) are at Baildon Hall on Tuesday also at 8pm. Festive tunes and log fires

3. Last but massively not least. Our YardFest Christmas party is on Wednesday 18th Caroline Street Social Club Saltaire at 730pm with Louis Louis Louis. Oh my it will be jumping. Get there early if you want a seat

4. I will become 90% cheese and festive cheer for the most wonderful time of the year.

Love us at YF!

16/12/2024

On & Beyond from 4pm with Robert and June:

boss Graham Alexander after their win against Swindon Town

Beehive Poets tell us about their first 2025 meeting

University of Bradford chat Honorary Doctorates

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15/12/2024

Battenberg - The Brothers and Sisters of 56 Sunday 15th December 2024 11 am.

'Radio Caroline', 'Ruby Slippers', 'Cyanometer', 'Labelling'.

This week's show is co-presented by Jane Gamble and Richard Sara.

The show starts with Jane taking us back to the years when disc jockeys went down to the sea in ships!

Square 2 is memorable for the price of its memorabilia. £28 million for a pair of red slippers anyone?

The cake is half-baked. Can you measure 'blueness'? Jane points you in the direction of the 'Cyanometer' - Humboldt and De Sausseur's version of 'blue sky thinking'.

In Square 4 - Richard may be a 'white, middle-aged, bearded, skinhead' but is not keen on being 'labelled' or being generalised about!

Introductory Square music:

The Fortunes - Caroline
Pink Floyd - Money
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky
Radiohead - Bangers and Mash

12/12/2024

12-1pm it's One to One with Carole Moss

Today Carole is chatting Diane Park from Wave of Nostalgia Haworth

A carer for her family at 16 and mother of 4 children at 32, Diane Park followed her dreams. Now Silver Award for Best Woman Business. How did she get there?

106.6FM & online

11/12/2024

Tune in at 4.05pm as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of ’s iconic Sweet Centre - Established 1964

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02/12/2024

On & Beyond from 4pm with Robert Gibson:

Tasif Khan- Professional Boxer talks 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence

Bradford 2025 partner with First Bus West Yorkshire

Full Circle Funerals discuss National Grief Awareness week

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01/12/2024

Battenberg 54 BCB Radio 106.6fm Sunday 1st December at 11 am.

'Finding Light In Dark Times', 'Shaun Ryder', 'Steampunk', 'Old Man Trump'.

This week's show is co-presented by Richard Sara and Adele Best.

'Finding Light In Dark Times' - Adeles positive start to the cake. This week's baking is powered using only renewable energy. COP 29 organised with Bakuiavellian guest lists?

Square 2 hears Richard's account of the now sadly infamous visit to the wonderful Glusburn Institute of Shaun Ryder. Unhappy Sundays anyone?

The next square sees the return of the Absinthe Fairy. Can you tell the difference between a Goth and a 'Steampunk'? The tribe of Steampunk is a prideful, positive and colourful tribe.

Beach Haven was where Woody Guthrie lived. 'Old Man Trump' was his landlord. Fred Trump raised rents in the area once he had removed and barred black people from living there.

Introductory Square music by:

Jewel - Hands
John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again
Alice's Night Circus - Curious World
Woody Guthrie - Ain't Got No Home

27/11/2024

Are you interested in getting involved in our International Women’s Day 2025 broadcasting? Radio Venus invites you to an open session on Tuesday 3rd Dec 5-7pm to find out how you can get involved!

Please email [email protected] with the subject Radio Venus 2025 to let us know your attending

26/11/2024

We’re thrilled to announce we are the Community Broadcast Partner for Bradford Literature Festival!

We are delighted to be recognised as the Community Broadcast Partner for Bradford Literature Festival. This agreement consolidates the positive working relationship that we have established over the 10 years of the Festival, and will enable us to develop exciting joint activities in the future

BLF’s Artistic Director Syima Aslam said “BCB has been a great supporter of the festival since 2014, amplifying our events, engaging communities, and giving a platform to speakers and artists. We have a shared commitment to making arts and culture accessible to all.”

23/11/2024

The Northern Corner with Doreen Malcolm tonight 9-10pm!

21/11/2024

12-1pm it’s One to One with Carole Moss where we chat to the people who make tick

Todays guest is John Bousfield, musician and teacher talking about a life and family in music

106.6FM and online at bcbradio.co.uk/player

20/11/2024

On & Beyond from 4pm with Peg Alexander Presenter

509 Arts Lost Mills Learning Zone is now live

West Yorkshire Police chat Police Race Action Plan

Arts Council England £1 million funding for Bradford cultural sector and activities

106.6FM & online below:

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17/11/2024

Battenberg - The Brothers and Sisters of 11-12pm

Football's Enforcers', 'In Vienna', 'Frank Zappa', 'What Happens If You Pump Up The Jam? .

This week's slice of lovely Battenberg is co-presented by Richard Sara and Owen Whitehouse.

Are you hard? Are you one of 'Football's Enforcers'? Do people avoid you when playing football? From Kung Fu Kicks to Souness's moustache and 'Bubble' perm, the time to be really scared was when Tommy Smith was near.

Square 2 is a square of firsts! Owens first plane journey (and his first plane crash), Trotsky, Stalin and Hi**er living in adjacent streets in 1913, the invention of Snow Globes and Croissants, and many more, 'In Vienna'.

The show is 'half-baked' which is a very good time to commemorate and celebrate the late, great free speech advocate and Flugelhorn player; 'Frank Zappa'.

Jam in a Battenberg? Owen ponders what would really happen if you 'Pump Up The Jam'? Beware of flying chunks and splatter!

Introductory Square music -

The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
Ultravox - Vienna
Frank Zappa/Moon Unit Zappa - Valley Girl
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam