tyne and wear county durham northumberland slogan your music your life frequency fm 102.6 mhz alnwick 103.0 mhz fenham 103.2 mhz hexham 97.1 mhz tyne tunnel relay 97.1 mhz newcastle upon tyne rds metro dab 11c 1 first air date 15 july 1974 format chr news and talk audience share 8.9 % june 2016 rajar owner bauer radio sister stations metro 2 radio metro 3 radio webcast radioplayer website www.metroradio.co.uk metro radio is a local radio station owned and operated by bauer radio as part of the city 1 network . it broadcasts to county durham northumberland and tyne and wear from studios in newcastle . the station s output is shared with sister north east station tfm . contents 1 history 1.1 launch 1.2 studios 1.3 football commentary 1.4 tfm co location 2 programming 2.1 news 3 notable former presenters 4 awards and nominations 4.1 arqiva commercial radio awards 4.2 sony radio academy awards 5 metro radio arena 6 references 7 external links history edit metro radio logo used from 2004 to 2015 . launch edit the newcastle based station broadcasting to north east england launched on 15 july 1974 . 1 the first breakfast show was presented by don dwyer an australian radio presenter formerly at abc len groat giles squire dave gregory james whale peter wraight peter sampson and harry rowell were also there from the beginning . the first show also included messages of congratulations from kenny everett at the equivalent local commercial station in london capital radio . studios edit metro radio on the swan house roundabout in newcastle upon tyne the station transmitted from a studio in swalwell gateshead which in later years would be adjacent to the metrocentre . in 2005 metro and sister station magic 1152 moved to the former bt building previously known as swan house now known as 55 north next to the tyne bridge in newcastle upon tyne . football commentary edit until 2005 the station broadcast live football commentary for the region s two biggest clubs newcastle united and sunderland . in an attempt to boost ratings the football commentary was stopped . however a negative response from football fans prompted the owners to cover all newcastle and sunderland games on sister station magic 1152 . tfm co location edit as of monday 8 april 2013 all metro s programming is shared with tfm . however the metro branding is retained along with separate advertising . 2 the two stations were able to co locate without consultation as the metro radio licence area is located in one approved broadcast area north east england . 3 programming edit all programming on metro radio local networked and syndicated is shared with tfm . the majority of the station s programming is produced from newcastle including networked shows for friday nights and saturday breakfast . other networked programming originates from key 103 in manchester clyde 1 in glasgow radio city in liverpool radio aire in leeds and forth 1 in edinburgh . the vodafone big top 40 is syndicated from global radio at its capital studios in london for broadcast on over 145 commercial radio stations across the uk . the station s main presenters include steve furnell and karen wight steve & karen s breakfast show brian moore weekday daytimes dan moylan home run alan robson night owls with alan robson sunday thursday late nights chris felton saturday afternoons and jonny chambers sunday afternoons . 4 news edit metro radio broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays from 7am to 1pm on saturdays and sundays . headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows alongside sport and traffic bulletins . national bulletins from sky news radio are carried overnight with bespoke networked bulletins on weekend afternoons usually produced at sister station radio aire in leeds . notable former presenters edit the dj and tv presenter james whale launched his radio career on metro presenting the nightowls show between 1974 and 1980 . other notable former presenters include mark goodier dave porter bill steel gabby logan pete graves jason king jonathan morrell jenny powell joel ross wayne allen philippa tomson lucy horobin awards and nominations edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message arqiva commercial radio awards edit year award entry result 2011 rcs programmer of the year chris pegg programme director nominated 2011 skillset newcomer s of the year simon conway journalist nominated 2011 newsteam of the year newsteam nominated 2012 feature s of the year raoul moat one year on nominated 2012 rcs programmer of the year chris pegg programme director nominated 2013 breakfast show of the year under 2 million tsa steve & karen s breakfast show gold 2013 presenter of the year under 2 million tsa steve furnell & karen wight gold 2013 rcs programmer of the year chris pegg programme director nominated 2013 journalist of the year ali booker memorial award rebecca dixon nominated 2013 station of the year 500 000 to 2m tsa metro radio gold 2014 presenter of the year under 2 million tsa steve furnell & karen wight nominated 2014 presenter of the year under 2 million tsa stuart elmore & kelly hinch nominated 2014 rcs programmer of the year chris pegg programme director nominated 2014 unsung hero of the year dan black nominated 2014 local sales team of the year metro radio & magic 1152 nominated 2015 presenter of the year under 2 million tsa steve and karen bronze 2015 journalist of the year micky welch silver 2015 station of the year under 2 million tsa metro radio gold 2015 marketing award punching above weight promo silver 2016 journalist of the year micky welch nominated sony radio academy awards edit year award entry result 2007 best live event coverage alan shearer testimonial coverage gold 2011 best breaking news coverage manhunt the raoul moat story metro radio news nominated 2011 best live event coverage great north run coverage silver 2012 speech radio personality of the year alan robson nominated 2012 news journalist of the year metro radio news team silver 2013 best speech programme alan robson s nightowls bronze 2013 breakfast show of the year under 10 million steve and karen s breakfast show silver 2013 station of the year 1 million plus metro radio gold 2014 speech radio personality of the year alan robson silver 2014 best coverage of a live event great north run 2013 silver 2014 station of the year 1 million plus metro radio nominated metro radio arena edit main article metro radio arena references edit a b metro radio media uk tfm leaves teesside to share with metro radiotoday 5 april 2013 leading mep to demand action from ofcom over tfm metro merger the northern echo 7 april 2013 metro radio djs external links edit official website metro radio cash for kids history of the radio station burnhope 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