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Number 2 Hits of 1997 & 1998
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve featured bumper editions of the Nineties Revival, with an incredible 42 number two hit singles of 1997 and 1998. In these years, England and Scotland qualify for the Football World Cup in France, St Martins Square in Basildon was completed and named and Geri Halliwell sold her Union Jack dress in a charity auction for £41,000. Whilst Billie Piper became the youngest solo female artist to reach number one since Helen Shapiro and Elton John achieved the biggest selling single EVER with...
read moreGood afternoon With Alison H 23rd Feb Programme
Thursday Good Afternoon Show with Alison H 1-4 23rd February 2012 Sky TV filming will be filming live the show & seeing the true concept of community radio. Action Packed show with Alison H & Guests together with the lastest unusual news updates, quiz training facts, & community news. Thursdays special guests are: 1-2 South Essex Paranormal Team will be discussing the Bermuda Trinagle and the Devils Triangle and explore theory’s behind them we will even have Adrian our UFO Ologist so if any one has any questions...
read moreThe BRIT Awards 2012
Latest News: Tuesday night saw Adele be named MasterCard British Album of the Year for her multi-platinum album 21 at this year’s BRIT Awards. This is her second album and has sold over 17 million copies worldwide and topped charts when it was released in 2011, which contains songs such as Rolling In The Deep, Set Fire To The Rain, and of course Someone Like You. Adele took the award after being part of the nomination with Coldplay’s album Mylo Xyloto, Ed Sheeran’s +, Florence & The Machine’s Ceremonials and PJ...
read moreThis Weekend’s Fixtures
FOOTBALL Canvey Island v Billericay Town Carshalton v Concord Rangers East Thurrock United v Margate Thamesmead Town v Grays Athletic Tilbury v Needham Market Thurrock v Maidenhead United Barkingside v Bowers & Pitsea Basildon United v Haringey & Waltham Development Dagenham & Redbridge v Cheltenham Town Southend United v Crewe Alexandra —————————— RUGBY Thurrock v Rochford Hundred Basildon v Chelmsford Old Streetonians ...
read moreWeekend Breakfast from 9am
Jack Sullivan is in the studio with Weekend Breakfast , kick starting your morning between 9:00am and 12:00pm on your award winning station. Also joined by Kurt Wilson. I’ll be waking you up with traffic and travel updates, your sports and showbiz round-up, chat and features, and great music to ease you into your day. Includes weather and headlines from the Sky News Centre at the top of the hour. During the show I will be taking a recap of what’s been happening around the world this week, looking at the headlines of the newspapers,...
read moreGateway Saturday Sports Show 18/02/2012
Join Reece Lock, Owen Hunt & Charlie Winch for the Gateway 97.8 Saturday Sports Show. This week is FA Cup fourth Round week and we will be bringing all the latest from the 3 o’clocks as well as a review of the early and late kick offs. We also have the best of Npowers League 1 and 2, as well as updates on games from the Blue Square and Ryman Leagues, and all the latest in local sporting news and headlines. So make sure you tune in, tomorrow from 3 til’ 5. On your Big Society Station, Gateway 97.8 Share/Bookmark
read moreRenewable energy and it’s benefits, is it right for you? Join Steve Gallant from 1pm tomorrow
Tomorrow afternoon, I hope to discover while picking my way through the minefield of a number of renewable energy options, with the help of my guest Matthew Rider of Silvercrest Solar based in Hadleigh Essex, I’m keen to discover details of costs and paybacks. It is challenging to to get good returns on your money from conventional sources at the moment, so it’s hardly surprising that people are looking to save money and or benefit by choosing a goverment scheme which comes with a significant incentive at the moment but the...
read moreGood Afternoon with Alison H
Good Afternoon with Alison H This is the link to listen to the last broadcast of the Potting Shed with Sharon White Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Greetings 2 u, now I’m getting hang of the technology, well proud Dawn French can’t even use a PC lol! Each week I will update a many links that have been plugged on the show for future reference, which makes life so much easier than...
read moreNeil Gits Back To “The Shed” !
Just under 30 years ago, two good DJ buddies of mine, Russ B & Graham “Grumpy” Brown started out on what was to be a near four year Sunday night weekly soul gig at the Rising Sun in Billericay and I, as a junior DJ just starting out, tagged along faithfully each week taking notes of the best tunes played and rushing out to buy them as soon as possible during the next seven days ! They started off in the function suite called “The Shed” just off the car park there, but after starting in the summer, the colder nights...
read moreSaturday Sport’s Show 3-5pm
The Saturday Sport’s Show returns this Saturday 15th February on the award winning Gateway 97.8 with Reece Lock and Owen in the studio. Like us and follow us on Facebook. Don’t forget you can listen to us online, and on 97.8 FM We will be catching up on what’s been happening during the last week, plus news of what’s on in the coming week ahead. This week the local sport should be back to normal. Updates throughout the show from the local games, plus all your favourites. There will be national news, and weather on the...
read moreDigital TV Switchover
About Gateway 97.8
Gateway 97.8 is the local community radio station for the Basildon and East Thurrock areas of South Essex, providing news, sport and information to the local population. 