Drivetime
Euro 2012 Squad Announced!
If you haven’t heard the Euro 2012 Squad already, they were announced on Wednesday. Sarah Wathan and Ayebea Crentsil joined me in the studio to announce the full list live on-air. Few interesting names, most notably Rio Ferdinand, who hasn’t returned, but John Terry has, despite the race row allegations. Also, Steven Gerrard is the new England Captain. Don’t forget Weekend Sport with The Sports Team, every Saturday afternoon between 3pm and 5pm on Gateway 97.8, bringing you all the sports news from local teams to the...
read moreLocal Dance Group Karizma Krew
Karizma Krew’s Britain’s Got Talent semi-final Bank Holiday Monday’s Britain’s Got Talent will feature local dance troupe Karizma Krew, who are fighting for a spot in the final of the hit ITV1 show on Saturday. The nine-strong Canvey Island street dance troupe, aged from 14 to 39, blend urban dance and theatre. Here is a bit about Karizma Krew: Karizma Krew are a troupe from Canvey Island of 14 to 39 year olds made up of 9 altogether, 2 male and 7 female, Brad, Lolly, Nyree, Hannah, Leanna, Tim, Eden, Jodie and...
read moreFreeview TV Channels
If you are having trouble with your Freeview TV Channels, then this is due to the digital TV switchover, which happened in Basildon and East Thurrock, as well as, other areas on 18th April. If you have lost some of your channels, first, make sure you have correctly re-tuned. Choose ‘first time installation’ or ‘factory reset’ to remove all the old channels and load the new ones. Just selecting ‘add channels’ won’t work. If you’ve done that and are still missing channels, you may need to do a...
read moreDigital TV Switchover: Important Information
Now, if you’re still watching television using an old analogue receiver, and your picture comes from the transmitter at Crystal Palace, then on 18th April, your picture will completely disappear as the current service to London goes to digital. Over the past few weeks, we at Gateway 97.8, have been talking quite a lot about a free help scheme for the older 75′s. Blind and partially sighted people may also be eligible for a free call out, and installation. Gateway 97.8 spoke on the telephone to Liam McKay who is London Regional...
read moreDigital Switchover Helpscheme
Digital Switchover is coming soon to Basildon and we all need to be ready otherwise we will lose our TV pictures. A help scheme has been set by the BBC up for those aged 75 or over. Drivetime’s Ros Connors has been speaking to the BBC’s Liam McKay to find out what is going to start happening as from 4th April and what help people can get if they haven’t yet switched to digital. You can listen to the interview below, and find out more information by visiting the Help Scheme’s website – helpscheme.co.uk Audio clip:...
read moreBAFTA Awards 2012
Hello again, Tyler Pittaway here with another post, seemingly about nothing in particular! However, if you were having a lazy Sunday night in, you probably watched the 2012 BAFTA awards on BBC One – last night at 9pm. The main focus of the show today is to look at the fallout of the BAFTA awards, seeing who won the “golden head things” as I like to call them. If you didn’t see the awards, then here’s the run-down of the winners from the very glamorous evening in London – which I will be discussing a little...
read moreMonday Drivetime!
It may seem a bit bizzare posting this over 2 hours since the show aired, but I thought I might as well let you know I’m going to be doing Monday Drivetime on a “regular” basis! So what does that mean? Well all the usual features will be in the show of course, 2 job vacancies, sport, showbiz, travel and national and international news – but I’ll throw in some different ones as well. Something that goes great with the first day after the weekend, the box office figures – they get sent over, giving you an...
read moreTV Magician appears at Gateway!
Top Tv Magician Paul Daniels who appeared at Towngate Theatre in Basildon on Friday (30/9) became a co host at Gateway on Drive time here he is meeting Volunteers, and Friends. at the studios. Paul dropped in to promote his show and children and volunteers who visited were also treated to a small intimate magic show where he showed off his tricks. If you missed it, you can always head over to the audio section of the site to listen again, and see the images over at the Pictures...
read moreDigital TV Switchover
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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. 