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Jan 2021
Last Updated: 13/01/2021
Harrogate district to get new local radio station
Your Harrogate Radio will begin broadcasting in March. It will provide community news, travel and weather for the Harrogate district and be available online or via smart speakers and app.
Nick Hancock, of Your Harrogate.
A new radio station covering the Harrogate district's community news, weather and travel is set to begin broadcasting in March.
Your Harrogate Radio is being launched by the website Your Harrogate and will be available online, on smart speakers and through its app.
Former Stray FM presenter Nick Hancock, who set up Your Harrogate last year, said he received countless requests to launch a radio station.
He said:
“So many people have messaged me or come up to me in the street and said they really miss having their own local radio station and asked me to do something about it, so now I have!”
"I know from being on air during the first lockdown how many people use the radio for company and to cheer them up a bit during such challenging times”.
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Mr Hancock, who will host the breakfast show, said listeners will hear a broad range of music from classic tunes of the 80s and 90s to modern day.
He said the heavy snowfall last Friday was another sign that the district was in need of a radio station providing live coverage.
Stray FM was rebranded as Greatest Hits Radio in September.
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