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Feb 2021
Last Updated: 26/02/2021
Your Harrogate set to launch tomorrow
Nick Hancock will be on breakfast duty for the new online radio station. The new station comes after StrayFM was bought by the Bauer Media group last year and became part of a national station, Greatest Hits Radio.
Nick Hancock, of Your Harrogate.
Your Harrogate is set to launch its online radio service tomorrow with familiar faces from Stray FM.
The show on Monday at 8am and promises to offer the "best of life in Harrogate."
Currently Your Harrogate is only available online and people can listen on their phones through an app or through a smart speaker.
Your Harrogate will launch with an all-male lineup who are all former DJs on Stray FM, which closed last year.
Read more:
- How local is Stray FM’s replacement station?
- Stray FM broadcasts its final shows before national take-over
Nick Hancock will be on breakfast duty and promises to set listeners up for their day with local weather, travel and school news.
Pete Egerton will be on daytimes, Ricky Durkin on weekday afternoons, Alex Cann on weeknights, Will Smith on weekends and David Whittle on weekend afternoons.
Stray FM broadcast its final show at the end of August ahead of a merger with national station Greatest Hits Radio.
Bauer Media, the owners of Greatest Hits Radio, promised to keep the show as local but there have been complaints on social media that it has not delivered.
The full line up is as below:
Weekdays
6am Early Breakfast
7am Nick Hancock
10am Pete Egerton
2pm Ricky Durkin
6pm Alex Cann
Saturdays
7am Ricky Durkin
10am Will Smith
1pm David Whittle
Sundays
7am Alex Cann
10am Nick Hancock
1pm David Whittle
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