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Rosemary Allix

Show: The Book Corner

Show info: Magazine programme with music, all about books and writers. What's new in the bookshops, readings from favourite novels and poems, guests include writers and poets with a Brighton connection.

Time of broadcast: Wednesdays, 12 midday to 1pm.

James Beale

Top 5 Albums:

1. Abbey Road - The Beatles
2. Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
3. London Calling - The Clash
4. Screamadelica - Primal Scream
5. Up The Bracket - The Libertines

Favourite Book:

Money - Martin Amis

Top 3 Films:

Great Escape
Dr Strangelove
The Breakfast Club

James Bernthal

Show: Monday's Retro Mix

Show info: Co-presented with Ian Stenning. Join us every Monday night for the biggest mix of retro tunes, weekly sports and entertainment stories, and some lighthearted news and just a few legendary comedy clips.

Time of broadcast: Monday evenings, 8pm to 10pm.

Rob Black

Show: The Rob and Milly Hour and a Half

Show info: Endearingly inconsequential banter from your hosts Milly and Rob. Includes special guests, the camp quiz and music from featured artists.

Time of broadcast: Saturdays, 5:30pm - 7pm

Rosie Boxer

Between 5 and 6 pm I play requests, with a couple of tracks linked to the day in history and celebrity birthdays.

My Top 5 CDs:

The Eagles - The Long Run
Sarah McLachan - Afterglow
George Michael - Older
Neil Young - Living with War
and anything composed by Mozart.

My top 3 films:

Some Like It Hot
Sliding Doors
Local Hero

Favourite poem:

The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost

Good read for a hospital stay:
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - Peter Torday ( very funny and not too heavy!)

Chris Chase

I present a show called "Hits and Trivia" which is an hour of old and new music including four tracks from a mystery year which I give news stories and trivia from.

Top 5 cds / tracks:

1. Anything by Queen, having seen live no one can get close.
2. Michael Buble
3. Jeff Waynes "War of the Worlds"
4. Il Divo
5. Daniel Merryweather - a new Aussie guy with a great voice.

Books:

Anything by Clive Cussler, Patrick Robinson, or Jack Higgins.

TV:

The Bill
The West Wing, and
Midnight Caller.

Tim Embleton

Shows:Takes all Sorts / Team Sport

Show info (Takes All Sorts): A casual chat with me about whatever takes my fancy that day. I'll be talking about whatever news has captured my imagination, interspersed with music from all ages and genres.

Time of Broadcast: Monday 9.30am - 11.30am

Show info (Team Sport): Jay, Tim and Joseph look at all the sports news from the past week, give their opinions on the weekend fixtures and generally entertain in their style of sports show. Also featuring The Dodgy Quiz and The Team Sport Karaoke Challenge.

Time of Broadcast: Saturday 2pm - 5.30pm

Martin Gaskell

As well as being the Treasurer for Coastway, I also present a programme every Wednesday called "Brighton Rock". Can you see what it is yet? Yes, a great mix of classic rock and talk.

Chris Gray

Show: The Sunday Sessions

Show Info: A musical journey from reggae to indie to funk and beyond! Local music news, reviews and irrelevant chat!

Times of Broadcast: Sundays 2-4

David "Powerful Dave" Green

Shows: Powerful Dave's Wireless Programme / Brighton Weekend Breakfast

Show Info: Join Powerful Dave as he takes a light-hearted look at the events of the day and plays some of the greatest and most varied music around

Times of Broadcast: (PDWP) Friday 6pm-8pm, (BWB) Saturday and Sunday 8am-10am

Jo Gunn

Shows: The Joseph Gunn Show / Team Sport

Show info (The Joseph Gunn Show):

Time of Broadcast: Thursday 6pm - 8pm

Show info (Team Sport): Jay, Tim and Joseph look at all the sports news from the past week, give their opinions on the weekend fixtures and generally entertain in their style of sports show. Also featuring The Dodgy Quiz and The Team Sport Karaoke Challenge.

Time of Broadcast: Saturday 2pm - 5.30pm

Lee Hamilton

Show: Folk Themes

Show info: A folk fest of a show following a different theme each week; bringing the best of old artists and the new that fall under the very loose category of Folk which spreads from the traditional to the experimental.

Time of broadcast: Sundays, 4pm to 5pm

Peter Howes

Show: Mishmash

Show info: Something tropical to topical about everything musical, with superb sizzling sound from our headphones to your bed-phones.

Time of broadcast: Mondays, 18:00 - 19:00

Sesily Jex

Show: In Bed with Sesily Jex

Show info: An eclectic mix of music and rambling thoughts around life today and what the weather's up to. Also including an exploration of how crystals might support your healing or enhance your life, followed by a look at local history and events.

Time of broadcast: 8-10pm Wednesday evenings.

Mark Johnson

Show: Slipstreem

Show info: Worldwide beats.

Time of broadcast: 10-11am Sundays

Janet Lawrence

Show: Coastway Classics

Show info: Listenable classical music with strong emphasis on Sussex performers, information about works played; previews of upcoming local concerts; occasional celebrity guests. Loose musical parameters include jazz, folk and traditional songs.

Time of broadcast: Fridays, 2-3pm

Jay Legate

Show: Team Sport

Show info: Jay, Tim and Joseph look at all the sports news from the past week, give their opinions on the weekend fixtures and generally entertain in their style of sports show. Also featuring The Dodgy Quiz and The Team Sport Karaoke Challenge.

Times of Broadcast: Saturday 2pm - 5.30pm

Steve Myers

I started out as the Programme Controller for Coastway and am now the Secretary.

Movie and Album:

The Sound of Music (the original film cast album)

Albums:

Linda Eder's So Much More album
Jeckyll & Hyde (the concept album with Anthony Warlow)

Book:

To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Simon Ruckes

I present a programme called "Kitchen Sessions" with Donna. Funk, Soul, Indie, Jazz and perfectly formed pop. A weekly gig guide and thermometer of what's hot and what's not. Clever silliness and silly cleverness.

CDs:

Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Jam - Snap
The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow.

Book:

Margrave Of The Marshes - John Peel.

TV:

Scrapheap Challenge
World Championship Darts from Lakeside
Shameless.

Pete Sanders

Show: This Is The week That Was

Show info: A mainly speech-based programme that takes a light-hearted look at what has happened this week and this week in the past. There are two quizzes – The Ding Dong Quiz at 12.30 tests guests’ knowledge of recent news, and at 1.30 Paired With A Patient poses questions about the week in the past. The cleverest guests win prizes for patients.

Time of broadcast: Sundays, 11am - 2pm

Milly Scott-Bars

Show: The Rob and Milly Hour and a Half

Show info: Endearingly inconsequential banter from your hosts Milly and Rob. Includes special guests, the camp quiz and music from featured artists.

Time of broadcast: Saturdays, 5:30pm - 7pm

David Shephard

I'm the afternoon presenter of the 80s show. I begin with the Big 3 at 3 where I play 3 songs back to back by a well-known artist. Later on I play an extended tune plus some TV themes. I also try to find interesting news cuttings and slot them in my show.

Ian Stenning

Show: Monday's Retro Mix

Show info: Co-presented with James Bernthal. Join us every Monday night for the biggest mix of retro tunes, weekly sports and entertainment stories, and some lighthearted news and just a few legendary comedy clips.

Time of broadcast: Monday evenings, 8pm to 10pm.

Jane Travis

I'm Coastway's PR person, responsible for making sure everyone knows about us.

5 favourite films:

Slumdog Millionaire (fantastic film)
Gone with the Wind
Mamma Mia
Moulin Rouge

5 favourite books:

Donna Tartt – The Little Friend
Khaled Husseini – The Kite /Runner
Tessa Kiros – Venezia (an exquisite cookery book)
Lionel Shriver – We Need to Talk about Kevin
Tim Pears – In the Place of Fallen Leaves

Favourite pieces of music:

Scott Walker – Joanna
Pink Martini – Whatever the Night in Italy is Called
Simply Red – Stars
Copeland Davis – Morning Spring
We're Almost There – Andy Williams

Ron Wallbank

I present musical programmes covering popular music from ragtime through to jazz, big bands, films and shows and South American music.

Robert Whittle

Show: Travelling with Robert

Show info: In the mind, we travel the world together through the music I play and the things I say.

Time of broadcast: 1 - 2pm Fridays

Cecily Woolf

Shows: Request show / This afternoon with Cecily Woolf

Show info (Request Show): 60 minutes of the music you’ve asked to hear.

Time of Broadcast: Wednesdays, 2-3 pm.

Show info (This Afternoon): Magazine programme including theatre feature, ‘Curtain Up’, travel, star profile and the best of easy listening music.

Time of Broadcast: Thursdays, 4-6pm.

 

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