2nd July - Radio Teesdale Team on stage with the Castle Players 

Audiences can see 7 members of Radio Teesdale treading the boards next week as part of the Castle Players production of “Measure for Measure” in the grounds of the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle. The seven are all regular contributors to Radio Teesdale programmes and station announcements but this next week they are swapping microphones for a life on the stage.

It’s not really surprising that with that with both our groups being such a major part of the community of Teesdale that several people will be members of both organisations.  At Radio Teesdale we are delighted that seven of our members are involved in such a fantastic production as ‘Measure for Measure’ with the Castle Players. We wish them every success with the show. Break a Leg!

2nd June - Celebrate a Summer Season of Theatre with Radio Teesdale  

Following last year’s hugely successful Summer Repertory Season, Ian Dickens Productions Limited return to Darlington this summer to present four great plays featuring great contemporary actors. The season starts on Tuesday 10th June and runs until Saturday 5th July and Radio Teesdale is running a fantastic competition all next week.

Radio Teesdale has teamed up with Darlington Civic Theatre to offer listeners the chance to win a fantastic season package! Everyday, Monday to Thursday next week, on the Drive Time programme from 5pm-7pm we will interview a celebrity actor from each show and ask a question related to each show in the Summer Rep season.

Listeners will be asked to call to the studio with the answer. There will be a winner each day, and the names of the four winners will be announced on Friday (6th June) on the Lunchtime and Happy Hour programme. The lucky winners will each receive a pair of tickets for the opening night of every one of the four plays in the season worth £96.

Famous names appearing on the shows include Paul Henry, best known as Benny out of Crossroads, Victor Spinetti and former Coronation Street star Stephen Beckett.

2nd May - Radio Teesdale brings you the election news

Radio Teesdale's Breakfast show on the 2nd May was an election special featuring news from the previous day's election. There was great excitement with recounts in all three Teesdale Districts and very small margins between the 2nd and 3rd places. Radio Teesdale was at the count. 

Volunteer Linda Britton spoke to many of the Councillors and Candidates asking about their reactions and the challenges ahead. Adrian Braddy, editor of the Teesdale Mercury, was our special guest for the whole of the breakfast show adding his own insight into the results and the outcomes. Listen to the Drive Time show in coming weeks to hear the elected Councillors who will all be invited onto the show. See the results of the election here.

For interviews with some of the new councillor’s visit our listen again page or if you would like to see some photographs of the night’s events see our photo gallery.

28th March - Radio station makes the news again with celebration launch

Radio Teesdale celebrated its first year in style with a fun filled birthday celebration for both volunteers and listeners at the Jersey Farm, near Barnard Castle on Friday the 28th March. The TV cameras even turned up for the celebration launch as once again Radio Teesdale made the news.

The party was both an official launch and a celebration of the radio station's first full year broadcasting, a year that saw the station thrive against all odds. “A lot of the success is down to the hard work of the many volunteers who have given hours and hours of their time to making sure this radio station got off the ground,” noted Station Manager Peter Dixon.

“The people of Teesdale have really rallied round and supported us and this was a great occasion to celebrate the fact that the community has managed to come together and create a fantastic radio station that reflects the interests and talents of local people of all ages.”

Local MP Helen Goodman and Antiques TV star Dave Harper were just a few of the 300 guests who enjoyed the evening's entertainment which included children's entertainer Eileen and Joe followed by Teesdale folk group Teesdale Folk, Teesdale's jazz quintet and one of the most talked about bands of the moment, The Conspirators.