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Claire Vennis and Joff Lacey are at large around the Petersphere to meet the characters of our community and hear stories of local life.
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Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly
Suzie and Tim share their love of books, the joy of stories and the craft of writing with local authors.
Growing Together
The brighter gardening show
Claire Vennis and Steve Amos share advice and expertise from the beautiful settings of their Petersfield gardens and our local allotments.
The Local Showcase
Original music from local artists
Mandy P plays a selection of original tracks composed and performed by local musicians, and speaks to some of them.
Dogs with jobs
with Kate Fairweather
Meet the frontline workers of the canine world. Gold winner, best podcast in the 2022 Community Radio Awards.
Wilde Walks
Suzie Wilde & Raine
Inspirational walks in beautiful countryside around Petersfield with Suzie Wilde and her labrador Raine.
Recipe
Noni Needs and guests
Noni meets local people who share their treasured and original recipes with you. Bronze winner, best podcast in the 2022 Community Radio Awards.
Drinking
with Phill & Mags
Celebrating all things quaffable with tips, recommendations, information and interviews with winemakers, retailers and restaurants.
The Ticket
Local arts & entertainment
Laura Sheppard meets the local people who drive Petersfield’s vibrant arts and entertainment scene.
Rise & Shine
Weekdays from 6am
James, Emily, Blake, Alan and Noni know the brighter way to start your day. Wake up to Petersfield voices, great music and local information every weekday.
Generation Green
Environment and sustainability
Young people from the Petersfield area explore the environmental issues that matter to them.
local stories & local voices
Petersfield Town Football Club rammed with record number of fans for last home game of the season
Co-presenters Kieran Cheeseman & Jo Gray were pitch-side before Party Party at PTFC’s latest matchday – a thrilling atmosphere both on and off the pitch. Join us there!
Up above the streets and houses
Petersfield photographer Chris Gorman dodged heavy showers to capture this stunning shot of a rainbow last night in the town centre.
Drinking with Phill and Mags – April
This month Phill and Mags are out on the town visiting the Auction House and the Townhouse – bit of a house party! Along they way they talk wine, cocktails, queuing at Sainsburys and more.
The Savoy Coffee Shop at the museum reopen
Local ingredients and a passion for coffee
Petersfield finds a Ghanaian flavour
‘Becoming one with the food.’ Listen here for some spicy ideas.
Suzie’s Wilde Walk – The Edge of Reason
Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. I’m walking 60 miles in April for the Stand Up To Cancer Walkies Challenge. Paw-lease show your support and help fund life-saving research by donating to my page.
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/suzies-su2c-dog-walking-giving-page-2
the P pod – Petersfield personalities – 20 March 2023: Radio Training Day
This week the P pod comes from Churchers College at the Media Skills Development Morning. Claire and Joff speak to media professionals – Richard Gaisford and John Welsman – about their careers and advice for budding journalists.
Gyles Brandreth brings novelty knitwear to Petersfield museum
In 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Gyles Brandreth shared a poem a day on Twitter, and was encouraged to wear his famous jumpers while doing so. There followed a collaboration with Petersfield Museum, via the poetry of Edward Thomas, which resulted in the Fun and Fabulous collection of jumpers on display at the museum.
Gyles chats to Laura Sheppard about the stories behind some of the jumpers.
A collision of music gigs and dance, from SAY
SAY are bringing the infectious energy of music gigs to the dance world. The Album features fast-paced and slick dance routines to incredible music tracks
Sarah Golding chats to Laura Sheppard about the show
Ukrainian choir is organising a fundraising concert at Churchers College in Petersfield
Ukrainian Women’s Choir “Two Colours” is organising a fundraising concert on the 24th of March in Churcher’s College in Petersfield. Its goal is to buy an armoured evacuation vehicle for a Ukrainian front line unit.
Olena Petrovska talks to Laura Sheppard about how the choir was formed.
Talking Books – March 2023
Suzie: We don’t have an author guest this month …
Tim: We have two! John has cleverly extracted Kate Mosse’s interview with you at the launch of Landfall and we’re including highlights
Suzie: That’s brilliant!
DV Mission 48 Hour Film Challenge 2023 – Audio Diary
Gareth from Shine Radio took part in this years DV Mission 48 Hour Film Challenge and made this audio diary of the experience!
Jon Walker – your tributes
We are sorry to report that the Petersfield journalist Jon Walker has died after a short illness. Hear Joff Lacey speak movingly about Jon and what drove him.
It’s St Patrick’s Day – what better day than to hear from a dance caller
It’s St Patrick’s Day today, so what better day is there to hear from a dance caller. Liz Scholey is a dance caller for all sorts of different styles of dancing, as well as a dance teacher, and is calling the dancing at the St Patrick’s celebrations which are fundraising for The Rosemary Foundation.
Liz is talking to Laura Sheppard
Suzie’s Wilde Walk – Struck by Covid
Suzie is struck by the dreaded Covid
News about our project
Winner Daisy hears her Shine Radio jingles for the first time
A Ditcham Park School student who won a competition to provide lead vocals for a couple of Shine Radio’s new jingles hears the end result.
Petersfield’s Shine Radio named best digital community radio station
The local radio station collected the gold award at the national awards ceremony on Saturday night.
All the time checks on Petersfield’s Shine Radio are made by children
Children aged between 7 and 11 from Sheet Primary School have recorded audio for every minute and hour of the day.
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