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RADIO HARTLEPOOL

Supporting Hartlepool’s Local Musicians and Bands on Radio for Over Twelve Years

here’s nothing more satisfying in There are a couple of routes to being played
running a community radio station on Radio Hartlepool; firstly we have ‘The
Tthan being able to give a local musician Northern Beat’, which goes out every Sunday
or band their first radio play or live session. at 10pm, presented by Jack Magill and Mike
Over the last twelve years, Radio Hartlepool Thompson. It does what it says in the title
has given numerous opportunities to aspiring and plays songs that have been submitted not
artists who might never be heard through any only from Hartlepool but also from across the
other station. North-East, North-West, and Scotland. All
that we ask is that your song is an original
Part of our remit as a local radio station is to composition (ie not a cover version) and that
reflect what is going on in our community and it is a clean radio edit (in other words, no
Hartlepool is a hotbed of talent. We find that swearing of any kind or dubious lyrical con-
a lot of young people have composed some tent!). Songs should be submitted via email
great music but perhaps don’t know how to to newmusic@radiohartlepool.co.uk We will
take it further so we try to not only showcase then add your song to the other’s that have
their music on the radio but also give them been submitted and musicians are advised to
appropriate advice if they should ask. follow the page on Facebook (The Northern
Beat Radio Hartlepool) and on Twitter (@
Since 2008 we have been the radio station that northernbeatRH). The show always tags the
has given the first airplay to the likes of Mi- acts in the week leading up to broadcast, so
chael Rice, Courtney Hadwin, The Jar Family, it’s vital that they ‘like’ our Facebook page and
Elena Larkin, Khalysis, and many more. ‘follow’ the Twitter account.

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