Programming
Each station had its own, local breakfast show presenter - in Bradford it was Roger Kirk, in Hull it was Chris Bell (deceased) and in Sheffield it was Gerry Kersey (now at BBC Radio Sheffield).
Network programming began at 9.00am, with Alan Ross on mornings, and Keith Skues on lunchtimes. Peter Fairhead was also a regular presenter. Local programmes took over after Drivetime at 7.00pm, with sports programmes and specialist music. For example on the West Yorkshire frequencies in 1989 there were brass band programmes, old dance music, and 'music from the hippy era' presented by Nigel Schofield.
Weekends included a large amount of local programming which on Saturdays included the breakfast show with Terry Pierce and the morning show with Brian Cooke, Sundays included religious programming with local clergy (Bradford had Martin Short as one of their presenters), and sports programming, including Rugby with Iain Williamson and football with Chris Cooper.
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