Team Members

Mike Dixon is a retired priest, local councillor, Rotarian and Jazz enthusiast. Mike is hoping to bring guests from the local jazz scene and play jazz from across all spectrums. Listen to Aycliffe Radio by clicking the link below: https://solid41.streamupsolutions.com/proxy/catidbxp?mp=/;type=mp3

As a professional club DJ I worked all over the country, including the biggest nightclub in Scotland. Playing a wide variation of genres. Over the coming months I am hoping to bring back some of the music I played including long forgotten tracks as well as the big anthems we all know and love. Listen to […]

Carl Booth has been a house music producer and DJ for over 10 years. 2019 was a successful year for Carl having his own releases on Let There Be House Records, Whartone Records, and has had two tracks signed with House music pioneer, Marshall Jefferson, on his hugely popular record label Freakin909. As well as […]

Carrie works part time at Newton Press and also with her boyfriend as a photographer for weddings, portraits, family shoots etc. Carrie has a 4 year old son called Sebastian and is also the daughter of the station manager, Paul Howarth. Carrie will be co-presenting the Community Connect show every Wednesday from 5.00 to 6.30pm. […]

Hello there I’m Richard Smith, a former member of both Nottingham Hospitals Radio (NHR) and Radio Robin (Ilkeston Community Hospital Radio), with more than 30 years of programming, broadcasting and station management experience. Since the summer of 2004, I’ve been producing programmes from a purpose-built studio at home with an ever-growing library of 36,000+ pieces […]

Colin McNeillie was born and bred in Newton Aycliffe, started DJing in 1989 in Burnley and continued for 22 years doing the usual weddings, birthdays, christenings and even a funeral. Colin has been a massive fan of “Blues” for more years than he cares to remember, oddly it was a Blues parody song “Drinking Socially” […]

Karl Simons presents a live show every Sunday morning from 6am to 9am – helping you to wake up. Listen to Aycliffe Radio by clicking the link below: https://solid41.streamupsolutions.com/proxy/catidbxp?mp=/;type=mp3

Colin (pictured left) co-presents the Folk / Rock show with Stephen Hindle (right) on Aycliffe Radio which is broadcast on a Sunday afternoon between 4 and 6pm. Colin says “I am  a member of a Waterboys, Pogues and Levellers tribute act when I guzzle ‘Black Velvet’, I do my thinking when I’m drinking.” Listen to […]

Stephen (pictured right) co-presents the Folk / Rock show with Colin Eales (left) on Aycliffe Radio which is broadcast on a Sunday afternoon between 4 and 6pm. Stephen says “We met in New York when we landed jobs as members of a dancing troupe called ‘Ma heids mince’, then broke away and formed our own […]

Hi, my name is Graeme Roote, I live in Darlington with my two boys. I have been mixing tunes on and off for 12 years on a program by Native Instrument called Traktor, (I don’t use vinyl records) and I get a real buzz from mixing and getting the opportunity to have a wider audience […]

Hi I’m Paul Baker, I am a full time DJ & Presenter. I have been in the entertainment industry since 1994 when I started my first mobile disco, catering for private functions such as weddings and birthday parties. One year later in 1995 it became my full time job. In 1996, in addition to DJ’ing, […]

I’ve lived in Newton Aycliffe for the last 10 years. In 1996 I began working at the Mardi Gras in Darlington as a Manager for First Leisure for 10 years, travelling up and down the country from Glasgow to Cardiff and Central London. I then went on to work for Escapade for 3 years. During […]