As part of our on going consultation with the people of Barnsley about what community station the town deserve today we’ve launched our very first audience questionnaire.

The survey should take you no longer than 5 minuets to complete and the questions are designed to help us identify what kind of programes to broadcast. And don’t worry, you don’t need to give us any of your personal details.

To take our survey please click on the survey tab above and thank you for taking part.

Regards,

From everybody at Barnsley’s Horizon Radio

Time: 19:30

Price: All tickets £19.00

The Lamproom Theatre Barnsley

Eve Ensler’s hilarious Broadway and West End smash hit is back, featuring a new all star cast including the brilliant Tiana Benjamin (Eastenders), the stunning Louisa Lytton (Eastenders, The Bill) and the sensational Wendi Peters (Coronation Street, Celebrity Masterchef).

This hilariously witty and moving collection of stories is an unmissable show for every generation -bring your mum, your best friend, your sister or even your gran – this is the ultimate girls night out… trust us! Here’s what the critic have to say about The Vagina Monologues

‘Laugh out loud FUNNY,’   The Independent. “Fresh, and funny” Daily Mail. ‘Eve Ensler’s GLORIOUS show is WARM ,OPEN, EXCITING, ENCHANTING and HILARIOUSLY funny! See it even if you haven’t got one’ Sunday Times “Sex has never been funnier or more poignant” New York Times

For more information contact The Lamproom Box office on 01226 200075

The Vagina Monologues donates a percentage of revenue from ticket sales to V-Day benefiting women’s charities across the world.

South Yorkshire Police say a 63-year-old man is due to appear at Barnsley Magistrates’ Court this morning, Tuesday 4 October, having been charged with her murder.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with the offence of assisting offenders in connection with the murder of Joy Billam. He will also be appearing at Barnsley Magistrates’ Court today.

Forty-six-year-old Joy’s body was found in the boot of her purple Ford Fiesta Fusion, which was parked on Doncaster Road, near to the junction with the A635 at around midday on Saturday 1 October.

Post mortem results revealed that Joy had died from strangulation. 

Image: Stuart Miles / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

In the coming months Ofcom will invite applications for the 3rd phase of community radio stations in the North of England. When that happens Horizon Radio will be applying for a license in Barnsley.

Unlike commercial stations, community radio has to provide a social benefit to the audience it serves. Also local people have to be involved with running the station and producing the programmes it broadcasts.

Horizon Radio is working with strategic partners to address a number of areas social problems. If you’d like to be a volunteer at Horizon Radio and want to have a positive impact on this great community please get in touch via our contact page.

Or if you just want to tell us what kind of community radio service you want, please take out survey. There’s only 10 questions so it won’t take up too much of your time.

As Horizon Radio gets bigger our programmes will develop and deliver a radio service Barnsley deserves.

Make sure you keep coming back to our blog for the latest exciting news about Barnsley’s Horizon Radio.

Kind regards,

All the team at Horizon Radio