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  • Gaydio presenter leaves the station for utterly heartbreaking reasons

    Gaydio presenter leaves the station for utterly heartbreaking reasons

    Emma Goswell is to step down from her duties as the morning presenter for Gaydio, where she has worked for over 14 years and the reason is heartbreaking.

    Taking to twitter, Emma said that she “had news” before telling her fans that she was leaving the UK’s largest LGBT+ focussed radio station, Gaydio and that her last show would be on Friday.

    The reason is that Emma’s sister has devastatingly been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer and has “come home for palliative care”. According to Emma, her sister’s cancer has progressed “to an extent that the doctors will not treat it further”.

    “She has been there countless times for me,” Emma said, “It’s time for me to step up and be there for her and my parents”.

    Emma Goswell has been at the station for 14 years and is probably most famous for presenting the lively morning show, which she now does with Dean McCollough. She said the leave from Gaydio was for the “foreseeable future”.

    She added that she was “off to do a much more important job, I’m going to be a sister”.

    Supporters and fans send their love

    Her fellow presenter Phil Marriott wrote, “What a lovely human being you are, Emma. Wishing you and your family all the very best. You’re a brilliant broadcaster”

    Singer Lucy Spraggan added, “So much love to you and your family”, while Heather Peace wrote, “Sending love to you and to your family at this time. I’ll miss hearing you on the radio but you’ve absolutely got your priorities in order. Much love Emma”.

    Emma ended her message, with a reminder to all her listeners, to “check your boobs and bits”.

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  • RIP | Simon “Nicksy” Nicks, former presenter of Gaydio radio has died, 44

    One of the founding presenters of Gaydio, the world’s largest LGBT+ radio station has died at the age of 44.

    https://twitter.com/Nicksy/status/869218770056863745

    Simon “Nicksy” Nicks has died at the age of 44. Tributes have been pouring in since his death on the 29th May. His widower, Liam Nathan Nicks has described his late husband as “brave” in a tribute. Mr Nicks died fighting cancer, his husband wrote in a Facebook post that “it has just taken a hold”.

    He had been in a hospital since he was diagnosed in February. In an emotional post, Mr Nicks’ partner said,

    “He was surrounded by me , my mum and dad, His Florence cushion and his Grandma Kitty picture that went everywhere with him.
    And of course listening to Radio!”

    In another statement, he wrote that he was thankful “from the bottom of his broken heart” for the love, support and tribute that had been sent.

    Simon Nicks help launch Gaydio when it was just a fledging operation broadcasting just a few hours a day. He started by hosting a drive-time show. At the time Simon was an establish radio host and his attachment helped put Gaydio on the map.

    He was working as the Head of Content at the British Forces Broadcasting Corporation at the time of his death.

  • STOOSHE: Coming Out On The Radio Was A “Joke”

    Stooshe’s Alexandra Buggs has opened up about why she came out during an interview with Gaydio.

    In 2013, during the Gaydio morning show with Emma and Chris, Stooshe band member Alexandra Buggs seemingly came out after Chris asked already out member Courtney Rumbold if she was happy being the “only gay in the band”.

    During the exchange Alexandra exclaimed, “She’s not!”

    TheGayUK contacted the band’s label at the time, Warner Music, to confirm the statement, but they were not available for comment.

    The article has since become one of the most popular on the site.

    During an exclusive recent interview with THEGAYUK Alexandra admitted that it was in fact a “joke”.

    She admitted,

    “I say a lot of silly things. (laughing) I like men. We love what we love…”

    Courtney added,

    “I do think it doesn’t matter who you love, kind of vibe. You can love anybody no matter shape, size, anything at all.

    I can say that 2015 was a big one for choice and change and you’ve got the Caitlin Jenner situation. You’ve got a lot of things and I just think it’s an amazing year. You’ve got to love who you love.

    Stooshe are currently promoting their new single Lockdown

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  • Gaydio Plans To Go National

    Gaydio, the UK’s only radio station for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people has announced that it is part of a bid to launch nationwide on DAB Digital Radio. Last week bids closed for a second UK-wide DAB multiplex, known as Digital 2, which will carry 18 new stations.

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  • THEGAYUK teams up with Gaydio to bring you live radio

    THEGAYUK have teamed up with the world’s best loved gay radio station Gaydio to bring you live radio to your favourite magazine.

    We promised exciting changes for 2014 to bring you a bigger, better, brighter TGUK and what a start to the year it’s been. We’ve kicked off with Issue 1 of THEGAYUK Tradigital Magazine, available from Apple and Android Newsstands and for ONLY £1.49. Then if releasing an affordable magazine wasn’t enough, we are now pleased to announce that THEGAYUK has teamed up with Gaydio to bring you the best of the ‘gay-waves’ across the UK.

    To listen to the Beat-Of-Gay-UK just click on the Gaydio Listen Live tab on the right hand side to open. Don’t miss your favourite programmes including the Chris and Emma Breakfast show – Weekdays at 7am – 10am. Phil Marriott Sun – Thu from 6pm and Kieron Richardson Sundays 4pm – 6pm. You can see the full line up here: uk.gaydio.co.uk/on-air/

  • Phil Marriot joins Gaydio

    London house music DJ, Phil Marriott has taken up residency on Gaydio, Sunday – Thursday nights from 6pm.

    2013 has seen Gaydio’s audience soar to 850,000 listeners a month following the acquisition of DAB Digital Radio licences formerly operated by GaydarRadio. The station is available on DAB Digital Radio in London and the Sussex Coast, on 88.4fm in Manchester, on mobile apps and online.

    Phil has been working as a DJ and radio presenter for over sixteen years, and continues to play at numerous clubs across London and the South, as well as internationally. For the last six years, Phil was previously the evening show presenter and Head of Music at GaydarRadio. Phil’s DJ work has seen him play for XXL (London), SupermartXe (London), The Dragon (Dublin), Onyx (London), Poptronik (Sitges) & RVT (London).

    Phil says ‘I can’t tell you how much I am looking forward to getting on air at Gaydio. I’m really excited about bringing my love of London and experience of playing dance floors across the UK to the station.’

    Toby Whitehouse, Station Director, added ‘Phil is a great addition to the lineup at Gaydio. He’s already a familiar voice to our listeners in the South, and his passion for the very best dance music is a totally infectious listen.’

    Phil claims to have been well and truly bitten by the radio bug, and it’s largely down to having a lifelong lust for music and interviewing some of the biggest and most interesting celebrities.

    ‘Without wanting to namedrop, I can honestly say that in all the time I’ve worked in radio, I’ve probably met hundreds of famous people and most of them have been lovely,” says Phil. “Beth Ditto, Boy George, Annie Lennox, all absolutely charming.’

    ‘And it’s always comforting when someone (in this case, George Michael) says that your photographs don’t do you justice. I think I’d be lying to admit that it isn’t quite a nice feeling to temporarily disbelieve the ‘face for radio’ rule.’

    Phil was christened ‘Double R Double T’ by house diva Katherine Ellis after his grievance at peo-ple constantly spelling his surname wrong tickled her fancy. She even once made him a jingle which resembled the Bodyform advert.

    Phil has played quite a few dancefloors in his time. His highlights include supporting Tiesto at Victoria Park in London (2010), Freemasons (at their Shakedown 2 album launch), and playing at the ‘Our Friends Acoustic’ Mencap fundraiser with Erasure’s Andy Bell.

    His new show starts in-the-mix at 6pm during the week, and his Sunday show will feature the Gaydio Upfront Chart.

    Listen to gaydio at http://www.gaydio.co.uk

  • News: Two In Stooshe Come Out As Gay

    Two Members of Stooshe Come Out.

    Two members of all-girl band Stooshe have officially come out this morning on Gaydio, During ‘Your Gayest Moments’ on Chris and Emma’s morning show.

    During the segment, Chris Holliday said to Courtney Rumbold, who is already out, “You wanted to be the only gay in the band.’

    Which was greeted by one of the girls saying,

    ‘She’s not’ and Alexandra Buggs came out on the radio station.

    Emma asked whether the girls were looking for love the Stooshe girls replied that they weren’t but happy with their relationship status!

    Stooshe became popular after their song ‘Blackheart’ reached number 4 in 2012.

    Gaydio is one of the UK’s biggest gay-focused radio station, which broadcasts daily from Manchester.

    TheGayUK called Stooshe’s label to confirm the story, however they have yet to respond.

     

     

  • INTERVIEW | Tony English

    Meet radio presenter for Gaydio, voice over artist extraordinaire and DJ legend for some of the biggest clubs in the UK and now for the all new Puscha Undercover which opens on the 2nd of Feb.

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  • GaydarRadio To Cease The Airwaves

    QSoft Consulting can confirm that its GaydarRadio DAB licences will officially be handed over to Gaydio, a not for profit FM radio station for LGBT people, on the 7th January 2013.

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