During weekday daytime Monday to Friday Wire FM is fully live apart from 1 hour of our programming which is automated.

We are locally programmed from 6am till 7pm every weekday. On Saturday From 6am till 6pm and Sunday from 8am till 4pm.

Every day we support local charities for free through supporting charitable and non profit making events on our out and about guide. Each year we do a bring a pound to work day, an Easter Egg appeal for children's charities, our Youth up front awards, making sure youngsters who often get bad press, actually get rewarded for the good they do, Disability awareness day, Europe's largest voluntaryled independent living exhibition, our on air Charity auction, our Local hero awards, giving listeners the chance to reward superstars in their community, and our Christmas toy appeal for children's charities.

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Wire FM news bulletins are broadcast weekdays between the hours of 6am and 6pm, in addition to news and sport headlines at 6.30am, 7.30am, 8.30am, 4.30pm and 5.30pm. On weekends locally produced news is broadcast between 8am and 1pm. Sky News Radio is used at other times.

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Mark Bell
Age 30

Job: News & Sport Editor

I've worked at Wire Fm for 5 years and half years after completing a media course and and freelancing at a number of North West stations. I became Head of News and Sport in 2004.

Email - mark.bell@wirefm.com

Sarah Poole
Age: 24

Job: Broadcast Journalist News & Sport

I joined Wire FM 3 months ago after completing a Post Graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism at Sheffield University. Before that I was freelancing at a number of stations across the North West.

Email - Sarah.Poole@wirefm.com

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The station has recently received their Rajar report, showing that we have had a 20% increase in Audience of weekly listeners, totalling 62,000 per week for Quarter 3.

We have recently launched a new breakfast team and the show is sounding great.

We held Bring a Pound to Work Day on 2nd November, in conjunction with World of Beds, and supporting St Rocco's Hospice, and Halton Haven Rospice. We are awaiting the final figures of totals raised.

Halton Fireworks take place tonight, 5th November, and is set to bring in 14,000 people.

We continue to prepare for Local Heroes on 28th November.

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