Steve & Karen's Breakfast Show

Steve & Karen's Breakfast Show
Genre Music radio
Running time 240 minutes
Country  United Kingdom
Language(s) English
Home station Metro Radio
TFM
Host(s) Steve Furnell
Karen Wight
Producer(s) Dan Black
Recording studio Newcastle upon Tyne
Air dates since 1 June 1999
Website Metro Radio
TFM

Steve & Karen's Breakfast Show, is a local radio breakfast show, presented by Steve Furnell and Karen Wight and currently airing on Metro Radio and TFM in the North East of England.

History

The radio breakfast show began on Tuesday 1 June 1999 when Steve Furnell launched regional radio station Galaxy North East. Karen Wight become his co-presenter in January 2001 after a year as senior broadcast journalist with the station.[1]

Galaxy was rebranded as Capital North East on 3 January 2011 as part of a merger of Global Radio's Galaxy and Hit Music networks to form the nine-station Capital radio network.[2] Furnell and Wight were retained at the relaunched station.[3]

On 14 July 2011, Metro Radio breakfast presenter Tony Horne left, prior to his contract ending.[4] Furnell and Wight were announced as his replacements two months later, remaining at Capital until 23 December 2011.[5] The Steve & Karen Breakfast Show aired on Metro for the first time on 6 June 2012 after 5 months of being off-air due to a clause in the contracts issued by their previous employers, Global Radio.[6][7][8]

The show resumed airing in Teesside and North Yorkshire on Monday 8 April 2013 when TFM merged with Metro and ceased all local programming outwith news.[9]

Awards and nominations

Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards

Year Award Entry Result
2013 Breakfast Show of the Year (under 2 Million TSA) Steve & Karen's Breakfast Show Gold
2013 Presenter of the Year (under 2 Million TSA) Steve Furnell & Karen Wight Gold
2014 Presenter of the Year (under 2 Million TSA) Steve Furnell & Karen Wight Gold
2015 Presenter of the Year (under 2 Million TSA) Steve Furnell & Karen Wight Silver

Sony Radio Academy Awards

Year Award Entry Result
2013 Breakfast Show of the Year (under 10 million) Steve & Karen's Breakfast Show Silver

Features

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Current features

The show currently uses the following features in its broadcasts:

Previous features

References

External links

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