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Getting To Know Us: Lee J

Lee Jenkins presents his weekly show from his home in Canada, although he is proud to have his roots in Risca, South Wales. Q. Lee, tell us about your role at Newport City Radio. A. My BigShot Sound System joined NCR in 2009. Or was it 2010? Actually it was 2009. After about a year on Peter Ice’s Reggae Dancehall Show, Lamsie offered me my own show. So BigShot went […]

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WIN new school shoes with Skechers

Back to school shopping made better! Two lucky winners are about to win a free pair of kids shoes up to the value of £100! All you need to do is message us on whatsapp (link at the top of the page) with your name and the answer to this question... "Where can you find Skechers in Newport"? Terms: Vouchers will need to be redeemed at the Skechers store, Friars […]

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Newport’s Premier Music and Comedy Festival at Beechwood Park

A great setting an immense line up The vibrant city of Newport is set to host its inaugural "Summer Sessions," a music and comedy festival, from Tuesday, July 30th to Friday August 2nd 5pm to 8pm and Saturday, August 3rd 2pm to 9pm, 2024. This highly anticipated event will take place at the picturesque Beechwood Park, offering a scenic backdrop for an array of performances. The festival boasts an impressive […]

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Getting To Know Us: Ian Lamsdale

What do people call you? Lamsie. Lammy or Ian, depending on where you fit into my extensive history What is your history at Newport City Radio? I joined Urban Circle radio in April 2018 and helped it rebrand to Newport City Radio What is your role? Head tea maker, and manager of the direction we go in What’s your favouite part of being on the team? The volunteers. The best […]

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Newport’s Got Good News

Newport in top 10 most desirable places to live A study conducted by Compare the Market based off Google searches found that Newport came 9th in the top 10 most desirable places to live in the UK. The study looked at searches that used terms related to living in and moving to places and found that around 16,000 people a month were using these terms in relation to Newport, meaning […]

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Local Music

Music and laughs – The Summer Sessions coming soon

New Music and Stand Up Comedy Festival debuts in Newport. A brand new music and stand up comedy festival comes to Newport in later this month. The Summer Sessions are presented by The Beechwood Park Community Association in collaboration with Newport City Radio, Dirty Carrot Records and Shameless Promotion. The event is being funded by the Shared Prosperity Funding from Newport City Council. The festival promises 4 nights and one […]

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Spilling The Tea…Just Not Literally!

Welcome to my new blog called "A SouthWalian Girl Living in a SouthWalian World!" I will be taking you on a series of adventures in and around Newport/South Wales in general, highlighting the music scene and literally having a natter about anything and everything, as that’s the beauty of writing blogs: there’s a lot of tea to spill—no, seriously, tea could be a hot topic of conversation at some point. I was discussing […]

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Getting To Know Us: Richard “Cookie” Cook

Q. How long have you been a member of the Newport City Radio team, Cookie? A. I'm one of the newest members of the crew. I joined in the latter part of 2023 Q. What is your role? A. They tell me I'm the best tea maker! I am the official Mr. T! And I help out wherever I can. I've just joined the new Breakfast Show team. Q. What's […]

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Gimme Five: Ways To Happiness

 What Is Not To Love About Feeling Happy?Do something nice for someone elseThe fastest way to feeling good is to do something to help someone else. Volunteer your time, lend a listening ear, or perform acts of kindness for others. Giving back to your community and supporting those in need gives a sense of purpose and fulfillment.  It really works - try it! Practice Gratitude  Take time each and every […]

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Newport’s Got Good News!

Newport was recently found to be in the top three of eco-friendly places in Wales Millets Outdoor Clothing recently conducted research on the hunt to find the greenest city… they found that four places in Gwent were in the top ten most eco friendly places across Wales!  Newport was crowned third with an eco-friendly score of 7.49 out of ten! Pretty good huh? In second place came Swansea which had […]

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