Spark Drivetime

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Jay Sykes celebrates participatory arts in the North East every Monday! Join him and a host of special guests from 11am to celebrate arts, music and culture from across Sunderland and the North East.

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Launchpad is Spark's brand new music show, and kicks off you week of evening music programming on Spark so it's a great way to get stuck in to what we have to offer. Each week I will play you a COMPLETELY NEW set of tracks, that will change each time you listen - nothing ever gets repeated, so you never know what it will sound like next. Whether you are looking for tracks that are chilled out, hype you up for the week ahead, or if you are a lover of all music no matter the genre, each Monday I will bring you something that you will love and will be adding to your weekly playlists. I will bring you hand selected tracks that are brand new and super fresh on the radio. These are from artists that you already know and love, but you also have the opportunity to discover brand new up and coming artists as well, and I will provide you with all the facts and info you need to know when it comes to these artists. Alongside that, I will also bring you interviews from them, so they can tell  you in their own words why you should listen to and watch them. So if you love brand new music, brand new genres and getting all the music knowledge you could wish for, Launchpad will bring you everything you need to set you up for the week ahead.

Every Monday at 8pm hear the home of the best world electronic music in the North East. Pascal Maguet guides you through an hour of the weird and the wonderful in the world of alternative electronic. From glitch to drum n bass, from the smallest producers to the biggest names in the scene, nothing is too strange, too experimental or too underground. As well as the hottest new tracks, each week Pascal brings you his 'From The Vault' pick, a retrospective on an iconic album or track that's shaped the scenes we know today. Get some freak in your week.

The show is based around the music that is played on that day. The idea of the show is that when you listen to the music playing, it will trigger a memory or an experience that can be related to the song. These memories can range from good to bad but then the listeners can then know that they aren’t the only ones with those kinds of experiences and memories. These experiences and memories are things that most people would not openly admit to and so they can relate to them when listening to the show at the same time while feeling comfortable to keep it to themselves and in the process, a little advice is given for bad experiences or just in generally. The music that I play on the show is Urban and Hip Hop. Urban and Hip Hop could range from the olden days (the more well-known artists like Usher, Missy Elliot or Drake and Beyoncé) to the more current and modern-day songs (artists like Post Malone, Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar) and these could relate to most age groups. Just for a bit of a change and as a bit of a tradition on the show, I play Throwbacks, (artists like Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Lou Bega), at the end of each hour of the show just to relate to more listeners, from young people to the older listeners.

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Alreet, Im Jordan from Disorder, the home of alternative,indie and a little bit of electronica thrown on the side here Spark.  Each week we bring you the best new tracks from brand new artists who you might not have heard from yet and Indie belters that fill the club floors. So put on your bucket hats and raise your non alcoholic tinnies every Tuesday 7-9 PM!

Each week on the show, we showcase the best in brand new music. From everything such as the big names to the little unscouted and local artists. We also bring you the latest news, tours and interviews from artists who have been hitting up the north east. Also occasionally throwing the odd album listening party where sit back and listen to a brand new or classic record together. Each week from 8:30 we dive into the rollercoaster playlist; a collection takes you nice and high and then drops you all the back low to mellow you out.

Hey my little Funk Soul Brothers and Sisters. Welcome to our show "Funk Soul Brother". So what are we all about? We are all about the music - that it - that's all!!! Your Funk, Soul, 80's R&B, Motown, 70's philly, Northern Soul, 90's R&B, Disco, Jazz-Funk and a splash of the occasional new tracks that have all these genre's within their music. Join us every Tuesday for 2 hours 'Funktastic grooves and Soulful vibes. We ARE the 'Soundtrack for ANY NIGHT.' Spread the word my Brothers and Sisters and lock yourself in every TUESDAY night. Seee ya 🙂

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Join Kieran Carr and Cameron Petrie, updating you on all the week's sports and live updates of Saturday's football.

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DJ Joe Gullis drops you the best mix of hard trance for the city.

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Harry, Sophie and Charlotte present Spark's Film Show with all the latest cinema and film news! Join the team from 11am every Thursday as they discuss the latest cinema releases and other film related news! We asked the team some questions! Click below to find a little bit more about them!

Welcome to the world of Good Vibes, join T as he introduces you to some of the exceptional up and coming artists from around the globe, as well as highlighting some of the great and positive things that are happening in the world around us. Laughter, smiles and plenty of chill vibes to keep you feeling good 24/7.

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THE TAKEDOWN is Spark’s premier rock show, celebrating 10 years of playing the finest raw rock sounds. With Sunderland’s own James Anderson aka ‘Jimmy Ando’ at the helm, our aim is true: celebrate all thing good n’ heavy the pantheon of rock n’ roll music. Simply put, we ain’t discriminating! Join us, on your weekly Thursday night trip for a two-hour journey through the mono-fuzz overtones of 60’s garage and the virtuosic meanderings of 70’s psychedelia; to the aural assault of 80’s hardcore and the verbal bite of 90’s Riot Grrrl punk: before arriving at finest sonic offerings of the digital age! The final hour of every show, The Takedown Underground, showcases the latest and greatest in the local rock pantheon, featuring new releases from bands across the North-East. Whilst we maintain the ethos of ‘music first, chat later’, we also chat with local and international artists playing in the rock area, and talk upcoming gigs and new musical releases from established sonic progenitors and fledgling punk upstarts, alike. So, whether you’re a rookie member of the rock n’ roll coterie, or a hardened aficionado rendered in the esoteric fires of Mount 6 music (with the Peel sessions knowledge to match), then come get involved, Thursday 7 till 10: TURN ON, TUNE IN, AND DROP OUT! 

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Ravers rave on! Welcome to the only show of its kind! 90 minutes of new skool followed by 90 minutes of old skool. Dance Revolution brings you a unique dance music experience. While some other shows may play it safe or try to be the deepest underground, we deliver a curated show full of fresh cuts followed by those tracks you have memories too. Scott is ALWAYS looking for DJ's and Producers in the North East to get involved and be part of the show - Just get in touch. You can catch the show live from 7pm every Friday! Listen back to Dance Revolution here...

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Jamie Rutherford bring you two hours of classic 90's & 00's Cheesy hits! Tune in from 6pm-8pm for the best start to your Saturday evening with loads of great throwbacks you forgot existed! We asked Jamie some questions! Click below to find a little bit more about him! 

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Dr Peter Adegbie and Theodora Adegbie present our Christian religious show for Sundays. Every Sunday from 8am, Spark brings you Jazz music, historical facts and inspirational quotes.

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Grant Williams with the perfect Sunday soundtrack looking back at the last 50 years of the pop charts. Including the usual features Back Track and Grant's Long One every Sunday between 2pm-4pm! We asked Grant some questions! Click below to find a little bit more about him! 

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