Frankie Wesson and Michael Munnik on the Pure Local Extra show

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Frankie Wesson and Michael Munnik on the Pure Local Extra show

Today we were joined by Frankie, an old friend of Newport City Radio and Michael, someone new to the station We started the show with ‘Anchors Away’ by Michael and gave a little story behind the song. He had been moving around as he is originally from Canada but came to England before moving to Cardiff. During this time, he wasn't writing anything. It was hard to build a community especially as no one was interested in songs they did […]

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Stephen, Josh and Dani in Newport City Radio

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Josh Hicks on the Pure Local Extra show

Josh Hicks was our guest today and he talked about himself and his music This isn't Josh's first time on the show, he came in a few months ago. This time, he had more to talk about and a new single to promote, but we'll get into that later.Firstly, Josh talked about his journey into music. It started with GCSE and A Level music. He didn't do particularly well in it but he decided to power through since he loved […]

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Chloe, Paul and Amber sat in Newport City Radio

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Paul James and Chloe Griffin on the Pure Local Extra show

Today’s guests on the Pure Local Extra show were Paul James and Chloe Griffin Paul last came into Newport City Radio 2 years ago but for Chloe, it was her first time visiting.We started the show with Paul’s song “Down With The Poets” from his most recent album “The Powers That Be”. Paul told us that the song is more humorous, something quite unusual for him. The song is about someone struggling to come to terms with the modern era […]

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Zoila, Ramone and Amber sat in Newport City Radio

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Zoila Garman and Ramone Pickover on the Pure Local Extra show

Today we were joined by Zoila and Ramone for a chat about themselves and their music Zoila is a good friend of the radio station, she’s been in before and hosted many events for us. Ramone is the opposite, it was his first time visiting or being on a show.Firstly, Ramone talked about his band's latest single. His band, Grand Mirage, released a song entitled Cow Eyed Glances yesterday. The phrase “Cow Eyed Glances” means a more romantic and flirty […]

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Emily, Amber and Jared in Newport City Radio

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Ladywolfe and Blackwood Rediffusion on the Pure Local Extra show

Ladywolfe (Emily) and Blackwood Rediffusion (Jared) joined Kym on the Pure Local Extra show for a chat about themselves and their music We started the show with Jared’s new song “Magpie” from his upcoming EP. The song started with the idea of an imagined band trying to get onto a radio show in the form of a battle of the bands. The other bands taking part kept taking ideas from the lead band in the song. The chorus sings about […]

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Pure Local Extra – Wrenna and Secret Postal Society

Today we were joined by Wrenna and Craig (Secret Postal Society) on the Pure Local Extra show Todays guests were Wrenna and Craig (Craig being joined by his son Ruben) and both talked about some of their new music releases and other things about themselves.Firstly, we talked about Craig's collaboration with Guy Challenger. The two met around 2 years ago while playing a gig. They both had a connection with suicide prevention charity Papyrus. The duo decided to create a […]

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Pure Local Extra – John Morris

On todays Pure Local Extra show, we were joined by John Morris, an old friend of Newport City Radio Todays guest, John Morris joined us on the show after he last visit over a year ago. He had sent us some new music as well as a charity track, all of which we got some insight into.Firstly, we listened to one of his songs, 'We did it for the music'. John used to be in a band called 'Hobo' in […]

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Pure Local Extra: Nia John and Greg Ryan

Today on the Pure Local Extra show, we were joined by local musicians Nia John and Greg Ryan Both artists have been interviewed on the show before when we were located at the Corn Exchange. This morning was the first time they had been to our current location at the Kingsway Centre. To start the show, we listened to their new songs as both have recently released something new. We started with Nia’s ‘Lift Me Up’ and she gave us some […]

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Joe Kelly and Shiftypop in Newport City Radio's HQ.

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Joe Kelly and Shiftypop on Pure Local Extra

Today on the Pure Local Extra show, Kym was joined by Joe Kelly and Shiftypop (Sarah). As usual, they talked about themselves, their music and anything in between. Our guests Joe and Sarah are not new to Newport City Radio, Sarah had come as a guest around 10 years ago and Joe used to volunteer here. Joe Kelly describes himself as an ‘itinerant blues singer’. His songs range from blues and country with an Americana sound to it. He is backed […]

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Frankie Wesson and Michael Munnik on the Pure Local Extra show

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Ladywolfe and Blackwood Rediffusion on the Pure Local Extra show

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