Steve & Karen's Breakfast Show is the Hits Radio weekday breakfast show airing in the North East and Teesside. It is presented by Steve Furnell and Karen Oxley (née Wight).
| Other names | The Hits Radio Breakfast Show |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music radio |
| Running time | 240 minutes |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | Hits Radio (North East/Teesside) |
| Hosted by | Steve Furnell & Karen Oxley |
| Produced by | Danny Coucill |
| Recording studio | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Original release | 1 June 1999 |
| Website | Steve & Karen's Breakfast Show |
History
editThe radio breakfast show began on Tuesday 1 June 1999 when Steve Furnell launched regional radio station Galaxy North East. Karen Oxley became 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 Oxley 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 Oxley 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 apart from news.[9]
On 17 April 2024 both Metro Radio and TFM were rebranded to Hits Radio with Steve & Karen’s Breakfast Show unaffected. [10]
Awards and nominations
edit| 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 Oxley | Gold |
| 2014 | Presenter of the Year (under 2 Million TSA) | Steve Furnell & Karen Oxley | Gold |
| 2015 | Presenter of the Year (under 2 Million TSA) | Steve Furnell & Karen Oxley | Silver |
| Year | Award | Entry | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Breakfast Show of the Year (under 10 million) | Steve & Karen's Breakfast Show | Silver |
Features
editCurrent features
editThe show currently uses the following features in its broadcasts:
- First Bit Last Bit - Listeners get the first bit and last bit of a song, film, tv show or something else; and have to figure out what it is.
- Scrambled Songs - Steve or Karen sing lyrics from one artist over music by another and the caller has to guess the two artists, winning a Steve and Karen Breakfast Show Mug.
- The Wonky Minute - Listeners come on and have to answer 10 questions correctly in one minute to win £1,000.
- Charva Choons - Every Friday, at 9:30am, listeners choose their favourite Charva Choon, a song typically heard in the club scene in the North East in the 90s and 00s.
Previous features
edit- Hummer Bummer - Steve or Karen hum a song and a caller must answer correctly.
- Missing Link - Karen gives a caller two things for them to guess the link.
- Morning Glory - Answer a question correctly and win the 'Morning Glory'.
- Tombola of Doom - Two contestants compete in answering some random questions in a certain amount of time. The player with the most points wins an 'I took on the Tombola of Doom and won' t-shirt.
- Baby Jukebox Generator - A song from the year a caller's child was conceived is played.
- Birthday Bangers - Call in if it’s your birthday for a treat and to choose a song from either Steve or Karen’s selections.
References
edit- ^ Breaking into…Working with Words Newcastle University, 11 March 2009
- ^ Global Radio takes Capital national, Brand Republic, 13 September 2010
- ^ Local Capital line-ups revealed Archived 23 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, RadioToday, 16 November 2010
- ^ Tony Horne exits Metro Radio breakfast, RadioToday, 14 July 2011
- ^ Capital breakfast team join Metro, Radio Today, 25 September 2011
- ^ New Breakfast Duo For Metro, Bauer Radio, 26 April 2012
- ^ Presenters Steve Furnell and Karen Oxley join Metro Radio, The Drum, 6 June 2012
- ^ Steve and Karen start on Metro Radio, Radio Today, 6 June 2012
- ^ Backlash from listeners as Bauer moves TFM out of Teesside Prolific North, 8 April 2013
- ^ "Bauer to rebrand heritage FM stations in England and Wales to Hits Radio". RadioToday. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.