THERE'S A big blue car in the studio. NO ROOM LEFT FOR MARTIN !

BIG BLUE CAR' ON THE FLASH!.
I would like to thank local musician and songwriter Kev Williams for joining me on my 'Sunday Evening Jukebox Party' programme on 30th September. Kev shared some favourite tracks that have influenced him over the years, and more importantly his own breathtaking recordings. Kev writes, sings, and plays all the instruments within his recordings under the banner 'Big Blue Car', and you will be hearing more from his music over the coming months.
It was apt to find out that his early musical life was spent practicing with a band at the Point 7 Club, which used to stand in Leigh Park and near to our studio.

Emsworth Beer Festival, with a little support from The Flash. Iain Lynch with a LIVE Broadcast

Emsworth Beer Festival was brilliant today . Here's our Mark Ringwood with Samantha doing a great job . Well done to Iain Lynch and Peter Crew too.
Yes that's Jill, giving the station a great Promotion, oh and a couple of Tasters lol 
😊

Havant Young Carers Making us all aware

HAVANT YOUNG CARERS.
This afternoon it was a real pleasure to be joined by Vicky, Matthew and Lizzie from the local charity Havant Young Carers. The Flash are preparing features for a forthcoming on air Mental Health Awareness campaign that we are organising and they kindly joined me in the studio to make a recording about the support they offer. 
The Flash would like to hear from any local group or charity in the PO postcode area who work to either help persons with mental health issues or promote good mental health through social events, a caring ear, or help with those worries and stresses that life can bring.
E-mail 'martin@theflashonair.co.uk' if you are interested in taking part in this on air campaign, which will be launched once we have enough recorded features and information in place.
You can find out more about Havant Young Carers by clicking on the link below -
https://www.facebook.com/havant.youngcarers

Jonelle Faulkner Joins the Team

Jonelle already getting to Grips at the Desk

AN ASSET BEHIND THE SCENES!
Listeners who turn on to The Flash to enjoy the David Harris show on Monday afternoons may not realise that he is usually assisted by Chris Rogers, who operates the studio equipment so David can concentrate on providing his informative patter.

Chris is on holiday at present, so we say a big thank you to Jonelle Faulknerfor operating the desk live for David today.
Jonelle was a bit nervous at first but needn't have been as she did a fantastic job. Thank you Jonelle for your kind help today and for joining the team.

New Sunday Breakfast Show Live with JHK

SUNDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER ON THE FLASH!

John Harcourt-Kelly will be LIVE every Sunday for 2 hours 

Welcome Alone John 

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New Presenter OH YES Another Girl on the Team

A POSITIVE PATHWAY TO THE FLASH!
I would like to introduce you to Jonelle Falkner and welcome her to The Flash team. Jonelle was introduced to us through Positive Pathways and is gradually being introduced to the various activities that go on in order to keep the station on the air. Here she is being introduced to our on air studio. Jonelle is keen to help out behind the scenes, however I doubt if it will be long before she is heard on air.

NEW LIVE SHOWS ON THE FLASH

NEW LIVE SHOWS ON THE FLASH!
Although we do still have a great deal of work to do before we can announce a date for the launch of our Community FM service to the greater Waterlooville area, we have started to increase our live output in preparation for that great day. Roger Wilson has now settled into his live Tuesday morning slot at 9.00am, and we recently saw the very welcome return of Edward Couzens-Lake's live Wednesday morning 10.00am to midday show.

This week will see further exciting changes, with the launch of a new live Monday evening show from Iain Lynch, who will be taking over the 6.00pm slot from Jamie Moore as of tomorrow evening. Jamie Moore's excellent 'Rewind' show will continue to be enjoyed on Saturday mornings from 10.00am, and will now also kick off your weekend experience at 6.00pm each Friday.

This coming Sunday at 8.00am will see the welcome launch of a brand new live Sunday morning breakfast show, presented by new presenter John Harcourt-Kelly. Kev Fiford's popular Sunday morning show will now follow the breakfast show and start an hour later at 10.00am.

11 YEAR OLD Takes over Station Casper Horn in the Studio

A Radio Star in the Making, Dad Neil Horn didn't get a look in lol.
Fantastic having Casper in the Studio tonight, soon to Record his own Show 

Dave and Lesley Aston in the Studio

NOD YA HEAD!
I really enjoyed having Dave Aston and Lesley Aston in the studio on Sunday evening. Dave is a Fareham postman who loves following talented local originals bands. He has set up 'Nod Ya Head' productions to organise live showcase nights in the Fareham area. His first event takes place on Friday 21st September and you can find out more by searching 'Nod Ya Head' on Facebook.

FAKE EMPIRE on the Steve Vinyl Show

Coming into the studio for a live interview will be Fake Empire, talking about their music, history, inspiration and future plans. Please share it on your time line with your friends, and spread the word. 😎 . Photography by MichelePaulPhotography.

PHOTO'S MICHELE PAUL PHOTOGRAPHY

The Smokin Prophets

live interview will be The Smokin Prophets, talking about the launch of their new EP DEJA VU, plus they will be live and unplugged in the studio. Please share it on your time line with your friends, and spread the word. 😎 . Photography by MichelePaulPhotography.

PHOTO'S MICHELE PAUL PHOTOGRAPHY

IVOR GAME solo singer songwriter from London On DRIVE TIME

Chris Rogers Drive Time today, our very Own Parkinson does it again with Special Guest Ivor Game in the studio.

Ivor has a very Unique take on his song writing, creating some very special songs about everyday life and situations. Mark Wiseman was in the studio with Chris and Ivor and was fascinated by the clarity of his voice and the very melodic acoustic strum patterns.

It was very generous of Ivor to travel all the way down from London today to perform live for us.

He will be in Portsmouth on Sunday 12th August at JAGS 119 For a 45 minute set around 7pm, one not to be missed

FIND HIS MUSIC:

www.soundcloud.com/ivorgame
https://ivorgame.bandcamp.com
www.ivorgame.com... See More

 Also on Spotify, itunes and Amazon 

Ben Upton in the Studio on The Sunday Night JUKEBOX PARTY

As you all know Martin does a Fantastic job of putting together a Sunday Evening Request Show from 7pm till 9pm and often arranges for local artists to Pop in, it gives our local Talented musician's a chance to have effectively a show of their own with requests from Listeners and Questions thrown in.

Martins FACEBOOK POST
It was a real pleasure to have Ben Upton, his girlfriend Sarah, and Dad Darren in the studio yesterday evening for my 'Sunday Evening Jukebox Party'. Ben is an up and coming local singer/songwriter who is about to release his first single 'Won't Be Like This For Long'. You will be hearing it on a regular basis here on The Flash and I would like to thank Ben for letting us be the first station to air it. Search 'benuptonmusic' on Facebook to find out more about him. Thank you to Sarah for supplying the photo's, oh and to Ben for not only sharing his music with us but also for bringing some milk with him lol.

Pete Crew The MC at The Gosport Waterfront festival 27th July 2018

Pete Crew The MC with JC meets JW lol

Pete crew was the MC at the Gosport Waterfront Festival at the weekend and had the Pleasure of meeting the Headline act on the Friday evening Jeno Washington and the RAM JAM Band WOW.

Johnathan one of the Drivetime Kings was there to meet him too. We suspect Jeno was equally pleased to meet two of the Famous Flash presenters. :)

Gary O'Connor and Chas Newby on Drive Time

Fantastic to have Gary in the studio today on Chris rogers Drivetime.
Gary Was telling us all about the event on Hayling Island 28th/29th July

Hayling Island Folk and Acoustic Music Festival 2018

Chas gave us some amazing stories about when he played Bass for the BEATLES

Clip from Wikipedia:

Charles Newby (born 18 June 1941, Blackpool) is a British musician who was (briefly) the bassist for The Beatles for several gigs in December of 1960, while Stuart Sutcliffe was still in Hamburg.

When The Beatles returned from West Germany for the first time, they were short of a bass guitarist. Pete Best suggested Chas Newby. Newby had been with The Black Jacks (Pete Best's group), and was now attending university, but was on holiday and so agreed to play with The Beatles.

He appeared with them for four engagements in December 1960 (17 December, Casbah Club, Liverpool; 24 December, Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard; 27 December, Litherland Town Hall; 31 December, Casbah Club). John Lennon asked him to go to West Germany for the Beatles' second trip, but he chose to return to university and after Lennon and George Harrison both declined to switch to bass guitar, Paul McCartney, who previously played guitar and piano, reluctantly became the band's bassist.

Martin says Happy Birthday and Thanks

Martin Kirby the Founder of the Flash was live on air this Evening with some top stories from the past 6 years. Jill and MArk jined in and even a LIVE link up with FFR  Kev Fiford from Brixham

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY AT THE FLASH

6 Years ago today at 4 pm the First words from Martin Kirby could be heard load and clear to the airwaves. The Flash 1512 as it was then went LIVE
Happy Birthday The Flash

THE FLASH GET TOGETHER JULY 2018

A Nice little turn out, not everyone could make it but a few familiar face/Voices were there and Nice to See Russ and his Wife Pauline from Russ Motorcycle tyres.

It was long overdue and about time The Flash team got together to celebrate our recent award of an FM Community Radio Licence for the Greater Waterlooville area and also be celebrating our 6th Birthday, as The Flash first came on air as an internet service at 4pm on Sunday 15th July 2012
It all took place at The Red Lion Hotel in London Road, Cosham, PO6 3EE, starting at 7.00pm. Just a great a chat over a few drinks , and getting updated on the latest news about our growing radio station.

Happy Days, here comes FM

A Breath Of Fresh air and a New Voice and face to Radio

ANNA ON THE AIR!
Anna Merel is a 17 year old student from Havant & Southdowns College and she has been spending some time with us on work experience. During this period she has planned, recorded and edited a programme for us. The Flash has so far been associated with classic rock and blues, but are in the process of making our station more accessible to a younger audience too. Anna and other students are playing an important part in this process and by introducing us to the musician led music of today. It would be great to hear more from Anna as she is very keen to search for the more obscure music that other stations may miss. You can hear Anna's programme this Friday 13th July at 6.00pm, and have a second chance to enjoy it, on Sunday at 12.00 noon.