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Listen online or download the free app to hear the best live and recorded music from our fabulous venues, resident DJs, comedy, features, chat and interviews from the North-East.
And that’s not all!
Everyone’s got an interesting story to tell, the best combining local issues with universal themes. So, whether it’s kids with mics, the arts, history, natural history, true crime, ghost stories, plays, stories, and spoken word, daily children’s stories, women’s sport, food, or an all-new Night Owls, we’ve got it all!
Telling our stories 24/7, tune in today and you won’t be disappointed! Radio Ouseburn Right on Right Now
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About The Ouseburn
Newcastle’s creative heart, the Ouseburn is so great because it’s genuinely community-driven, full of local gems, and effortlessly blends history with creativity, attracting artists, young professionals, and families.
Once the cradle of the industrial revolution, its cobbled streets and converted warehouses now brim with street art, pubs, restaurants, the Ouseburn Farm and Stepney Bank Stables, craft breweries, live music and independent shops. And while we’re often compared to Shoreditch or Brooklyn, we’ve got our feet on the ground and we’ll settle for just being canny good like!
The Ouseburn is just to the east of Newcastle city centre and is bounded by the river Tyne and Byker, Walker, and Wallsend all with proud industrial pasts. If ever you’ve seen a picture of a terraced street with a huge ship at the end of it, that’ll be Newcastle’s east end! Different scenery now, but as full of character as ever.
Programming
What's on and magazine programmes
What’s on, interviews, opportunities, features, chat and gossip. Listen every morning for all the latest.
Live and recorded music
Coming from the area’s best independent venues, including the Cluny, the Grove and Little Buildings. From local to world famous bands, listen to the best original music every day.
Comedy
Working with comedy collective Felt Nowt, and some of the region’s best comedians, you can hear weekly comedy hours and unique sketch shows produced by our very own writing group.
DJs
As you’d expect, we’re bursting with DJs of all genres and ages. Listen in to individual sets including everything from House and Techno, to Afrobeat and Jazz.
Kids with mics
Want to know what young people are up to and in to in Newcastle? We’ve given them mics and a licence to roam. The results are spectacular!
Children's stories
Listen to daily children’s stories from Seven Stories’ unique archive of books. Read by parents from local schools, business owners, and lead singers from the bands playing that week, what could be a better way to end the day?
Women's sports
Listen in for all the latest news of women’s sports in the North-East. Hosted by ex-Lioness Aran Embleton and some very special guests, the show covers everything from football to rugby and netball to hockey.
The Arts
With so much creativity going on in the area, of course we cover the Arts. Everything from audio plays, stories and spoken word to exhibitions and interviews with artists, to collaborations between the creatives based in 36 Lime Street and young people from the Byker Wall, we’ve got it all!
True Crime
With the area’s long and diverse history, it’s not surprising that we’ve had our share of crime over the centuries. Hosted by internationally-renowned forensic dentist, Amar Naru, learn all about the grim and grizzly side of our history!
Paranormal tales
Take a walk along the Ouseburn after dark and you won’t be in the least surprised to learn of the area’s ghostly goings-on! Regular tales of the unexpected and downright strange brought to you by our very own investigative team!
History
From cholera pits to glassmaking, and pirates to whisky bottling, the area’s fascinating history is unveiled by our group of expert local historians. Any wow, are there some surprises out there!
Natural History
Interested in bat safaris, what lives in the Ouseburn’s waterways, where the plants we now take for granted in the area originally came from and how they got here? We’ve got the experts and the answers to these and many more questions about the flora and fauna of the Ouseburn.
Current Affairs
World affairs and our place in them past and present, as explained by Professor Martin Farr of Newcastle University, the migration stories of those who have come to the region from around the world, and Postcard From…specials with news from cities across the globe.
Lifestyle
Cookery, homecraft, and shopping tips from businesses based in the Ouseburn. And Influencial, a brand- new series interviewing the influencers, hosted by our local iconic polymath, Alfie Joey.
Ambient Ouseburn
Total relaxation throughout the night with calming sounds of the area. Sounds of the river, the stables, the farm and a whole universe of sounds recorded from the natural world of the area. Another listen unique to Radio Ouseburn.
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