03/01/2025
Newstunes time - 1st of 2025 you chance to pick the playlist basing you songs on this week top news headline so in a week....Temperatures have dropped as arctic air spreads across the UK, with amber cold weather health alerts for much of the country, Multiple people involved in New Orleans New years attack inspired by IS group, authorities say, Lidl had its most successful Christmas trading period on record, the supermarket chain said, boosted by pigs in blanket and Fizz sales, and Ross Kemp will return to EastEnders for 40th anniversary in February.
But tonight our headline is.....
BBC Celebrates 100 Years Of 'Poetic' Shipping Forecast
The Shipping Forecast has been called a 'cherished ritual' and one of the UK's 'national treasures'
The BBC on Wednesday celebrates 100 years of a weather forecast for sailors in British waters that has inspired musicians and poets and become an immovable fixture on UK radio.
The Shipping Forecast, providing predictions by the Met Office on expected wind speeds, sea state, weather and visibility, began as a vital service to sailors and sea captains who may be in peril at sea.
Modern seafarers can now rely on sophisticated forecasting technology but the calm, rhythmic delivery of the forecast by one of BBC Radio 4's silky-voiced continuity announcers has turned the forecast into something of a beloved British institution.
Radio 4 controller Mohit Bakaya described the Shipping Forecast as a "cherished ritual" and "one of our national treasures".
Gavin and Stacey character Nessa is one of a raft of famous voices who will recreate old versions of the Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4 on New Year's Day to celebrate 100 years of the weather report.
Barry Island's finest will appear in the centenary celebrations alongside the likes of Dame Ellen MacArthur and The Archers' Eddie Grundy.
So tonight we are looking for tunes about, weather, Shipping, boats, phrases from the forecast or songs that best sum up this weeks musical news headline.
Tune in from 5pm this Sunday to see if your tune goes cyclonic or ots moderate om 95.9 Hailsham FM
