Saturday
Kestrel FM Picture Gallery
Recycling Week (3)Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council held a week of roadshows across town to highlight how we all should recycle. Answering questions from the public and giving listeners to Kestrel FM the opportunity to win recycling aids and a chance of a £20 Sainsbury's Voucher.
Run 4 Fun 4 Men 2009 (11) April Showers 2009 (13)Vote for the Bathroom you think deserves the makeover....
Holiday for a Song 2009 Final (8)17 finalists gathered at Kestrel FM studios to take part in the Breakfast Show with Mark Watson and Anna Baker to Guess the Weight of Anna's Weekend Bag. The correct answer or nearest won the All Inclusive Holiday for Two to Sandals Grand Antigua Resort.
Christmas Day Takeover 2008 (8)From 1pm until 11pm on Christmas Day various groups, organisations and individuals took over the station and presented an hour of great Christmas music and shared their Christmas with Basingstoke and North Hampshire all sponsored by Kingfisher Housing Association.
Community Challenge 2008 (4)The finalists gathered in the studio to find out live on air who the listeners had voted to recieve the awards in this first Barclays Community Challenge with 107.6 Kestrel FM.
Kiss the Bride - The Wedding! (3)Here are pictures of Amy and Colin at the wedding held at Oakley Hall on Saturday 3rd January 2008.
Antigua Trip (18) BHF Santa Jog 2008 (9)Scores of Santa's of all shapes, ages and sizes gathered at Eastrop Park on a frosty Sunday morning to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation. Taking part was Kestrel Breakfast's Anna Baker.
St Michaels Hospice Shop Opening (2)Philip Hatto made an early morning visit to Hook to open the seventh Charity Shop for St Michael's Hospice. As well as ribbon cutting he also made some donations as did many others during the day and sales were very encouraging.
Christmas Light Switch On 2008 (3)Kestrel FM's Mark Watson and Anna Baker hosted the Festival Place Light Switch On with a host of characters from the Haymarket's 'Christmas Carol and The Anvil's panto 'Aladdin'.
News Centre Gallery (8)See the pictures from the stories the Kestrel News team have been reporting on.
Grand Firework Fiesta 2008 (7)The Annual Grand Firework Fiesta organised by Loddon Valley Lions took place on Saturday 9th November at Wellington Country Park where Kestrel FM's presenters built up to the Firework display and supplied the soundtrack to the event. Many thanks to René Ehrhardt from Reading who took these great pictures.
Skewers Family Fun Day (2)The Skewers Public House on London Road raised funds for St. Michael's Hospice on Sunday 24th August. The Kestrel FM Street Crew were there and Mark Watson got more than he bargained for!
Oakley Hall Family Fun Day (9) Big Wheel 14 (11) Festival Place Al-Fresco Event 2008 (2)The Event was host to the Bar wizards from the TV Show Britain's Got Talent and the Friday Demonstration in Festival Square was with Ready Steady Cook host Ainslie Harriott who visited the Kestrel FM Studio.
Festival Place Barista Competition 2008 (5)The first Annual Festival Place Barista took place as part of the Al-Fresco Event in July. Philip Hatto was compere and one of the judges.
Kiss the Bride 2008 (20)Kiss the Bride 2008 was held at Oakley Hall where a dream wedding was the prize for one lucky couple.
Run 4 Fun 2008 (24) 2008 Snow! (17) Pancake Race 2008 (7)Basingstoke held it's Pancake Race 2008 in Porchester Square on Shrove tuesday afternoon, where teams had to complete a course flipping pancakes 10 times each.
Dance Decades Christmas Parties 2007 (11)Three great party nights at The Hampshire Court Hotel.
Christmas Light Switch On 2007 (25) Win a Car for Christmas (0) Firework Fiesta 2007 (8)Organised by the Loddon Valley Lions for the last 27 years this long established event continues to raise money which is distributed to local needy people. To date the total is over £750,000
Bring a Pound to Work Day 2007 (8)Bring a Pound to Work Day 2007 came to Basingstoke for the first time on Friday 2nd November raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Get Fit for Christmas with The Park Health Club (3)Our Winners, Sian from Tadley and Chris from just up the road in Hook, now have to get down to working out at The Park Health Club, Hook.
Early Learning Centre (5)On Saturday the 20th of October, Kestrel FM celebrated the opening of ELC in mothercare!
Basingstokes Best (5) Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning 2007 (4) Free Football Frenzy (2)Teaming up with City-Sales.co.uk for the new season Kestrel FM has once more given school-children across the North Hampshire area a chance to win free tickets for the whole school to attend a home match at the Camrose Ground to support Basingstoke Town Football Club.
Trade Depot Radio Winners (6)Winners from our Daytime DIY Dilemna's competition collected their De Walt Radios from Philip Hatto and Leilani Dowding at Trade Depot's Family Fun Day, Basingstoke where Star Wars Stormtroopers were on hand together with fun for all the family.
Leilani at Trade Depot (3)Leilani Dowding came to Trade Depot in Houndmills to hand over De Walt Radio's to Kestrel FM Winners
Alberto Culver Run for Fun 2007! (16)Over 1500 men and boys took part in The Alberto Culver Run for Fun 2007.
Kestrel FM 9th Birthday (12)Friday 18th May 2007 - 107.6 Kestrel FM's 9th Birthday. A day to remember for so many things, starting at Breakfast with Mark Watson through the daytime show in Festival Place with Philip Hatto, drivetime with James Sloan. It didn't stop there! There was a special Dance Decades Free Party Night at The Apollo Hotel, Aldermaston Road, Basingstoke. Here is all the evidence in pictorial form, were you involved in this amazing day?
Anti Trident Demonstration in Westminster (7)Kestrel FM News Reporter Alex McCombie attended the Anti-Trident Demonstration in Parliament Square on Wednesday 14th March and interviewed Annie Lennox and Vivienne Westwood amongst others attending.
Basingstokes Amazing Mums (3)We invited all our listeners to email their messages to the Amazing Mums of Basingstoke to be read out on Sunday Morning Classics with Philip Hatto and to be in with a chance of winning a fabulous bouquet of flowers supplied by Brambles Florists of Tadley. Philip went out after the show and delivered the flowers and was welcomed into some very happy homes.
BT Community Connections Award (1)In association with BT Community Connections another award has been made in the Kestrel FM area this time to Noahs Ark Pre-School.
Christmas Lights (1)Have you adorned your house in lights, well if you have then send a digital photo to studio@kestrelfm.com to be in with a chance of winning a fabulous prize.
Dance Decades Party Nights (12)Dance Decades Christmas Parties at The Hampshire Centrecourt Hotel were packed as ever with great partygoers from many local companies and groups of friends all out to party with Philip Hatto. The first party had a theme of Motown and we certainly heard some Motorcity Magic followed by Grease vs Saturday Night Fever!
Elvis Tribute (2)The top US Elvis tribute performer Jack Smink entertained the audiance at Basingstoke's Academy Club.
Kestrel FM Rajar Results Q4 2006 (1)The best figures in the history of 107.6 Kestrel FM were attained in Q4 of 2006 - an ideal reason to celebrate with Champagne!
Lidl Opening Competition (2)The new Lidl store opened at the West Ham Roundabout on December 14th and three daily winners met up with Philip Hatto to win vouchers to spend in store. All they had to do was guess the actual value of the goods in the trolley.
Valentines Day 2007 (1)Valentines Day 2007 saw piles of emails flood into the Kestrel FM studio, with listeners telling us some great love stories together with the revealing of favourite love songs. Throughout the day numerous dedications were played and selected emails were given the ultimate Valentines prize a wonderful bouquet of flowers courtesy of Brambles Florists of Tadley.
Winners at Kestrel FM Marketing Seminar (3)At a recent marketing seminar involving Kestrel FM, Kick FM and Delta FM, a business card draw was held offering a £500 holiday voucher for each radio station involved and an overall winner of a Spanish Holiday all supplied by Charter Travel, Hambridge Road, near the Racecourse, Newbury.
SKILL-FEST In FESTIVAL PLACE 2007 (4)Skill Fest came to Festival Place on the 2nd and 3rd of March 2007 with over 30 great opportunities to speak and even take part in some activities that could be a passport to a career change or a new beginning whether of school age or possibly later in life. Mark Watson and James Sloan visited the event to find out more.
