Radio Aire is an Independent Local Radio station serving Leeds and West Yorkshire. It is owned & operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's City 1 network of stations.
The station was launched on 1 September 1981 by presenter Graham Thornton and the first song played was Pilot of the Airwaves by Charlie Dore. Radio Aire originally broadcast on 362 metres medium wave (828 kHz AM) and 94.6 VHF but was moved to 96.3 FM (VHF) in 1986.
Radio Aire is situated on Burley Road (Kirkstall Road) next to Yorkshire Television's studios and was the first Independent Local Radio station to have studios specially built for the purpose of radio transmission. In the late 1980s, the studios were used for The James Whale Radio Show, which was a late night TV show, broadcast on ITV, Radio Aire and Red Rose Radio.
On 17 July 1990, Radio Aire split frequencies, forming Aire FM and Magic 828. In 1992, the name was changed to Radio Aire FM and then, 96.3 Aire FM in 1995. A change of format in 1996 saw another station name change to The New 96.3 Aire FM before The New was dropped in 1998. By March 2001, Radio Aire had reverted to its original name.
Radio Aire 2 is the AM sister service of Radio Aire and broadcasts to West Yorkshire on 828 kHz.
Radio Aire was launched on 1 September 1981 and was originally broadcast on 362 metres medium wave (828 kHz AM) and 94.6 VHF (although the VHF/FM frequency was moved to 96.3 in 1986). When Radio Aire split its AM & FM frequencies to form two different stations in 1990, the AM service was named Magic 828. It was launched by Roger Kirk at 8:28am on 17 July 1990 and the first song played was Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles.
The 'Magic 828' name was created by Bob Preedy who was a presenter on Radio Aire at the time.
Its first jingle package was produced by Century 21 and the voice-overs were voiced by John Myers.
The programmes between 6am and 1am were broadcast live from Studio 2 in Radio Aire's Burley Road studio complex in Leeds. The original weekday line-up was Roger Kirk (6am-9.30am), Ray Stroud (9.30am-1pm), The Magic Mix (1pm-2pm), Peter Tait (2pm-6pm), Nothing But The 60's (6pm-7pm), Mike Vitti (7pm-10pm), Alex Hall (10pm-1am) and The Superstation (1am-6am). A few months after Magic 828's launch, The Superstation closed, Andy Siddell took over evenings and Mike Vitti presented the new overnight programme, Nightflight. The Nightflight programme was simulcast on Aire FM & Magic 828 and broadcast between 1am & 6am from Studio 1 (the studio used for Aire FM). Local news during the early 90's was also simulcast on both stations, although Aire FM only took the first two minutes of the bulletin.
And party and bullsh-t...
And party, and party
I stumbled up to the window
Opened the curtains to blinding light
Make up all over the pillow
What went on? what went on?
What went on last night?
You look so sweet while you're dreaming
Holding your bottle of tango red
It isn't even the weekend
Maybe thats, how I know, you're the one for me
Hook:
I wanna party and bullsh-t
And party and bullsh-t (with you)
And party and bullsh-t
And party and bullsh-t
And party, and party
Cause when the sun sets baby
On the avenue
I get that drunk s-x feeling
Yeah, when I'm with you
So put your arms around me baby,
We're tearing up the town
Cause that's just how we do
We got that sweet heart loving
Dancing in the dark
Out in the streets we're running,
Shut down every bar
So, put your arms around me baby
We're tearing up the town
Cause that's just how we do, how we do
Yeah, that's how we do
How we do, that's just how we do
How we do, that's just how we do.
Hungover I think I'm broken
You said the fix is a shot of jack
I said man what are you smoking
But alright, pour a glass and we'll throw em back
I wanna party and bullsh-t
And party and bullsh-t
And party and bullsh-t
And party and bullsh-t
And party, and party
Cause when the sun sets baby
On the avenue
I get that drunk sex feeling
Yeah, when I'm with you
So put your arms around me baby,
We're tearing up the town
Cause that's just how we do
We got that sweet heart loving
Dancing in the dark
Up in the streets we running,
Shut down every bar
So, put your arms around me baby
We're tearing up the town
Cause that's just how we do, how we do-o-o
Yeah, that's how we do
How we do, that's just how we do
How we do, that's just how we do.
How we do, that's just how we do
And party and bullsh-t
And party and bullsh-t
And party and bullsh-t
And party, and party
I wanna party and bullsh-t
And party and bullsh-t
And party and bullsh-t
And party and bullsh-t
And party, and party.
Cause when the sun sets baby
On me avenue
I give that drunk s-x spinning
Yeah, when I'm with you
So put your arms around me baby,
We're tearing up the town
Cause that's just how we do
We got that sweet heart loving
Dancing in the dark
Up in the streets we running,
Shut down every bar
So, put your arms around me baby
We're tearing up the town
Cause that's just how we do, how we do-o-o
Yeah, that's how we do.
How we do, that's just how we do
How we do, that's just how we do
How we do, that's just how we do.
i wanna party and bullsh-t
And party and bullsh-t
And party and bullsh-t