Welcome
Affinity Radio is your local station for South Shields, Tynemouth, Newcastle, and Gateshead, broadcasting from The Pride Media Centre in Pelaw.
We’re here to connect, inform, and entertain the North East — from great music and local stories to live coverage of major events like the Great North Run, Armed Forces Day, South Tyneside Parade Day, EAT! Festival, and Tidal Trails.
With a mix of great music, local news, and real community stories, Affinity Radio is powered by passion and fuelled by the North East.
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Local News from across Tyne & Wear
- Newcastle United transfer news LIVE: James Trafford confidence, £73m boost active
Newcastle United transfer news latest as Eddie Howe and Magpies' recruitment team seek a breakthrough in summer market
- Inside story of Paul Mitchell's tumultuous 361-day reign that rocked Newcastle United
Paul Mitchell was very much the choice of CEO Darren Eales but why did the arrival of one of the game's top sporting directors not hit the full heights when it comes to recruitment?
- Newcastle travel live updates: Traffic and public transport latest from the North East
Follow live updates here for the latest on Newcastle's roads and updates on public transport across the North East region
- Newcastle United and Aston Villa's rivals miss 'hidden' twist after paranoid votes
Newcastle United and Aston Villa have seen votes go against them at Premier League meetings in recent years while Chelsea have been 'hiding in plain sight'
- Next Anthony Elanga transfer steps emerge as Newcastle United 'told' £50m is enough
Latest Newcastle United transfer news and rumours analysed with focus on Anthony Elanga and Harvey Elliott
- Newcastle United ‘find hidden gem’ transfer claim after Joao Pedro snub
Newcastle United are set to miss out on Joao Pedro to Chelsea, with Chronicle Live readers expressing a range of emotions in the wake of the latest transfer blow
- Legoland joy for Fenham girl, 8, with rare condition that has seen 'relentless medical treatment'
Ruby-Leigh Paxton is eight - and she was diagnosed with a shocking rare health condition just moments after she was born
- Faces of all the North East criminals jailed in June 2025 for despicable crimes
Here are details of the crimes and sentences of all the people who were sent to prison in the North East, some being sent down for more than a decade
- South Tyneside has worst rate of premature and preventable deaths in North East, report finds
240 deaths per 100,000 in South Tyneside are classed as preventable and premature, the highest in the North East
- RSPB accused of 'disturbing protected birds' by landing boat on Northumberland's Coquet Island
The RSPB have been landing an amphibious boat on a beach on the island since earlier this year