Magna Radio shows and features
What you'll hear
Live presenters, local voices and the features Lincolnshire tunes in for.
Magna Radio
Breakfast
Breakfast
- Mon–Fri 06:00–10:00
Mark kicks off weekdays on Magna from 06:00. Big tunes, the travel that gets you to work, the weather that matters, and a proper live-radio connection to the county, the kind of breakfast show built for the A15 and the Boston ring-road, not for a studio in London.
Regular features
First WordsWeekdays 6.45am
Hear the opening lyrics and race to name the song. A Breakfast favourite with Mark.
Just A SecWeekdays 7.30am
One second of a song. That's all you get to name the track.
Mind The GapWeekdays 8.15am
A clip from a celebrity interview with one word beeped out. Can you guess the missing word?
Lincs LinkWeekdays 9.30am
Work out what links a run of songs, with Lincolnshire clues along the way.
Morning
John Marshall in the Morning
- Mon–Fri 10:00–14:00
Four hours every weekday morning of great music and the stories that make Lincolnshire feel like Lincolnshire. John brings decades of local radio experience to the show, with the occasional special guest joining him in the studio, and it's always made right here in Lincolnshire.
Regular features
Found ItWeekdays 11.20am & 11.40am
Guess the price of items found on Facebook Marketplace and Vinted, from bargains to the downright bizarre.
Topical TuneWeekdays 1pm
Nominate the song that best fits the day's headline. The best pick gets played.
Afternoon
Rob Hammond in the Afternoon
- Mon–Fri 14:00–18:00
Rob brings decades of Lincolnshire radio into Magna's weekday afternoons, 14:00 to 18:00. Great music, brilliant stories and a presenter who knows the county inside out, the songs you grew up with and the company that gets you through to teatime.
Regular features
Firm FavouritesWeekdays 2.15pm
Three songs chosen by a Lincolnshire workplace of the day. Want your team on air? Get in touch.
Nominate your workplaceOne Moment In TimeWeekdays 2.45pm & Sundays 1.30pm
Guess the year from a mix of local clues and the songs of the time.
Old Skool RunWeekdays 3.30pm
Three songs back to back to take you straight back to your school days, just in time for the school run.
4 O'Clock RockWeekdays 4.10pm
Four classic rock songs back to back, every afternoon.
Mystery VoiceWeekdays 4.50pm & 5.15pm
Name the mystery voice. The prize grows with every wrong guess, so it builds all week.
Evening
Gav Roberts in the Evening
- Mon–Thu 18:00–22:00
Gav takes Magna's weekday evenings from 18:00, Monday to Thursday. A music-first presenter with a proper sense of a show moment, expect big tracks, quick wit and the soundtrack that carries Lincolnshire from teatime to The Nightshift.
Regular features
Finishing Off GameWeekdays 7pm
An evening quiz built around a local statistic. Call in and take your guess.
Evening
Club Magna
- Fri 18:00–22:00
- Sat 17:00–21:00
Dave opens the doors to Club Magna twice a weekend, Fridays from 18:00 and Saturdays from 17:00, four hours of the mixes, floor-fillers and weekend anthems that turn Friday evening into Friday night and lift Saturday teatime into the small hours. The weekend on Magna starts here.
Weekend
Weekend Breakfast
- Sat & Sun 06:00–09:00
Stuart runs Magna's weekend breakfast every Saturday and Sunday from 06:00 to 09:00. A long Lincolnshire career behind him, a relaxed feel on air, and a programme built for people already up and doing, farmers, shift-workers, parents of small children, and anyone who likes their weekends to start properly.
Regular features
You RecommendSaturday & Sunday 7.20am & 8.20am
Call in to recommend your favourite places and things to do across Lincolnshire.
Weekend
Announcement Coming Soon
- Sat & Sun 09:00–13:00
Something new is coming to Magna's weekend mornings, Saturdays and Sundays 09:00 to 13:00. Watch this space!
Weekend
Weekend Brunch
Chris Marsden presents Weekend Brunch this weekend, Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October, 09:00 to 13:00.
Weekend
Gav Roberts at the Weekend
- Sat 13:00–17:00
Gav stretches out into Saturday afternoons, four hours from 13:00 of music-first weekend radio, the floor-fillers, the singalongs and a proper show moment or two before the Saturday evening handover.
Weekend
Rob Hammond at the Weekend
- Sun 13:00–17:00
Rob rounds off the weekend with four hours every Sunday from 13:00, great music, brilliant stories, and the nostalgic touches that made him one of Lincolnshire's most-loved weekend voices.
Specialist
Sunday Quiz
- Sun 17:00–19:00
Can't make it to one of John's pub quizzes? This is the next best thing. Join John Marshall every Sunday from 5pm for questions, music and plenty of banter, and play along from wherever you are.
Specialist
The Retro Chart
The chart from this week, years ago
- Sun 19:00–21:00
Every Sunday, Warren Miller picks a week from years gone by and counts down the chart exactly as it stood that week. It's an old-school countdown, from the new entries and the big climbers right up to that week's number one, with the stories behind the songs, what was making the headlines and plenty of memories you didn't know you still had. Sundays 7pm to 9pm on Magna Radio.
Specialist
High School Hits
- Sat & Sun 21:00–00:00
Non-stop school-disco favourites to close out Saturday and Sunday nights. No chat, no breaks, just the songs that defined every school disco you've ever been to, running up to midnight before The Nightshift takes over.
Overnight
The Nightshift
- Mon–Fri 22:00–00:00
- Every day 00:00–06:00
Magna's overnight strand on both stations, carefully-sequenced music built for the shift workers, the night drivers and the insomniacs. Runs from 22:00 through 06:00 on weeknights, and picks up at midnight after the weekend's late shows.
