weekdays from 6-10am, presented by John Dalziel and Roisin McCourt. News Bauer's Birmingham newsroom broadcasts local news bulletins for the city hourly from 6am-7pm on weekdays, from 7am-1pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside traffic bulletins. National bulletins from Sky News Radio are carried overnight with bespoke networked bulletins on weekend afternoons, usually originating from Bauer's Leeds newsroom. Station Information BRMB was originally based in Aston Road North, in the Aston area of Birmingham, near the Spaghetti Junction. These were the former Alpha Television Studios, the home of ATV and ABC Weekend Television until 1970. The current Free Radio studios are based in the Brindleyplace development near Broad Street in Birmingham city centre. Since August 2011, local programming for the Coventry and Warwickshire station has been produced and broadcast from Birmingham. The FM signal – 10kW ERP – is broadcast from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter, and can be received throughout a large part of the West Midlands. Events Free in Birmingham organises a number of annual public events including the Walkathon and the annual Live concerts at the LG Arena. The station also sponsors the Bupa Great Birmingham Run and the Acorns Midnight Walk. Notable past presenters Ed Doolan MBE (1974–1981) (deceased) Les Ross MBE (1976–2002, now at Boom Radio) Graham Torrington (later at BBC WM and BBC Radio Devon, now at Boom Radio and North Derbyshire Radio) John Slater (1980-1991) Elliott Webb (1997–2009) (now at BBC Hereford and Worcester) Margherita Taylor (now at Classic FM) Carlos (later at Smooth Radio, now at Heart 70s) Harriet Scott (now at Magic Radio) Paul Hollins (now at Smooth Radio) Jeremy Kyle (now at TalkTV) Dave Jamieson (now at Boom Radio) Tom Binns Tim Shaw (later at Rock FM) Mark Crossley (now at Absolute Radio) Graeme Smith (later at Real Radio North West, now at Capital Liverpool) Robin Banks James Merritt (now at Virgin Radio UK) Ed Nell (later at Free Radio Black Country & Shropshire, now at BBC Radio Nottingham) Jo Russell (now at Gem) John Howard (later at BBC Radio 4) Sam and Mark (now at CBBC) Adrian Juste (1974–1977) (Later with BBC Radio 1) References External links Free MDS975.co.uk – BRMB Radio MDS975.co.uk – Xtra AM Bauer Radio Hits Radio Radio stations established in 1974 Radio stations in Birmingham, West Midlands