{"id":559362,"date":"2026-04-30T20:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/559362\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:50:11","slug":"ant-and-dec-set-guinness-world-record-with-bauers-music-quiz-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/559362\/","title":{"rendered":"Ant and Dec set Guinness World Record with Bauer\u2019s music quiz \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"kdafxujcge-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kdafxujcge-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RTUKPackageDeal2.webp.webp\" alt=\"Aiir June 1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A nationwide radio quiz has set a Guinness World Records title while raising funds for Cash for Kids.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/WiseBuddah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RadioToday-Small-Image-150x150-1.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event, led by Ant and Dec, brought together online players and radio listeners across multiple Bauer Media Audio stations in a simultaneous broadcast centred around PopMaster.<\/p>\n<p>The quiz was carried live on Absolute Radio, Greatest Hits Radio, Hits Radio, Jazz FM, KISSTORY, Magic Radio, Kerrang! Radio, Planet Rock and Downtown Radio, creating a shared experience across the network as participants joined in from around the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Rounds were hosted by presenters including Gok Wan, Fleur East, Marvin Humes, Joe Elliott, Dave Berry, YolanDa Brown, Simon Mayo, Tyler West, Chloe Burrows, Boogie and Arlene, before Ken Bruce led the final PopMaster round.<\/p>\n<p>Guinness World Records adjudicators confirmed the show achieved the highest number of simultaneous participants in an online music quiz.<\/p>\n<p>Ant said: \u201cWe\u2019re absolutely blown away by the response we\u2019ve had from radio listeners across the UK today!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dec added: \u201cThis record belongs to everyone who took part and we want to thank them all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The programme also included celebrity appearances and interactive elements, alongside fundraising activity for Cash for Kids, which supports children affected by poverty, illness and neglect.<\/p>\n<p>Managing Director Sally Aitchison said: \u201cThis has been an extraordinary achievement. Ant and Dec helped set a world record, they\u2019ve also helped shine a spotlight on the work Cash for Kids do to support disadvantaged children in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe funds raised will make a real difference and we will be opening grant rounds soon to distribute those funds.\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A nationwide radio quiz has set a Guinness World Records title while raising funds for Cash for Kids.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-559362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}