{"id":589536,"date":"2026-05-17T21:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/589536\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T21:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:20:10","slug":"new-radio-stream-sounds-a-bit-funny-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/589536\/","title":{"rendered":"New radio stream sounds a bit funny \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>Laughs now have a dedicated UK radio station streaming around the clock.<\/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>Comedy UK has launched online, on app, smart speakers and YouTube, combining live stand-up, archive clips and new comedy voices in a 24\/7 service for listeners.<\/p>\n<p>The station will also stream live comedy gigs each week, bringing performances from the UK circuit directly to audiences away from the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Its interactive feature, Whose Laugh Is It Anyway?, asks listeners to identify celebrities from their laugh alone.<\/p>\n<p>The station\u2019s first Comedy UK Radio Roadshow takes place at Leicester Square Theatre in London on 18 June 2026 and will be broadcast live. The line-up includes Jessica Fostekew, Thanyia Moore, Alex Kealy, Ria Lina and Roman Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Comedy UK is a partnership between NextUp, Bridgemore Productions and Positive Digital Media, funded through advertising and subscription options.<\/p>\n<p>John Dash, Director, Comedy UK Media Ltd, said: \u201cThis is something completely new for UK audiences \u2013 a dedicated comedy station available 24\/7.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the team is \u201cbuilding a platform that celebrates comedy in every form\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laughs now have a dedicated UK radio station streaming around the clock. Comedy UK has launched online, on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-589536","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\/589536","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=589536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}