There was a special day of programming on Saturday 7th March as we began celebrating ten years with you, sponsored by Ron Brooks Toyota in Ilkeston.
From 6:00am through to 5:00pm, almost 12 hours of celebratory programming saw Erewash Sound head back to the site at which Erewash Sound was launched on 6th March 2010 - the now former Ilkeston Co-op Buildings in the the Market Place.
Supported by our friends at RIchdale Sofas, there were special guests dropping by to join us on the sofa in the store window whilst a range of presenters talked listeners through the day, interspersed with plenty of great songs and more besides. David Smedley was the warm up man, bright and early from the studios from 6am, welcoming you into the day, whilst the switch was flicked at 8am to take you live to Ilkeston Town Centre, in store with David Allen with hourly changeovers from 10am to then include not one, but two radio station presenters.
The Erewash Sound bear was seen in-store, taking it easy in the shop window, and was also out and about handing out goodies from Stacey's Bakery including gingerbread men and station merchandise.
Erewash Sound has teamed up with The Giving Lottery to give you the chance to win up to a jackpot of £25,000 by playing for just as little as £1 per week.
Are you starting your Christmas shopping? If you can't shop local, are you doing your shopping on line? Did you know that you can raise money for good causes at no extra cost to you?
Having picked up a number of radio industry and business awards over the last few years, Erewash Sound has added yet another to the tally after one of its newest presenters was nominated as a finalist in the 2025 Community Radio Awards then picked up an award within the final three.
On June 6th, locally-directed radio disappeared further as a regional radio station put an end to its breakfast show, to be replaced by one single nationwide show for England and Wales instead from 9th June, punctuated only by relevant local news, travel and weather.
Once the microphone is switched on, a presenter can lay themselves open to whatever happens in those few moments but one Erewash Sound presenter found that even a late night show isn't off peak enough to prevent him from having an unfortunate moment reported upon by local media.