Nation Radio North East

Nation Radio North East serves an area stretching from Sunderland to County Durham and Darlington. Its FM services include Sunderland on 103.4, Durham on 102.8, Bishop Auckland on 106.8, Darlington on 103.2 and Richmond on 102.6. The programme combines familiar popular music with regional information and shows also heard across the wider Nation Radio group.

Local news is part of the station's published service commitments. Weekday bulletins ordinarily run from six in the morning through to seven in the evening, with a shorter weekend pattern between nine and midday. The news arrangements combine Bauer-supplied bulletins with journalists engaged by Nation and access to other reporting sources. Weather information follows the local news, while travel updates run through the weekday commuting periods.

Dave Sherwood is part of the North East weekend schedule, taking the late-morning programme after Greg Burns. Steve Power follows in the afternoon, with Dr Fox's music conversation feature before the evening House Party. This mix of voices gives the regional service a defined running order while retaining shared Nation entertainment. The accompanying local coverage includes features on Sunderland businesses and an events section. Together, the named regional programme, local subjects and wider music shows connect the station with the North East without making every broadcast a separately produced local hour.

The station's regional pages also bring together traffic, weather and an events section. Those practical subjects connect the wider music programme with listeners' everyday surroundings. Nation Broadcasting operates the North East service alongside stations in other UK regions, while this edition remains the one directed towards north-east England.