MERRY CHRISTMAS!

That's our last breakfast show till the 2nd of January (kind of because we're doing a show on Chrsitmas day 10 - 12!)

Ahhh poor Shelley from Barnsley, did you hear what happened to her on Date or Ditch!?  Gaz, the guy she picked on line 2, was really rude and got up and left the restaurant without saying goodbye to her!  What an idiot, he could've at least done a last minute wave. 

So we'll have to wait for the New Year to give away Hallamster's Ultimate iTest.  There's loads of prizes to win you can get tickets to see X Factor live, Strictly live, Olly Murs, a Roberts Digital Radio and Hallamster's back catalogue of CDs.

Right you, have a lovely Christmas and I hope Santa brings you everything you've asked for.

Love Janine xx

Has Big John got me in trouble?

I'm excited for Chrsitmas (five more sleeps) so I brought the presents I got for John in for him and made him open them.  One of them was a Kelly Brook calendar because he bangs on about how fit she is so I hope I haven't offended her.

Shelly in Barnley picked Gaz this morning on Date or Ditch, did you hear it?  His exact words were 'I won't let you down cock!'  He was on line two and we'll find out if she chose the right man tomorrow at 8 o'clock.

It's the festive version of the Friday song that we'll be singing tomorrow, hopefully somebody will win Hallamster's Ultimate iTest and we'll have another £1,000 to giveaway!

See you tomorrow at 6 - Janine xx

Your last chance this year to go on a VIP date!

Tomorrow is Thursday which means that Date or Ditch is back!  It's your last chance to bag yourself a date and spring some mistletoe on somebody.  So make sure you're listening tomorrow at 8 and if our lady sounds like your cup of tea then call us on 0114 221 4444.

There's only 2 more mornings to win Hallamster's Ultimate iTest and all you have to do is guess which celebrity is saying 'I' to win this little lot;

Tickets to see Strictly Live
Tickets to see the X Factor Live
Tickets to see Olly Murs
A Roberts Digital Radio (a replica of the one we gave to Jessica Ennis)
& a back catalogue of Hallamster's CDs

Make sure you're listening at 7:30 to win!

See you in the morning from 6 - Janine xx

Did you hear what Stacey Solomon said this morning?

This morning Stacey said she didn't try mince pies for years because she thought they had mince meat in them!?  So last year was the first time she tucked into one.  We sang her cover of Chris Rea's Driving Home for Christmas at her and she didn't know the words ha ha!  She's fab and we love her and if you missed it listen tomorrow after 6am.

Tomorrow Producer James and I will be battling it out on the Spellings Test.  It's the last one before Christmas so I'm after some festive competition.  Play along at home and see if you can beat us.

✰✰✰ TODAY IT'S OFFICIALLY 1 WEEK TO CHRISTMAS ✰✰✰ I'm SO excited ...

See you in the morning - Janine x

Let's get it to Christmas Number 1!

The Justice Collective cover of 'He Ain't Heavy he's my Brother' is out today and the money is going towards families that were affected by the Hillsborough Disaster.  Robbie Williams, Paloma Faith, Mel C and Andy from Lawson are all on it.

Come on surely Hallamster's Utimate ITest is going to be won this week?  There are loads of prizes to be won and all you have to do is guess is which celebrity is saying 'I' and we do it every morning at 7:30.

Tomorrow morning we have a celebrity on and everything!  Big John tries to guess who it is at 8 o'clock by asking them questions they can only say yes or no to.  Can you beat him?

I'm so excited!  One week to go until Christmas Eve.  I'm nearly sorted I've bought all my presents apart from my boyfriend's but luckily he hasn't got mine either. 

Harry Styles was in Sheffield this weekend partying at one of his girl mates house till 1:30am and even ended up doing the washing up.  Here he is surrounded by girls in the kitchen.

See you in the morning!  Janine x

Ice Ice Baby!

So yesterday Big John and I ventured into Sheffield for a pre Christmas drinking session.  After a trip to the Greystones, the Lescar, the Porter Cottage we went off to Kelham Island.  So you can imagine my surprise when the first step I took out of the house was so slippy that I fell backwards onto my bum smacking and grazing my arm.  It wasn't the best start and Producer James had to pick me up because I couldn't get my car out of the car park.  I then skidded all the way down the main road waiting for him.  I've never seen South Yorkshire as bad this.  Stay indoors if you can there's been so many accidents on the roads and it's really dangerous.  It certainly snapped us out of our potential hangovers.

Ahh you know what I felt really sad when Corinne didn't fancy Alan on Date or Ditch.  He sounds like a lovely genuine nice guy but they are going to be friends and hopefully he'll win her over.

We're back on Monday and I've got the Google Ban over the weekend so if you could help me with my questions that would be lovely!

Stay safe today please and stay in if you can, have a duvet day and drink some hot chocolate.

Love Janine x 

Clues to the ITest!

Hallamster's ITest is STILL going so it's time to let you know who it isn't so you can finally win it.

It's NOT

Gok Wan

Jason Donovan

Gary Lineker

Gary Barlow

Ricky Gervais

Daniel Craig

Al Murray

Lionel Richie

Gordon Ramsay

Heston Blumenthall

Rylan from X Factor

John Bishop

Dom Joly

Nick Clegg

Boris Johnson

Alan Davies

Robbie Williams

Peter Stringfellow

 

You can win tickets to see X Factor Live, Strictly Live, Olly Murs, a Roberts Digital Radio and Hallamster's back catalogue of CD's.  All you need to do is tell us which celebrity is saying I at 7:30 tomorrow morning and all those prizes are yours. 

 

Did you hear Corinne this morning on Date or Ditch? She always goes for bad boys but the guys she picked, Alan, sounded lovely! He's a sports coach and has raised loads of money for charity and sounds like a genuinely nice bloke. We'll see if they get on tomorrow after their date tonight at 8 o'clock.

 

See you in the morning.

 

Janine x

How about we find you a date before Christmas?

A little bit of mistletoe, a free meal, transport to and from your house and maybe meeting the love of your life?  Does that sound appealing?  If it does and you're single and over 18 then you HAVE to listen to Date or Ditch tomorrow.  This is how it works.  A lovely lady comes on the phone and 3 men have literally seconds to impress her and she gets to choose between three guys.  BUT if she gets rid of line one she never gets to speak to him again, then she chats to guy number 2 - she can date or ditch him and if she gets rid of him she has to go on a date with line 3.  That's what you have to do and make sure you listen to the radio at 8 to be in with in a chance of getting a hot date.

I'm a LOSER a stupid stupid loser and I lost the Spellings Test again - that's brew duty for me for the week.  Gutted!

There's a sequel to the Snowman this Christmas and it'll be on the telly on Christmas Eve at 8 o'clock on Channel 4.

 

 

It's called The Snowman and the Snowdog and it begins when a little boy lifts up the floorboard in his house and finds an old scarf with snowmen printed on it.  He goes outside, builds a snowman and then his adventure starts.  The new song is by Andy Burrows from Razorlight and it's called Light the Night and it's really Christmassy.  It came out yesterday.

See you in the morning!

Janine x

ps less than two weeks till Christmas - whoop whoop!

 

Lucy Spraggan

Lucy is off to Thailand on her travels for 2 months the lucky girl.  She was on the show this morning telling us that she is going to stay in Sheffield and not move to that there London.  She loves Sheffield and she's got some exciting plans for the New Year when she gets back from sunning herself - lucky girl!

Tomorrow morning we have some lovely little ones spelling words for us and it isn't how to spell it's what are they spelling?  The kids are from St Thomas More Catholic Primary School will be challenging Producer James and I to a spell off and so far this School Year I'm in the lead, however I lost last week so I need to sort my act out.

Would you like tickets to see the X Factor live, Strictly Live, Olly Murs, a Roberts Digital Radio and Hallamster's back catalogue of CD's?  If you do have a guess at Hallamster's Ultimate I Test tomorrow at 7:30.

Hasta manana,

Janine x

Do dogs know they're dogs and what are the rules about booze?

Big John had the Google Ban this weekend and he had some funny questions that popped into his head.  He's not allowed to look anything up online and has to write his questions down and they were beautifully random.  The first question was about his dog Willow and if she knew that she was a dog or thought she was a human!?  The second was about drinking, we had a skin full at our works do (well I did) and John wondered if it's worse for you to go for it on one night of the week or have a glass of wine every day.  If you missed it you can hear it again tomorrow morning after 6.

Sheffield's Lucy Spraggan from the X Factor is on the show with us tomorrow morning!  We'll be having a catch up with her now the X Factor is over and find out what lies ahead for her.

Ahhh we spoke to Hannah & Ryan this morning after their date last week and it was what I like to call one way love.  Ryan fancied her and Hannah was checking her botheredometer.  If you want to play register now www.hallamfm.co.uk/date

See you in the morning,

Janine x

When Hannah met Ryan and Ryan met Hannah

Did you hear Date or Ditch this morning?  I couldn't believe poor Hannah got dumped BY TEXT after 7 years with her boyfriend!  Luckily she got the text just before a night out with the girls in Newcastle so at least she could go out and show him what he was missing.  So this morning she met Ryan and he was on line 1 and they talked so much that the whole minute ran out and that was her date!  He said the most embarrassing thing he's ever done is dress up as the Tweenies in front of his parents - random!  Will it be love?  Lets find out tomorrow.

Hallamster's daft competition has lasted a million years and the prizes still hasn't been won.  What can you win?  Tickets to see X Factor Live, Strictly Live, Olly Murs, a posh Roberts Digital Radio and a back catalogue of Hallamster's CD's.  It happens every day at 7:30 and all you have to do is tell us which celebrity is saying 'I'

It's our Christmas Party tonight at Hallam FM and I've convinced most people to wear Christmas Jumper and this is the one I'm wearing.

I'll give you all the gossip tomorrow - Janine x

Date or Ditch is back tomorrow!

Every Thursday we get single people together on Big John @ Breakfast on a game that we play called Date or Ditch.  One lucky lady has three men fighting over to take her on a date but she only has 60 seconds to choose who she wants and will she pick the right guy?  Listen at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning and if you fancy the sound of her guys call her and try and impress her on the phone to go on the VIP date.  Free food & transport and maybe you'll meet 'the one!'

This morning we spoke to Damian Williams, he's playing Buttons in Cinderella at the Lyceum and it's his 5th Panto in Sheffield this year.  He's that good thay've already booked him for next year!  He's a really funny guy and you can hear him again tomorrow after 6 if you missed it?

Is anyone ever going to win Hallamster's Ultimate I Test?  There are extra prizes being added all the time.  You can get tickets to see the X Factor Live, Strictly, Olly Murs, a Roberts Digital radio and a back catalogue of Hallamster's CD's.  It could all be yours if you guess which celebrity it is tomorrow at 7:30.

See you in the morning!

Janine x

He wears very tight trousers and he was on the show this morning!

It was OLLY MURS!!!  Producer James had lined up Olly for Big John to guess on the celebrity Yes No Game.  What a lovely guy he was, chatting away to us for half an hour about the X Factor, his music and errrm ironing his pants!?!?  If you missed it tune in tomorrow morning after 6, he's a good guy!  Oh we also spoke to him about when he split his pants ....

Tomorrow we'll be chatting to Damian Williams from the Panto at the Lyceum, he normally plays the Dame but this year he's playing Buttons in Cinderella.  I think it's his 5th pantomine in Sheffield and he's always a really good laugh so we're looking forward to chatting to him at 8:30.

Don't forget at 7:30 tomorrow you could win tickets to see him above Olly Murs, X Factor Live tickets & Strictly Live tickets too.  There's a posh Roberts Digital Radio that could be yours and Hallamster's back catalogue of CD's.  Just tell us who the celebrity is saying 'I' and it's ALL yours.

See you in the morning.

Janine xx

Germs ....

Big John has had a cold for the past few days and he's been sneezing and coughing in the studio and if I'm honest it worries me because I really don't want a cold!  So that was one of my Google Ban questions was about how long germs stick around.  We share phones and it upsets me.  Thanks for all of your calls, the first lady Angie called and said they last forever!  We had another call saying that germs last for 3 days and Dr Louise put it to rest when she called and if you missed it you can hear her answer tomorrow after 6.

WHO IS IT?  WHO'S IT GOING TO BE?  It's the Celebrity Yes No game tomorrow morning at 8 and Producer James has lined up someone for Big John to guess.  He asks them questions and they can only say yes or no  and he has to guess them ASAP.  James has told me it's someone exciting!  He won't tell me who it is though ...

We'll see you in the morning!

Janine x

How would you spend £1,000?

This is what I would do ... I would go straight to the Travel Agents and book a winter sun holiday.  I think I'd like to go to Mexico in January.  Then I'd buy some holiday clothes and probably pack my case a month in advance.  I want to get away from this cold icy weather and warm my bones!

The bank of Big John opens tomorrow and he wants to give you a grand.  You don't have to give it back it isn't a loan it's for keeps!  Listen tomorrow morning for your chance to win and if you do we'll even bring it to your house for you!

Kim was our lady on Date or Ditch and she hasn't been on a date in years!  She's lost a lot of weight and feels like sje's ready to start dating again.  We'll be checking in with Kim tomorrow who chose Richard on line 3 and they're off to La Mamas on Abbeydale Road in Sheffield for some tasty food.  Find out if they hit it off tomorrow morning at 8.

Join us and sing the Friday Song in the morning.

Janine x

Would you like a coffee or a tea?

I am a LOSER!  This morning we had a round of the Spellings Test and I lost against Producer James for the first time in weeks.  Our school of the week which was Manor Lodge Primary spell words and we have to guess what they're spelling.  The problem is it isn't just losing it's brewing up for the whole week.  Now if the kitchen was round the corner it wouldn't be a big deal but it's up two flights of stairs and across a huge office.  I've offcially got to make them for a week.  GUTTED!

We spoke to the lovely Sally Carman came on the show this morning, she's the one that played Kelly in Shameless.  Sally is filming for Prisoners Wives in Sheffield and she's a South Yorkshire lass originally from Bolton-Upon-Dearne.  She was giving us all the inside secrets and where the crew have been filming.  They finish shooting it in a couple of weeks and the show will be back on telly next year. 

Tomorrow Date or Ditch is back!  Make sure you listen at 8 just in case the women of your dreams is on and you fancy getting involved.

See you tomorrow!

Janine x

Lovely Lisa from Steps

She came on our 'Celebrity Yes No Game' and I think Big John upset her?  Steps are coming to Sheffield City Hall on Saturday and we spoke to Lisa while the others were in the recording studio, she actually ran in on the phone while they were singing!  She musn't of been needed for that bit.  Anyway Big John said is she going to try and quit the band before Claire or H hand her a letter?  Pretty harsh ...  It ended on an 'awkward' note and you can hear it agian after 6am tomorrow morning.

This morning we were getting calls from people that had spotted film crew filming Prisoners Wives.  I went to my circuit class at Sheffield Academy School and my mate had to move her car mid class for the film crew.  We've set Producer James a challenge to find someone to talk to from the show.

Do your children go to our School of the Week Manor Lodge Primary School?  Or maybe it's your niece or nephew?  Well they'be be spelling for us tomorrow on the Spelling Test.  It's not how to spell it's what are they spelling?  I'm currently thrashing Producer James and I'm in the lead at 6 - 3.  Will he close the gap tomorrow at 8?

See you in the morning,

Janine x

Have you ever wondered why you stick your tongue out whenyou're concentrating?

That was one of Big John's questions this morning because he's had the Google Ban over the weekend.  It means that anything than pops up in his head over the weekend he can't search for on Google so we ask for your help every Monday at 8 o'clock.  It was a brilliant answer from Adam in Handsworth and if you missed it you can hear it again tomorrow morning after 6.

I've been getting grief this morning because Big John came for Sunday lunch yesterday and typically there were two of my hairs in his dinner.  Nobody else had any in theirs - in fact I'm sure he must of planted them there!  He did compliment me on my roast potatoes though.

Tomorrow morning we have a celebrity on for the 'Celebrity Yes No Game' and Big John will be against the clock trying to guess who he has on the phone.  We had Hilary Devey on the other day and lots of people beat him to it so make sure you play along at home.

Well done to Katy Timms she won £2,000 this morning.  She got on a First Bus with a Big John @ Breakfast stickers on with our ugly mugs on it and entered the competition.  She only bloomin' won it and she's a 21 year old student so that's really going to help her out this Chrsitmas!

See you tomorrow - Janine x

Would you like £1,000 today?

It's yours if you want it.  The bank of Big John is open and all you have to do to win the cash today is get the question right and we could be dropping the cash off to you today!  That's all your Christmas presents paid for and how about a cheeky holiday in the New Year?!  Keep listening and if you're the lucky winner Steve White could be calling you and asking where we should deliver the cash to?

Gayle & Matt went out on their date last night after playing Date or Ditch yesterday morning and .... they hit it off!!!!  They'll be going out on another date and gave each other a 12 out of 10.  A little bit better than last weeks result when Hassan was chatting up other people online while his date was sat waiting for him in the Restaurant!  If you want to play it's really easy to register just fill in all your details on this form for free www.hallamfm.co.uk/date

We need to get the Justice Collective 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' to Christmas number one!  Robbie Williams, Sir Paul Mcartney, Paloma Faith & Mel C are all singing on the single with other celebrities to raise money for something that's very close to our hearts in South Yorkshire.  The proceeds of the single will help support families that lost loved ones in the Hillsborough disaster.  It's released on the 17th of December and we'll be backing it to go to number one and hope you'll join us.  Here's Sir Paul yesterday in the studio.

Have a lovely weekend and we'll see you on Monday xx

Gayle & Matt

Gayle runs a pub with her Mum and lives in Doncaster and she picked line 2 on Date or Ditch and he was Matt from Rotherham - he works in Media.  They're off to Hui Wei tonight on Glossop Road for their date.  She ditched Tim on line 1 because he break dances!  I think break dancing is really cool but I'm not the one going on the date.  We'll ring them tomorrow at 8 to find out how they got on.

Ella Henderson has been signed up for the X Factor Live Tour and you can win tickets to see her and the rest of the finalists with Hallamster tomorrow at 7:30.  He's also got Strictly tickets to giveaway and a posh Roberts digital radio.  It could all be yours if you can tell us which celebrity is saying I.

Make sure you listen at 8 tomorrow if you fancy winning some cash.  We have £1,000 to giveaway from the Bank of Big John!

See you tomorrow,

Janine x

Date or Ditch?

It's back tomorrow and one lucky lady from South Yorkshire will be meeting the man of her dreams (hopefully.)  If you haven't heard it before this is what happens.  There are 3 men on the phone and the first guy comes on and introduces himself.  Then the lady in question decides if she wants to date or ditch them.  If she ditches him then he's gone forever and she chats to man number 2.  If she gets rid of him then she has to go out on a date with man number 3.  They get whisked off on a VIP night out at a lovely restaurant and then we catch up with them the next morning to see if it's true love!  We're always looking for new people to play so if you're up for it register now www.hallamfm.co.uk/date

Mission Christmas is on and lots of people across South Yorkshire are pulling together to make sure every single child in our area has a happy Christmas.  It's horrible to think that some kids could wake up to nothing and with your help we can make sure that doesn't happen.  All you need to do buy just 1 extra present and drop it off at any of the allocated drop off points and you've done your bit.

I found out this morning that Atomic Kitten have been back in the studio yesterday:

There were mixed emotions about this get together on our Facebook page ....

See you tomorrow,

Janine xx

Did you hear her this morning?

We had the lovely Hilary Devey on the show this morning!  Guess what?  She's bringing out her own clothing range - shoulder pads ahoy ladies.  I can't wait to see her designs!  Producer James came up with a corner microwave idea (John tried to claim it as his own- standard!) Hilary was in, but to be honest it wasn't the best pitch in the world.  If you missed it catch it agian tomorrow morning after 6.

Tomorrow at 8 it's 'The Spelling Test' and Wellgate Primary Scool kids in Barnsley will be spelling for Producer James and I.  All we have to do is guess what word they're spelling and we get a point.  If we get it wrong then we get a minus point.  Some of the words are tough but at the moment I'm beating James 6 - 3.

Fancy boxing off all your Chrsitmas presents for free?  Hallamster's I Test is back in the morning and you can win tickets to see The X Factor live, a posh Roberts digital radio and tickets to see Strictly Live in February.  All you have to do is guess which celebrity is saying I and all those prizes are yours.

See you in't mornin - Janine xx

Teeth & Pheasants

I am sick of my back right bottom wisdom tooth.  It's grown through about 2 milimetres and every now and again my gum swells up and flaps over my tooth.  So my question this morning for the Google Ban is why do we get them?  Pretty pointless aren't they!  Thanks to Pav the dentist who gave us the answer.  My other question was about pheasants!  I nearly ran one over when I was coming back from my Mum's - oops - and I wondered if I had killed it if I could chuck it in the back of my car and eat it for my tea?  If you missed it this morning you can hear the answers after 6.

Tomorrow morning the 'Celebrity Yes No Game' is back and Big John will be asking them questions to try and find out who they are.  Will they put a silly voice on to confuse him?  Will he ask good questions so he can guess them quickly?  Find out who we've got on in the morning.

The prize has got bigger for Hallamster's Ultimate I Test.  Now you can win tickets to see Strictly live, a posh Roberts digital radio and tickets to see the X Factor live.  LIsten at 7:30 and if you can guess who's saying 'I' then the prize is all yours.

See you in the morning.

Janine, the boys and a hamster x

I can't quite believe it?!

Did you hear Date or Ditch this morning?  Rachel chose Hassan, he was on line 2, and they went out on their date last night and guess what he did?  He went to the toilet and went an online to a dating website and started chatting someone up and it was Rachel's mate!  Unbelievable!  So she busted him live on the radio this morning.  Luckily she took it really well but what a cheeky man!  I'd of gone mad if it was me.  Needless to say they won't be seeing each other again.

Tickets went on sale this morning to see JLS when they come to Sheffield to the Motorpoint Arena next December the 10th - 2013.  Make sure you get in there quick before they sell out.

Have a lovely weekend and we'll see you on Monday when I'll need your help at 8 because it's my turn to have the Google Ban :/

Janine x

Date or Ditch is back!

Did you hear it this morning?  Rachel from Hillsborough said she would like to go 'go carting' on a second date so she binned Jason man number one off and went for boxer Hassan.  They're off tonight on their date to Zizzi's on Leopold Square and we'll find out tomorrow if it's love and a romance has blossomed!?  Make sure you're listening at 8 to find out.

Hallamster's Ultimate I Test is a competition we do every day at 7:30.  Hallamster asked a celebrity to say ''I and if you can guess who it is you can win a Roberts Digital Radio and tickets to see the X factor live next year.  Here's a little clue it's not Nick Clegg or David Cameron - they were Nicola and Scott's guesses this morning.

If you love the weekend we'll be getting you in the mood tomorrow by singing the Friday song and can you help us with Mission Christmas?  12,000 children in South Yorkshire will go without presents this Christmas unless we can help them.  It's so sad because Christmas was magical for me when I was little and it breaks my heart to think that some kids will get nothing.  We can help by buying just one present and dropping it off to us here at Hallam Fm or any of out drop off points.  All the details are on our website.  Thanks if you've already got involved!

See you for some Friday fun tomorrow!

Janine x

You try and do something nice for someone and look what happens!

So, I bought Big John a card and moving in present and he threw it in my face (not literally!)  He said it was a peace offering from an argument we had over the weekend and accepted my apology!  I didn't apologise and don't feel like I should and this is why ... So, when I started working at Hallam FM me & John hung out loads and went out drinking and had fun.  Then I introduced him to my boyfriend and we'd all go out.  Suddenly the invites stopped coming my way and one night I got home and they were both at our local pub (3 minutes walk away) and I didn't get an invite off either of them.  How rude!  So now they wait until they I'm doing something and sneak off to the pub for 'man time!'

This morning our School Of The Week Malin Bridge Primary School came on for the Spellings Test.  It's not how to spell it's what are they spelling?  Yeay!  I beat Producer James and now he's making the brews again all week - bliss!  It's 6 - 3 to me.

Date or Ditch is back tomorrow morning.  It's the girls choosing from the boys and we unite single people in South Yorkshire and send them out on a VIP date.  It can really work too Natalie & Shaun met months ago and they're still together and 'in a relationship' on facebook so it's official and everything!  If you fancy a go register now www.hallamfm.co.uk/date

See you in the morning.

Janine xx

What a lonnnng time!

It took Big John 1 minute and 35 seconds to guess it was Gok Wan!  That was pretty poor on John's part but to be fair Gok did put an accent on.  I was so chuffed because he gave me some fashion advice about what to wear this weekend.  He told me to go for the Nautical look and to buy a single breasted navy jacket.  We found an old photo of him - I can't believe it's the same guy, he looks so different!

Mission Christmas is on and we want to make it a Merry Christmas for as many children as we can.  12,000 kids in South Yorkshire won't even get one present this Christmas so it's our mission to put a smile on their faces.  All you need to do to help is buy one present, it doesn't matter how much it costs and you can buy it from the Poundshop.  It just needs to be new and in it's packaging and you don't even have to wrap it.  It could be the price of a bottle of wine, a takeaway pizza or a glossy magazine.  Thanks for your help!

Tomorrow morning it's the Spellings Test and the kids from Malin Bridge Primary School in Sheffield will be spelling words out for us and we have to guess what they're spelling.  At the moment I'm in the lead by 2 points beating Producer James.  Will he close the gap a bit tomorrow though?

See you tomorrow xx

Foooooooooooooood!

Oh dear, I appear to have had an eatathon over the weekend.  So it started on Friday, I had 11 Quality Streets before 10am.  I went to Loch Fyne for my tea that night and had a dessert.  On Saturday I went for afternoon tea I ate a macaroon, chocolate brownie, scone with jam & cream, lemon drizzle cake AND a piece of victoria sponge.  But it didn't stop there - I had a Sunday Roast yesterday, then I went to Fancie and bought a cake and polished some crisps off when I got back from work.  Somebody stop me filling my face!  PLEASE!  #can'tstopeating

This morning Big John had the Google Ban and he was asking about central heating & why he couldn't remember his teachers name when he was trying to think of it and then when you least expect it, it pops up in your brain.  The answers were brilliant and if you missed it you can hear it after 6 tomorrow morning.

Do you want to see X Factor live at the Motorpoint Arena next year?  We've got tickets to giveaway along with a Roberts digital radio if you can guess which celebrity is saying 'I' on Hallamster's Ultimate I Test.

Tomorrow we'll have a celeb on the show trying to catch Big John out on the celebrity 'Yes No Game.'  They can only answer yes or no to his questions and it's a race against the clock for him to guess who they are.  It took him 38 seconds last week to guess it was Alan Davies.  Who will it be?  Find out at 8.

See you in the morning.

Janine x

Thanks to The Wanted for a great night!

The Wanted performed an intimate gig here at Hallam FM last night and they were absolutely brilliant!  They performed acoustic versions of their songs, answered questions from our listeners and had their photo taken with everybody.  It was great night and they're a lovely bunch of lads.  Thanks if you came last night too.

On Monday morning Big John will need your help because he's got a Google Ban this weekend.  That means if he needs to question anything or settle an argument he can't look it up!  So he'll be writing his questions down and asking for your help on Monday morning.

Fancy a brand new Digital Radio from Roberts?  All you have to do is guess which celebrity is saying I on Hallamster's Ultimate I Test.  We play it every morning at 7:30 so call in for your chance to win.

I'm meeting the girls this weekend for afternoon tea (no doubt we won't be very civilised though!)  Big John is sorting his new house out and Producer James will be watching Strictly with his family.

Have a lovely weekend - Janine xx

The Wanted are here TONIGHT!

It's been a countdown here at Hallam FM for The Wanted boys arrival and they're finally here tonight!  Well done to Jane from Hillsborough, she won the family pass to see them play tonight and she's bringing her boys.  She said they'll be really giddy and she couldn't believe she'd won!  Sorry if you didn't manage to win but we'll play you some highlights tomorrow morning on Big John @ Breakfast tomorrow morning.

On the Heat Update I told Big John that Max from the Wanted said he'd genuinely like to go on I'm a Celebrity and do a bush tucker trial.  So we're on the look out for animal parts for him to eat tonight!

Paula had a go at Hallamster's I test this morning.  He plays you a celebrity saying 'I' and if you get it right you can win a Roberts digital radio.  She guessed Nick Clegg but she was wrong.  You can play at 7:30 every day so give us a call if you think you know the answer 0114 221 4444.

Somebody spotted a First Bus with our sticker on it and e-mailed it to us so if you haven't seen one yet (there are 200!) here it is.

 

See you in the morning with all The Wanted gossip!

Janine xx (the one on the left of the sticker)

 

 

 

ONE MORE SLEEP!

The Wanted are going to be here at Hallam FM tomorrow night!  The Christmas Trees are up, the back room has been cleared out and they're going to be within touching distance as they sing to our listeners tomorrow night!  Joanne Carcroft won the family pass and she won them for her 6 year old daughter (so she says!)  We have one more family pass to win so as soon as you hear the question text us and you could be going to see them in person tomorrow night.

Tomorrow morning we'll hopefully be chatting to The Wanted because somehow Producer James has blagged their mobile number!  Exciting!

Hallamster's I Test is on every morning around 7:30 and we have a brilliant prize if you get it right.  You have to guess which celebrity is saying I and if you guess correctly you'll win a Roberts digital radio.  It's a replica of the one we gave Jessica Ennis for her home coming.

Thanks to Gina who managed to win the Spellings Test for me this morning.  Producer James and I got stuck on a word and you were calling to help us out.  The final score was 1- 0 to me which means he has to make the coffee all week ha ha haaaaaa. 

See you in the morning, I'm sure we'll be a bit hyper about The Wanted (well I will be!!)

Janine x

Which comedian was on our Celebrity Yes No game!?

This morning we were joined on the show by Alan Davis famous for QI and Jonathon Creek.  It took Big John 48 seconds to guess who it was and Big John went to one of his gigs years ago.  Alan was laughing about part of the show that John remembered being on a bike!  If you missed it you can hear it again tomorrow after 6.

Tomorrow it's the penultimate day to win a family pass to see The Wanted when they play an intimate gig here at Hallam FM this Thursday.  All you have to do is answer a question, listen to Hallam FM throughout the day for your chance to win and we'll be calling a winner tomorrow morning at 8:30.

Donna had a guess at Hallamster's I Test this morning at 7:30.  There's a stylish Roberts Digital Radio up for grabs and you have to tell us which celebrity is saying 'I' to win.

Tomorrow morning it's the Spelling Test and it's the pupils of Norton Free Church of England Primary School spelling words for us and Producer James and I have to guess what they're spelling.  You can play along at home and sometimes we get stuck on a year so give us a ring on 0114 221 4444. 

See you in the morning!

Janine x

J's re-united!

The boys are back!  Big John @ Breakfast was back this morning after the guys returned from the half-term holidays.  Hallamster was back too and it was the return of his Ultimate Aiiii Test.  Can you guess the celebrity saying 'I?'  If you can you can win a replica of the Roberts radio that we gave Jessica Ennis for her home coming.  Here's a photo of it

Big John has successfully moved house and he'll probably have more whinging about it tomorrow morning.  Producer James has had a lovely week with his family and they let fireworks off last night and I went off for a girly weekend with my family in Newcastle this weekend.

Thanks for your help on the Google Ban questions I had this morning.  If you missed it listen after 6 tomorrow morning.

Do you want to see The Wanted Up Close & Personal here at Hallam FM?  Listen throughout the day for the question to win the opportunity to come and see them here at Hallam FM THIS Thursday.  Well done to Lewis at Hunters Bar for winning the tickets this morning.  He's 19 and a student and we woke him up with family pass and he was really chuffed.

See you in the morning!

Janine xx

The boys are away and Steve is looking after things ...

Big John is moving house this week and Producer James is spending some time with the family while his girls are off school.  So this week it's Steve White and I looking after things while they're away.

Have a nice week off if you're not working and don't forget to keep listening for your chance to meet The Wanted up close and personal!

Janine xx

Big John @ Breakfast on the Buses!

Bloomin' brilliant!  We're trying to spread the word of Big John @ Breakfast because Hallamster has spent all of our budget.  Everyone is doing a great job, we've had loads of calls, texts and photos.  Al from First Buses rang this morning and 200 buses are going to have HUGE stickers in the front window of the buses.  The stickers are just under a metre squared and they're going to be upstairs at the front of the bus.  Look out for them around Sheffield and let us know if see one!  We even had somebody e-mail in with a ringtone that they've made which sings Big John @ Breakfast - it was a guy called Tony...

Well done to Emma Fowler, she won tickets to go and see Skyfall at Cineworld and she's off to a special themed Bond night at Ice Sheffield on Sunday night.

I'm out in Sheffield this Saturday night for my boyfriend's birthday so if you're out come and say hello!

Have a good weekend.

Janine xx

THANK YOU!

If you missed the show this morning then Hallamster has been blowing all of the budget!  We want to spread the word of Big John @ Breakfast and you've been doing a grand job helping us.  Helen's bakery has invented the Big John @ Breakfast sandwich and we're up on the menu.  It sounds AMAZING 4 rashers of bacon for a start.  Wazzock Bob rang us to tell us that he's written Big John @ Breakfast on the back of his van in the dirt.  Rainbow Forge Primary School made us a banner for outside their School.  Fancie Cupcakes are making hundreds of special Big John @ Breakfast cupcakes.  Wendy's in Netherthorpe doing Big John @ Breakfast fish and chips mmmm and Al from First Buses might be sticking Big John @ Breakfast huge stickers on 250 buses - we'll find out tomorrow.  Thank everyone!

Do you want to win tickets to Yorkshire Wildlife Park?  Make sure you're listening to Hallamster at 7:30 - he's pretending to be a bat for Hallamween.

And tomorrow you can win tickets to see Skyfall at Cineworld and see The Sheffield Steeldogs at Ice Sheffield this sunday night.

See you in the morning and thanks for all your help - Janine xx

 

This is my favourite video EVER

These are the highlights from this morning's show when Big John completed his forfeit to massage the oldest man in South Yorkshire ....

It was Big John versus Janine last week and for the first time ever I beat him! So I set a forfeit for him to massage the oldest man in South Yorkshire and here is the video, look at how much he's cringing! It's brilliant! xx

 

 

Massages, nakedness and One Direction!?!

What a busy morning! 

Well done to Tracey in Maltby, she won tickets to Yorkshire Wildlife Park with our Hallamster this morning.  If you want go for free make sure you're listening tomorrow morning at 7:30am.

I met One Direction yesterday! It was so surreal seeing them in person. Niall came over straight away and was really friendly, Harry has beautiful eyes, Louis was really down to earth and Zayn was sweet! Big John blatently took the mick out of the chat I had with them but he's obviously just jealous! Here are the boys ....

http://www.hallamfm.co.uk/on-air/janine-meets-one-direction/

If you missed it make sure you're listening after 6am tomorrow morning.

So ... I can't wait for tomorrow!  Finally Big John has to do a forfeit and I chose it.  He has to massage the oldest man in South Yorkshire skin on skin for 5 minutes with oil ha ha haaaa.  Wazzock Bob will be on the show tomorrow morning.

Janine xx

Skin on skin baby ....

Big John has to massage the oldest man in South Yorkshire this Wednesday.  Wazzock Bob is coming in to have a lovely relaxing massage with oils.  John is going to cringe so much and I can't wait to see his face after he put me through the spider ordeal.  If you're thinking why?!  It's his forfeit for losing the challenge last week to make complete strangers laugh the quickest on the phone.  I'm so happy, I can't stop grinning.

Today is the day I get to go one on one with One Direction.  I don't know what to wear, I'm SO giddy!  I can't believe I'm getting to hang out with them.  I'll tell you all about it tomorrow.

Did you hear Hallamster being a bat this morning?!  He hung upside down in his cage and spoke lyrics at us.  If you can guess the song correctly you and the family can go to Yorkshire Wildlife Park and adopt an animal too!

At the weekend I went to a Fancy Dress party as Audrey Hepburn.  Isn't it funny that at the start of the night you look all dressed up and at the end sometimes you look a little bit stupid ...

Enough said ....

See you in the morning xxx

I can't believe I've won!!!!!

Were you listening this morning after 8:30?!  I'm so excited because for the 1st time EVER I've beaten Big John at a challenge.  Not only will I get to meet One Direction but Big John finally has to do a forfeit and on Monday we'll tell you what it is.  The challenge was to make people laugh as quickly as possible on the phone - complete strangers that is!  It was tough and to be honest there was only a couple of seconds in it but finally I've beaten him!

On Monday you can win tickets to Yorkshire Wildlife Park just before half term.  Make sure you're listening at 7:30 for your chance to win!

I've got the Google Ban over the weekend so if yuo can help me with my questions I'd be very grateful - thanks!  I'll ask you at 8 o'clock so ring me if you know the answer 0114 221 4444.

Have a lovely weekend!

Janine xx

The winner gets to meet a group of the most talked about celebrities!

WHO IS IT?!?!?!?!?!!??!  I need to know ... Big John and I have a challenge to make strangers laugh ASAP on the phone.  Big John is currently winning and beating me by 2 seconds!  This is a close competition ...  The loser gets a forfeit and I hope it isn't me this time.  I've lost both of the other challenges.

It's your last chance tomorrow morning to win tickets to see John Bishop with our Hallamster.  All you need to win is a joke and a phone and the tickets could be yours.

This morning Kirsty picked Jamie to go on a date and they're off to La Mamas for their date tonight.  They sound like a good match because she likes big muscles and nice arms and he goes to the gym.  Well it's a start isn't it?  You can register to play now www.hallamfm.co.uk/date as long as you're over 18 and single you can have a go and you'll get treated like a VIP.

Make sure you listen tomorrow morning to find out who wins the First Laugh Challenge, find out if Kirsty & Jamie have fallen in love and we'll be singing you the Friday song to get you in the mood for the weekend.

Hasta manana - Janine xx

Double beaten and licking my wounds ...

Today is not a good day for me ... Firstly I lost the Spelling Test at 8 o'clock this morning and it was a shameful score James had 2 points and I had -4.  However our weekly totals are 3 all so I just have to make sure that I win next week to keep me in the lead. 

Then Big John beat me in the challenge this morning for our 'First Laugh' competition.  The idea of the game is making a complete stranger on the phone laugh and making them laugh first.  This morning John pretended to fall of his chair to make a lady laugh and I randomly had to speak to an Ice Rink.  So I pretended I was scared of ice-skates and asked if I could tie jumpers around my feet to have a skate.  John made the lady laugh in 12 seconds and it took me 35 seconds.  So far John is in the lead by 6 seconds.

Do you want to see John Bishop at the weekend?  He's on at the Motorpoint Arena and we have tickets for you to go this Sunday.  Listen to Hallamster at 7:30 and rustle up your best jokes for us.

See you in the morning and wish me luck!

Janine xx

Day 1 on the First Laugh challenge!

If you missed the show yesterday there was an announcement made passed down from management about a challenge that Big John and I have been given.  We have to call strangers and make them laugh on the phone as soon as possible.  It's harder than it sounds!  So this morning Big John tried a horse joke and made a gentleman laugh in 39 seconds.  Then it was my turn ... so I spoke to a guy and pretended I knew him and started saying the Scat Man words at him.  He thought I was someone he knew called Josie and I got a laugh out of him in 22 seconds - YIPPEE!  So far I'm one up on him.  We've got to total the seconds up at the end of the week and the person with the least seconds wins!  Apparently there's a once in a lifetime opportunity for the winner and a forfeit for the loser.  I'm staying positive but I'm bracing myself for the forfeit - I always lose!

Do you want to see John Bishop live at the Motorpoint Arena at the end of the month?  We have a pair of tickets to giveaway so make sure you're listening to Hallamster every day at 7:30 for your chance to win.

Tomorrow morning it's the Spellings Test!  The kids from Thurgoland C.E Primary School will be spelling words for us and we have to guess what they're spelling.  It's not how to spell it's what they're spelling.  Play along at home with us at 8 tomorrow and give us a ring if we get stuck please!

See you in the morning and if you have any advise on what I can do on tomorrow's call leave me a comment please!

Janine xx

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

Why?  Why do we get these stupid announcements and why do I get roped into it?  All weekend I've been secretly smiling about whatever Big John's announcement was and thinking - glad it's nothing to do with me.  BUT it is something to do with me.  We've been set a challange, the Last Laugh comedy festival is on in Sheffield and we have to have the first laugh.  What?!  Well basically we have to ring strangers and make them laugh on the phone the first person to make them laugh wins.  Big John is going to win AGAIN and I'm going to look like a chump .... The winner wins a once in a lifetime opportunity!  Please, please, please let me win!

Every morning this week you could win tickets to see John Bishop at the Motorpoint Arena.  Make sure you're listening to Hallamster at 7:30am every day for your chance to win.

Tomorrow morning we have a celebrity on our 'Yes No Game' at 8 o'clock.  Big John has a celebrity lined up on the satelitte that Producer James has set up for him and he has to guess who they are.  Big John can only ask them questions they can answer yes or no to and the clock is ticking for him to guess who they are.

See you in the morning!

Janine xx

Hindsight is a wonderful thing ...

This morning we caught up with Hazel from Hackenthorpe, she chose line 3 and regretted it and wished that she'd chosen line 1.  They got on but she said there just wasn't that spark between them.  You can't manufacture a spark can you?!  Oh well at least they enjoyed the meal at the Hui Wei in Sheffield.

This morning we had Lucy Spraggan on the show.  She was telling us that she changed her song choice last minute on the X Factor last weekend.  They asked her to perform an All Star song but she wasn't feeling it and changed it to one of her own songs.  Make sure you support our Sheffield girl tomorrow night and vote to keep her in.

Next week on the show you can win tickets to see John Bishop with Hallamster at 7:30 just get your joke book at the ready and the tickets could be yours!

If you're staying in tonight there are good guests on Alan Carr's Chatty Man show.  Cheryl Cole will be talking about her ex-husband Ashley, Dougie from Mcfly is on and so is Dara O'Briain and Leona Lewis.

Have a lovely weekend!

Janine xx

Sheffield's Lucy Spraggan!

Tomorrow morning Lucy Spraggan will be on the show ahead of the X Factor live show this Saturday.  She's in Tulisa's category and she's a brilliant singer/song writer and we've all got to get behind her so we get a South Yorkshire winner this year!

This morning Hazel was choosing from three guys and she got rid of Jamie on line 1 because he was a climber!  The thing is you could regret a decision like that, imagine being in a department store and you need something from the top shelf?  It's guys like that who can help you in that sort of situation - just saying ...  She chose Jayson line three and she's off on her date tonight to Hui Wei in Sheffield.  Find out if they got on at 8 tomorrow morning.

You can win tickets to see Alan Davies tomorrow morning at 7:30 with Hallamster.  He's on at City Hall as part the Last Laugh Comedy festival this Saturday night.

If you like to get in the mood for the weekend we sing the Friday song on the show, we even sing it at 6am, that's dedication for you!

Have a lovely day and we'll see you tomorrow.

Janine xx

I've let the side down ....

This morning I lost to Producer James on the Spellings Test - the score was zero to Producer James and minus three to me.  Epic failed on my part.  It was Swallownest Primary School that came on to spell some words for us to guess.  We got stuck on Melody's word and even you couldn't get it right.  If you missed the answer she was trying to spell 'myself.'

Tomorrow you can win tickets to see Alan Davies City Hall on Saturday at 7:30 with Hallamster.  This morning he was asking for lightbulb jokes and Andy came on and kept messing it up.  They'll be another theme tomorrow and if your joke wins you get the tickets.

Date or Ditch is back tomorrow!  It's the girls choosing this time and she'll be under pressure to pick the right man in 60 seconds.  She'll have 3 men to choose from and they'll be trying to impress her with the little time they have.

We gave tickets away to see the Blades play Oldham this morning.  Make sure you listen tomorrow morning after 7 for some more instant winning.

Right, I'll see you in the morning!

Enjoy your day - Janine xx

ps I'm off on a double date with Big John tonight to see Michael McIntyre I'll tell you about it tomorrow ...

Lawson were here!

This morning Lawson dropped in to see us!  They were a lot of fun and we even got one of their fans in on the show - Lucy from Chesterfield.  She was so excited - look at her happy face!

We gave Ryan from Chesterfield a quiz to make sure he was still true to his roots and hadn't gone all showbiz on us, he passed most of the questions.  Their new album Chapman Square is out on the 22nd of October.

Tomorrow it's the Spellings Test from our School of the Week Swallownest Primary School.  They'll be spelling words for Producer James and I to spell and we'll both be competing to win!  Sometimes we get stuck so if you can help us out and preferably give me the point that would be great!  Ha!

We have tickets to win to see Alan Davies all this week with Hallamster at 7:30 and all you need is a good joke up your sleeve.

See you in the morning.

Janine xx

What a busy morning!

It was all going on today ... Sarah managed to win tickets to see Cheryl Cole by getting the last digit of her phone number right.  Big John has Cheryl's number and now I can officially tell you it ends in a one!  Sarah's going to take her niece to see her at the Motorpoint Arena tomorrow night in Sheffield.

We had a call from Corinne this morning and she had a really romantic weekend!  Her boyfriend took her to a hotel and they stayed in the honeymoon suite, then he took her to her old primary school where they first met and they had a tour by their old head teacher and then she left them alone and he got down on one knee and proposed!  How lovely!!!!  E-mail me if you had a lovely romantic proposal janine.jones@hallamfm.co.uk

Pat from Worksop won our final brand new iPhone - she didn't sound very sure when she answered her phone and a little bit jubious and as soon as she'd clocked on it was Big John she was really happy!

I'm off to see Sinister at Cineworld tonight and it's really scary ...... wish me luck!

See you in the morning.

Janine xx

ps lots of people have been talking about Louis on the X Factor after last night's saga. This is when one of the producers were chatting to Louis when Carolynne was performing her final song. Make of it what you will...

Do you want tickets to see Cheryl!?

Cheryl Cole is playing at the Motorpoint Arena on Tuesday night and we could get you in to see her 'A Million Lights' Tour!  Whatever you do make sure you're listening at 8 o'clock this Monday and you and a friend could be going to see her!

Well done to Colin Bacon from Donny - he won the iPhone 5 this morning and there's still one more that you can get your hands on over the weekend.  Listen out for the question to win!

This morning on Date or Ditch unfortunately it was the end of the road for Stephen and Alison.  By the sounds of things he wasn't her type but they had a good night and have swapped numbers as friends.  Whether they actually speak to each other in another thing but at least they had a great night at the new Nandos on Eccy Road!

Have a lovely weekend and we'll be back on Monday - Janine xx

ps ladies if you missed the naked photo of Louis Smith the Olympic gymnast (he's on Strictly tonight) then here he is - hubba huuba!  He did this photo for charity and I like to think to appease us too ......

Will they get on tonight?

So will Stephen the courier wooo the lovely Alison tonight?  They met on Date or Ditch this morning and he picked Alison on line 2, he said he didn't even need to ask her a question because he could just tell that they would get on because she's bubbly.  They're both off to the new Nandos on Eccy Road in Sheffield so we'll see how they got on in the morning at 8 when we give them a ring!

Have you heard Hallamster's competition to win Michael McIntyre tickets to see him next Wednesday?  We've got our last pair of tickets to giveaway tomorrow and if you can suggest a good joke that makes Hallamster laugh then they're yours.  This mornings joke had to involve what's black and white and red all over?!  Gill won by saying a panda in a hot bath!

We have the last iPhone 5 to giveaway in the morning too.  Listen out for the question and if you get it right and your text is selected then we could be calling you tomorrow morning after 8:30 - good luck!

See you in the morning - Janine xx

Doctor, doctor ....

This morning Hallamster was asking for your best 'Doctor Doctor' jokes to win tickets to see Michael McIntyre a week today at the Motorpoint Arena.  We've only got 2 pairs of tickets left to giveaway so make sure you're listening for your chance to win tomorrow at 7:30 am. 

This morning we had the kids from Watercliffe Meadow primary school in Sheffield spelling words for us on The Spellings Test and we had to guess what they were spelling.  Producer James and I got stuck twice and thank you to the 2 different Donna's that guessed right and gave their points to me mwah ha ha haaaaaaa - I'm so beating him 3 - 1 this school term!

Adam Brown from Balby was made up!  He won the brand new iPhone 5 and when we called him to give him the good news he sounded SO nervous and couldn't believe that he'd won it.  We'll be giving another brand new iPhone away tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning it's Date or Ditch!  We are uniting single people in South Yorkshire but they only get 60 seconds to chat to three people to decide who to go on the date with.  We've had lots of success stories when the date has gone well and they have arranged to meet up again.  If you're single go for it you've got nothing to lose!

By the way we've got Cheryl Cole tickets to giveaway next week so listen out for your chance to win!

See you in the morning - Janine xx

Murder on the dance floor ....

We had Sophie Ellis Bextor on our Celebrity Yes No Game this morning.  She was chatting about her 3 boys and it seems like they have quite a musical family.  It was inevitable considering she married Richard from The Feeling!  It took Big John 54 seconds to guess who she was.

Tomorrow morning we have some children on from Watercliffe Meadow in Sheffield on the Spellings Test.  It isn't how to spell it's what they're spelling and Producer James and I battle it out to win.  At the moment it's 1 all so I'm hoping to beat him this week.

Fancy a brand new iPhone 5?  Martin from Mexborough won this morning.  He sent his text just before we closed the lines and it was his son who talked him into it.  Wonder if he'll give the phone to his son or keep it .... Listen out throughout the day for the question, text in and if you get selected that phone could be yours tomorrow.

All this week you can win tickets to see Michael McIntyre just by telling Hallamster your daft joke.  Listen tomorrow morning at 7:30 and you could be off to see him a week tomorrow at the Motorpoint Arena.

See you tomorrow - Janine xxx

Fancy a new iPhone or some tickets to Michael McIntyre?

Every morning we're giving you the chance to win a brand new iPhone 5.  No queues, no contract and you don't have to spend hundreds of pounds on it either.  Keep listening all day for your chance to win or look online now to see how that phone could be yours www.hallamfm.co.uk/iphone5/

This morning Hallamster gave tickets away to see Michael McIntyre.  He gives you a joke - this morning it was knock knock jokes - and the funniest joke wins the tickets.  You can go and see him a week on Wednesday at the Motorpoint Arena.

This morning I broke Big John's heart by telling him that Cat Deeley has got married Patrick Kielty.  They got married in Rome with a few members of her family and friends present and Cat wore a beautiful tight white ruffled dress.  He's fuming ....

This morning I asked South Yorkshire the questions that had come into my head over the weekend because I was banned from using Google!  One of the questions was can you tan through windows?  I was sunbathing in the bedroom with a bikini on because it was cold outside.  I was quite surprised by the answer and if you missed it listen tomorrow morning after 6.

Hasta manana!

Janine xx

Why should you listen on Monday?

We've got a brand new iPhone 5 to giveaway everyday, Hallamster will be giving tickets away to see Michael McIntyre AND we'll tell you how you can go and see Cheryl Cole at the Motorpoint Arena for free!

I'm so happy!  This morning we caught up with Carolyne and Darren, they met on Date or Ditch yesterday and they were talking all over each other.  It was a brilliant awkward moment - but guess what!?!  They're going on another date again tonight!!!!!!  I'm really pleased they got on and we'll be playing again next week if you fancy it? www.hallamfm.co.uk/date

Well done to Ray Mortimer in Sheffield who won £509 yesterday on Big John's Big Payout! 

I'll be at the opening of the Genting Casino tomorrow night in Sheffield.  It's gonna be a posh do and Jessica Ennis, Emmerdale stars and some players from Sheffield United and Wednesday will be there.  We'll be playing Red or Black and you could win a holiday to Singapore.  Steve White and I will be hosting it so see you down there.

Have a lovely weekend xxx

Did you hear it this morning!

It may have been one of my favourite Date or Ditch's this morning.  Darren picked Carolyne and at the end of the game they kept on talking all over each other!  It was awkwardly amazing!  She told him she has a spare ticket for a ride in her air balloon - if they get on tonight lets hope they get to go flying with each other.  Find out if they get on at 8 tomorrow morning.

I'm off to Marks and Spencers today to do a treasure hunt.  We have £1000 of vouchers to giveaway and if you find the gold stars then you can get a lucky dip in my bag and see how much you've won.  I'll be there from 12 - 2 in Meadowhall and the store has had a complete makeover so come and say hello and have a nosy.

Big John's Big Payout continues and today the amount is between £4 & £2004 so keep on calling and guessing the amount to win some free cash!!!

We've got another pair of tickets to give away to go and see George Michael at the Motorpoint Arena this Monday.  Tune in at 7:30 for your chance to win.

See you in the morning!

Janine xx

Whatever happens make sure you're listening tomorrow!

We've got tickets to giveaway to see George Michael this Monday at the Motorpoint Arena AND a brand new iPhone 5! 

It's 40 something Date or Ditch tomorrow and one man will be choosing from 3 lovely ladies.  He's only got 60 seconds to work out who he wants to choose and on Friday we'll find out if it's love and they'll be seeing each other again.

Big John's Big Payout is between £9 and £709 and if you guess the amount correctly the money is yours - all yours!  Just keep listening throughout the day, narrow the anser down and call when we open the lines at half past.

It's mine and my boyfriend's 6th year anniversary tomorrow and I haven't got him anything yet - ooops.  I was asking Big John and Producer James for their help and they said I should make a book of coupons that he can redeem them at anytime.  Thanks for your suggestions and if you have any more holla at me.  I'm j9jones on Twitter.

Have a nice day and we'll see you tomorrow and the weather is supposed to be dry and sunny thank god.

Janine xx

He's a beardy, national treasure and loud lovey!

It's Brian Blessed and he was on our Celebrity Yes No Game this morning.  It took Big John 29 seconds to guess who it was this morning and then he talked and talked and talked ...  He's lovely though and put a big smile on our face!  If you missed him then make sure you tune in after 6 tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow morning we have the Spellings Test where some children from Heather Garth Primary in Bolton Upon Dearne will be spelling words for us.  Producer James and I then have to guess what words they're spelling and the scores at the moment are 1 - 0 to Producer James.  Got to beat him tomorrow ....

This morning it was a roll over for Big John's Big Payout and the number you have to guess is between £6 & £506.  Keep listening for your chance to win and we open the lines at about half past the hour.

At some point this week we'll be giving tickets away for George Michael and an iPhone 5 too!

See you in the morning from 6 - Janine xx

Spraggan is through!

We are backing Lucy Spraggan all the way on the X Factor!  She's from Sheffield and she rocked her audition last night with a song she sang and wrote called 'Tea & Toast.'  She's being mentored by Tulisa and has jetted off to the Carribean to the judges houses phase.  Make sure you support her all the way and back our Sheffield lass to win.

Big John had the Google Ban over the weekend, any questions he would've looked up he had to jot down and ask you this morning.  For some reason he'd been thinking about TV licenses and what happens if you don't have one .....  So he asked whether TV Van detectors existed and we had a call from Jenny to say they did!  If you missed it listen againg tomorrow morning after 6.

It's between £6 and £506 the amount of cash we're looking for on Big John's Big Payout.  What's the first amount that pops in your head ?!  Give us a call at around half past and we'll tell you when we open the phone lines.  That money could be yours so keep listening for your chance to win.

See you tomorrow from 6 and we'll have a celebrity on at 8 - who will it be?  Find out in the morning Janine xx

Happy Friday!

Polly from Wybourn won £237 this morning on Big John's Big Payout!  She played early just after 6:30 this morning and won the cash.  I can tell you that the amount today is between £12 and £612 and if you want the cash guess throughout the day and if you get the right amount the money is yours!

Did you hear us catch up with Nick and Rachel this morning after their Date last night?  They played our dating competition and went out for a meal at the Hui Wei in Sheffield.  They got on well as friend's but don't fancy each other unfortunately but they've hooked up on Facebook and recommend Date or Ditch so at least they had a good time.  Fancy having a go?  www.hallamfm.co.uk/date

This morning on the Heat Update I was chatting about Alex Reid's cringeworthy video to Chantelle Houghton after their break up click here to see it.  Weird!



Big John has got the Google Ban this weekend.  Can you help him with his questions that he hasn't been able to look up on Monday please?  He'll be asking you at about 8. Ta!

Have a superb weekend!  Big love Janine xx