Sheffield & S Yorks Radio Essentials

We play reyt good tunes all day long. Proper anthems, big hits, and feel-good tracks that soundtrack life across Sheffield & South Yorkshire.

Unexpected surprise of the day receiving this from future Sheffield F1 star Rowan Campbell-Pilling ❤️

Behind the scenes here at Sheffield Essentials and Barnsley Essentials we are creating some amazing products that help with our workflow and we've been nominated for a prestigious award going head to head with Sky and BBC with a product created right here in South Yorkshire!

Daryl Denham back from 10:00 this morning! Morning Sheffield! It’s Saturday, it’s buzzing, and today we’ve got Rocky Horror legends in town, plastic-free warriors taking over the city, AND people still stuck out of their homes after a shock evacuation… bit of everything this morning – let’s go! radioessentials.co.uk

@elonmusk just curious, this post on Facebook reached over 2 million people organically, but here on X only 800?

Another incident in Barnsley over night. Occupants fled the scene.

Today marks 37 years since the Hillsborough disaster at Hillsborough Stadium. Ninety-seven women, men and children lost their lives following the tragedy during the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool F.C. and Nottingham Forest F.C. on 15 April 1989. Today, and every day, our thoughts remain with the families, friends, survivors and everyone whose lives were changed forever. The 97 will never be forgotten.

Forget DIY SOS, meet Danny, he's launched Operation Roofing Man!

Some devastating footage from Oxspring this morning.

@dom_lucre Awesome, combine with robots and AI and....

🔥🚨BREAKING: A petri dish filled with human brain cells just learned to how to play DOOM Scientists at Cortical Labs have successfully trained a cluster of approximately 200,000 living human neurons, grown on a microelectrode array chip, to play the classic 3D video game DOOM.

90's at 9 is about to kick off with the Lightning Seeds! Listen on DAB - Sheffield & South Yorkshire Essentials or via radioessentials.audiofeeds.co.uk/player/single.… 😍 Alexa: Enable "Reyt Good Tunes"

Daryl Denham is back on Sheffield Essentials and Barnsley Essentials this morning from 10:00.

Global live-stream star DJ AG is bringing his street broadcast to Sheffield Town Hall on Friday 6 March and local artists could be part of it. This is the same platform that’s featured Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Aitch and more and now three Sheffield performers will get the chance to join the live lineup in front of a worldwide audience. If you’re an emerging artist or you know someone who is this could be a career-changing opportunity. 📍 Sheffield Town Hall 🗓 Friday 6 March ⏰ 4pm–8pm ⏳ DEADLINE TO APPLY: Midnight, Monday 2 March Details of how to apply in the full story below. 🔗 Full story below 👇 Link in comments radioessentials.co.uk/djag/

The Leadmill has launched a public crowd funder to secure a new long-term home. Full details below! If you can't donate, please share this Sheffield! radioessentials.co.uk/leadmill/

Tell Alexa to enable "Reyt Good Tunes!" - Spence McDonald is on air through until 22:00 on Barnsley Essentials and Sheffield Essentials with the 80s at 8 and 90s at 9!

Meanwhile in Barnsley...

🎉 We’ve had an incredible day in Sheffield celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year! South Yorkshire came together for a fantastic celebration filled with colour, culture and community spirit. From spectacular dragon and lion dances to live performances, food and family fun it was a brilliant day that showed the diversity and energy of our region. Here’s 2 minutes of the magic from today. 2026 welcomes the Year of the Horse a symbol of strength, energy and good fortune. Happy Lunar New Year, South Yorkshire! 🧧 Barnsley Essentials New Era Development Sheffield City Council Meadowhall