February 2019 Blog Posts

Matt Terry as a Lion

28th February 2019

Things we talked about today…
3rd and final music act for York Races announced tomorrow at 8.10am.

Win tickets to see York City Knights tomorrow with Ben’s Bonus Round.

X Factor winner Matt Terry was on air talking about Madagascar The Musical at York Theatre Royal and you can Listen again at minsterfm.com/listenagain/

Chances to win on air with Ben…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a pair of cinema tickets to Everyman York tickets if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by Ben…It’s the A to Z of movies and this week it is movies beginning with H…
This morning it was Heat.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning tickets A Night To Remember at York Barbican on March 13th.
Today it was Life In Lyrics and Claire Bateson won the tickets.

PANIC (8:15)
You can win £25 and a family ticket to York Dungeon if you can hold your nerve or £1,000 if the buzzer goes off!

Ash and the team played for £1000 and couldn’t name 5 Rolling Stones number 1 singles.

Ben and Cat on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 9:50am

Search For A Star final 10

26th February 2019

Things we talked about today…
Search For A Star live auditions were amazing at Carluccios and we now have our final 10, see the videos on our Facebook page.

The average women only has 5 outfits on a loop! STAT OF THE DAY

We announced James Arthur and Busted as acts to perform this summer at York Races.

Chances to win on air with Ben…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a pair of cinema tickets to Everyman York tickets if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by Ben…It’s the A to Z of movies and this week it is movies beginning with H…
This morning it was Harry Potter.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning tickets A Night To Remember at York Barbican on March 13th.
Today it was Silent Movie Moment and Amanda won the tickets.

PANIC (8:15)
You can win £25 and a family ticket to York Dungeon if you can hold your nerve or £1,000 if the buzzer goes off!

Matty played for £25 and couldn’t name 5 Star Trek The Next Generation characters.

Ben and Cat on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 11:53am

Final 20 on Search For A Star

25th February 2019

Things we talked about today…
Search For A Star live auditions tonight at Carluccios in York at 6pm, who will make it through to our final 10?

We spend 26 hours a year looking for car park spaces, are you as space stalker?

We heard from Yorkshire Vet Julian Norton ahead of the new series starting on Channel 5 tomorrow at 9pm, and he wouldn’t confirm if he takes his shirt off in series 8…

Chances to win on air with Ben…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a pair of cinema tickets to Everyman York tickets if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by Ben…It’s the A to Z of movies and this week it is movies beginning with H…
This morning it was Hot Fuzz.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning tickets A Night To Remember at York Barbican on March 13th.
Today it was Cats Movie Keys and Lynn in Haxby won the tickets.

PANIC (8:15)
You can win £25 and a family ticket to York Dungeon if you can hold your nerve or £1,000 if the buzzer goes off!

Tony won £25 by naming 5 prime numbers.

Ben and Cat on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 9:24am

Yob

22nd February 2019

Things we talked about today…
Ben is wearing a full tracksuit like a yob, is there an age cut off for being a full kit wally?

Ben’s mum broke down this morning and was listening to Ben moaning about her in the RAC van…what is a head gasket?

93% of us steal stuff and think it’s OK, what was the last thing you stole?

Chances to win on air with Ben…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a pair of cinema tickets to Everyman York tickets if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by Ben…It’s the A to Z of movies and this week it is movies beginning with G…
This morning it was Grease.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning tickets to The Principal York Outdoor Cinema season.
Today it was Silent Movie Moment and Jill won the tickets.

PANIC (8:15)
You can win £25 and a family ticket to York Dungeon if you can hold your nerve or £1,000 if the buzzer goes off!

Heidi played for £25 and couldn’t name 5 Berwick Kaler pantos.

Ben and Cat on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 9:20am

Search For A Star final 20

20th February 2019

Things we talked about today…
We announced our top 20 for Search For A Star and you can meet them now on our Facebook page.

It’s Love Your Pet Day and we have over 300 pet pics to keep you busy on our Facebook page.

The Jorvik Viking Festival starts today and they are having a best beard competition!

Chances to win on air with Ben…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a pair of cinema tickets to Everyman York tickets if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by Ben…It’s the A to Z of movies and this week it is movies beginning with G…
This morning it was Goonies.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning tickets to The Principal York Outdoor Cinema season.
Today it was Cats Movie Keys and Kelly won the tickets to see Bo Rap.

PANIC (8:15)
You can win £25 and a family ticket to York Dungeon if you can hold your nerve or £1,000 if the buzzer goes off!

Luke played for £1000 and named 3 seaside resorts beginning with B.

Ben and Cat on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 9:54am

Ryan Swain rapping

18th February 2019

Things we talked about today…
We’ve now met our next breakfast show presenter as auditions finished in Malton on Saturday, we announce the final 20 on Wednesday at 8.10am…On air today we heard Ryan Swain rap for 60 seconds and it sounded epic.

If you can do 10 push ups you risk your heart disease…I did 4 on air!

Its Drink Wine Day…enjoy.

Chances to win on air with Ben…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a pair of cinema tickets to Everyman York tickets if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by Ben…It’s the A to Z of movies and this week it is movies beginning with G…
This morning it was Ghostbusters.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning tickets to The Principal York Outdoor Cinema season.
Today it was The Baffler and Mark Pickering won the tickets.

PANIC (8:15)
You can win £25 and a family ticket to York Dungeon if you can hold your nerve or £1,000 if the buzzer goes off!

Mike played for £25 and couldn’t name 5 Bon Jovi songs.

Ben and Cat on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 9:43am

Malton Search For A Star

15th February 2019

Things we talked about today…
Do you want to join the breakfast show team? Last chance to audition on Saturday in Malton, go to minsterfm.com/star. By the way if we win Euromillions we will be searching for 2 stars on Monday!

The Grand Old Uke of York were our Hosue Band and played Happy Hour, you can bid on their charity auction items for St Leonard’s Hospice by going to their Facebook page.

Ben gave his wife a Valentines card and it was 3D and gave her a headache she went to bed early last night…at least she came up with a new excuse this year!

Chances to win on air with Ben…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a pair of cinema tickets to Everyman York tickets if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by Ben…It’s the A to Z of movies and this week it is movies beginning with F…
This morning it was Finding Nemo.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning flowers from Lilianna Floral Designs.
Today it was 3 Second Theme Tune and Liz Hudson won the flowers.

PANIC (8:15)
You can win £25 and a family ticket to York Dungeon if you can hold your nerve or £1,000 if the buzzer goes off!

Jo played for £1000 and couldn’t name 5 movies with Love in the title.

Ben and Cat on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 10:02am

Day of love

14th February 2019

Things we talked about today…
Do you want to join the breakfast show team? Last chance to audition on Saturday in Malton, go to minsterfm.com/star.

Mr Gardiner from Park Grove scored 10 on Test The Teacher and is now top of the leader board.

Ben gave his wife a Valentines Quiz and she only scored 2 out of 5 and didn’t know when they went on their first date!

Chances to win on air with Ben…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a pair of cinema tickets to Everyman York tickets if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by Ben…It’s the A to Z of movies and this week it is movies beginning with F…
This morning it was Footloose.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning flowers from Lilianna Floral Designs.
Today it was Cats Movie Keys and Gilly won the flowers.

PANIC (8:15)
You can win £25 and a family ticket to York Dungeon if you can hold your nerve or £1,000 if the buzzer goes off!

Wendy played for £25 and couldn’t name 5 Michael Douglas movies.

Ben and Cat on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 11:08am

Thousands raised at York Sport

11th February 2019

Things we talked about today…
Do you want to join the breakfast show team? The York auditions at Energi are fully booked but you can come and see us in Malton on February 16th minsterfm.com/star.

The 6 teams who did the York Sport 12hr Triathlon raised £8k for local good causes, see all the videos and pics on our Facebook page.

Today’s Foodie February vouchers sold out in 10 minutes, don’t miss tomorrows vouchers when they go live at 8am.

M&K Butchers have now launched their own Love Sausage for Valentines…let’s just leave that there.

Chances to win on air with Ben…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a pair of cinema tickets to Everyman York tickets if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by Ben…It’s the A to Z of movies and this week it is movies beginning with F…
This morning it was Face Off.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning flowers from Lilianna Floral Designs.
Today it was Guess Who and Rich Peacock won the prize.

PANIC (8:15)
You can win £25 and a family ticket to York Dungeon if you can hold your nerve or £1,000 if the buzzer goes off!

Kate played for £25 and couldn’t name 5 Ant & Dec TV shows.

Ben and Cat on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 10:24am

Time To Talk Day

7th February 2019

Things we talked about today…
Do you want to join the breakfast show team? You’ll get 60 seconds to shine, in Thirsk last night Keith had a big surprise for us, watch out for the auditions video on our Facebook page.

On Time To Talk Day we told the story of PC Mick Atkinson who took his own life last year, if you need someone to talk to you there are people ready to help, go to minsterfm.com for more details.

Tomorrow Beth McCarthy performs live as our House Band at 8.10am.

Chances to win on air with Ben…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a pair of cinema tickets to Everyman York tickets if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by Ben…It’s the A to Z of movies and this week it is movies beginning with E…
This morning it was Edward Scissorhands.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be win cooking classes at The Cookery School at The Grand.
Today it was The Baffler and Kelly won the cookery class/

PANIC (8:15)
You can win £25 and a family ticket to York Dungeon if you can hold your nerve or £1,000 if the buzzer goes off!

Martin played for £25 and couldn’t name 5 England Footballers who have scored more than 30 goals for their country.

Ben and Cat on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 9:20am

Selby Superbowl auditions

1st February 2019

Things we talked about today…
Do you want to join the breakfast show team? You’ll get 60 seconds to shine, still a few slots left for Selby on Saturday. We will be at Selby Superbowl between 11am – 2pm.

Ben is raising money for St Leonard’s Hospice doing the Accumulator Challenge and auctioned off 2 badges to the new Premier Racing Lounge at York Racecourse and raised £200 for a total of £411 from £30 this week. Sign up today for your own Accumulator Challenge at stleonardshospice.org.uk.

The Ice Trail is on tomorrow and there is a Millennium Falcon to see!!!

Chances to win on air with Ben…

SCREEN STARS (6:20)
Win a pair of cinema tickets to Everyman York tickets if you can work out the movie or TV show that is acted out by Ben…It’s the A to Z of movies and this week it is movies beginning with D…
This morning it was Die Hard.

GAME WHEEL (7.30)
This week you could be winning a family ticket to Energi Trampoline Park.
Today it was Bandety Blank and Liz won the tickets.

PANIC (8:15)
You can win £25 and a family ticket to York Dungeon if you can hold your nerve or £1,000 if the buzzer goes off!

Heidi from Driffield played for £1000 and couldn’t name 5 Michael Jackson number 1 singles.

Ben and Cat on air weekdays from 6am.

Posted by Ben Fry at 10:08am