The MK Secret Sound is back!

What is that sound driving Milton Keynes crazy? The MK Secret Sound returns to MKFM with CityFibre this September, and this time it’s worth £1000!

The Secret Sound has been on radio longer than time itself, but it still gets people talking!

Thanks to CityFibre, the UK's largest alternative provider of wholesale fibre network infrastructure and the builder of Gigabit Cities, you could win £1,000 by simply guessing what the MK Secret Sound is.

Fancy £1000 to pay off some bills, head away on holiday or maybe put towards…Christmas?

Starting on Monday 7th September at 8.15am on the MK Breakfast Show with Darren and Lia, be sure to be listening as the MK Secret Sound is revealed for the first time and quickly becomes the topic of conversation in cars and workplaces across Milton Keynes.

How to play

The MK Secret Sound plays twice a day, on the MK Breakfast Show at 8.15am and on MKFM Drive at 5.15pm.

For your chance to win £1000, thanks to CityFibre, text 81400, starting your message with MKFM SOUND and your name.

81400 + MKFM + SOUND + 'Your Name'

We could be calling you on-air for your chance to win the cash!

Some of the incorrect guesses so far

• Date stamp
• Self-inking stamp
• Pet flap
• Briefcase closing
• Shuffling a pack of cards
• Hole punch
• Door closing
• Car central locking
• An apple
• Closing of a washing detergent container
• Bubble wrap
• Stapler
• Slot machine
• PVC door
• Credit card rub machine
• Gravel
• Photocopier
• Shuffling paper
• Stamp
• Closing a cupboard door
• Seat belt release button
• Letter box
• Turnstile
• Staple gun
• Can of Pringles being popped open
• Door catch
• Guillotine
• Pricing gun
• Typewriter
• Clock ticking
• Bathroom light pull
• Hand sanitiser unit
• Door opening
• Plug going into a wall socket
• Printing press
• Double locking a door
• Velux window
• Vending machine
• Ring pull
• Pressing basin waste 
• Landline phone
• Clapping
• Scooter going over the pavement
• Tupperware container clicking open/closed
• Hotel room key card slot
• Clicking of a pen
• Slot machine (one arm bandit)
• Reloading a gun
• Back gate opening/closing
• Tap dancing
• Clocking in machine
• Cassette tape
• Percolator jug
• Shutters
• Slide projector carousel
• Cash machine
• Shuffling papers
• Cigarette lighter

Listen to the MK Secret Sound here

Terms and Conditions

MKFM's standard terms and conditions apply to this and all competitions on MKFM.

In addition, the entry mechanic described above forms part of the rules and the following specific rules also apply to the MK Secret Sound competition:

• Entries will be selected by generating a random number corresponding to the order in which entries have been received.
• Only one entry per mobile number will be accepted each day.
• There will be two competition rounds per day during weekdays, at 8.15am and 5.15pm.
• In the event of circumstances beyond our control (e.g. loss of transmission, urgent breaking news, studio emergencies, etc) we reserve the right to run the competition at the earliest opportunity after these times - in the event that this is necessary, it will be announced on air.
• Competition rounds may be recorded shortly before transmission.
• If you fail to answer the telephone when we call you, you will be deemed to have forfeited your opportunity to play and be re-entered in the draw to play in the event that the prize is not won.
• Entries made within 15 minutes of the competition execution time will not be included in the draw, however, in the event that the prize is not won, they will be included in the next competition round.
• Entries are open from Monday 7th September 2020.
• By entering the competition, you are agreeing to be identified as a winner and you may be asked to take part in some publicity activity (e.g. photo calls with local press).
• This competition is intended for our local audience on FM. As such, to be eligible to claim the prize, entrants must live in our FM broadcast area (which covers the Borough of Milton Keynes including Newport Pagnell, Stony Stratford, Wolverton, Woburn Sands and Bletchley, and the nearby towns of Woburn, Olney, Cranfield and Ampthill). Alternatively, entrants must work within this area for at least five day a week. Evidence of employment at the time of winning will be required and is subject to MKFM's judgement. If you are unsure whether you are in an eligible area, please contact the Managing Director for clarification.
• As with all MKFM competitions, current MKFM staff and volunteers and their immediate families are not allowed to enter. Staff and relatives of employees of CityFibre are also excluded from entering this specific competition.
• The incorrect guess list does not contain every incorrect guess we have had so far, it is just a selection of these.