His clear tones epitomised a calm era of Radio 2. Armed with some TV experience and a spell with the pirate Radio Caroline, Colin Berry joined the BBC’s new 'Light Programme' in the seventies. He was to host all of its major dayparts, from time to time, and was said to be the station’s longest continuous-serving news reader until his final bulletin in 2012. Famously too, for 25 years, we heard him deliver the UK’s voting in the Eurovision song contest. In his own words, this is the Colin Berry s...
Nov 02, 2016•57 min•Ep. 1257
Oct 30, 2016•7 min•Ep. 1256
Oct 28, 2016•15 min•Ep. 1255
Oct 26, 2016•9 min•Ep. 1254
Adam Dowling introduces a tribute to Dave Cash, as produced originally for Dave's 50th anniversary in radio in 2014. As aired (telescoped) on the BBC in the South in October 2016.
Oct 26, 2016•59 min•Ep. 1253
After more then fifty years in radio, from the pirates to the present day, Dave Cash died on 21st October 2016. His final programme was just days before, on October 16th, across the BBC in the South on this Country programme. Catch him here enjoying himself, joining in with familiar Country favourites, and even having a quick word with a fellow pirate Roger Day.
Oct 22, 2016•25 min•Ep. 1252
Oct 20, 2016•9 min•Ep. 1251
Oct 12, 2016•8 min•Ep. 1249
Oct 08, 2016•9 min•Ep. 1247
Oct 07, 2016•17 min•Ep. 1246
Aired on 2nd Oct 2016
Oct 02, 2016•30 min•Ep. 1244
After seventy years on radio, Desmond Carrington, 90, announces his imminent farewell.
Sep 30, 2016•2 min•Ep. 1243
Sep 28, 2016•8 min•Ep. 1241
Sep 27, 2016•1 min•Ep. 1240
Sep 27, 2016•4 min•Ep. 1239
15th Sept 2016
Sep 21, 2016•21 min•Ep. 1237
Sep 20, 2016•8 min•Ep. 1236
For a generation, his was the daring voice of an initially cautious Capital Radio, as the host of ‘Your Mother Wouldn’t Like it’. In this edition of Conversations, enjoy an hour with Nicky Horne. Nicky speaks of his early days in the discos and on biscuit factory radio at UBN, before opening up about his break at Capital where he was to work alongside those he’d admired in their pirate beginnings. Hear too of his encounters with some of the World’s most famous musicians’; and his days at Virgin ...
Sep 20, 2016•56 min•Ep. 1235
Sep 16, 2016•7 min•Ep. 1234
Trusting Jon Holmes to end his Xfm breakfast days and host a farewell programme to prepare the ground for a new radio station probably took a bit of a management gulp. But it made compelling listening. You never quite knew how far he was going to go - and even when he was uttering sincere valedictory words, you had that niggling feeling something else was about to happen. Great radio. Great performer. Few presenters have ever managed to span the formats with the agility and intelligence of Jon. ...
Sep 11, 2016•19 min•Ep. 1232
Sep 08, 2016•2 min•Ep. 1231
Presenters form a close bond with their listeners, particularly on talk and breakfast formats. When they wave farewell, whether at their choice or the station’s, it’s good to be able to say goodbye. Listen here to the announcement of the departure of Chelsea Norris from the Key 103 breakfast programme in Manchester after 11 years, followed by the last two hours of the final show two days later. The listeners say it best: ‘It’s like losing my little girl’.
Sep 04, 2016•34 min•Ep. 1230
Sep 04, 2016•8 min•Ep. 1229
Performed by Sarah Vaughan, this great jingle was part of a star-studded campaign by the RAB in the United States in 1965. They were trumpeting commercial radio powerfully whilst we were still almost a decade away from it even beginning.
Sep 01, 2016•50 sec•Ep. 1228
Another AM/FM split, a little later than the rest, Swansea Sound divided on 30th September 1995, exactly 21 years after it had originally gone on air. Unlike most, the legacy brand remained on AM and the new 'brand' 'Sound Wave' (Now The Wave) debuted on FM. It was proud moment for Shaun Tilley.
Sep 01, 2016•3 min•Ep. 1227
Aug 28, 2016•9 min•Ep. 1226
Aug 27, 2016•7 min•Ep. 1225
Aug 20, 2016•7 min•Ep. 1224
Aug 09, 2016•7 min•Ep. 1222
Aug 03, 2016•34 sec•Ep. 1221
