S1 Ep826: Nick Ferrari - Medley
He's at the top of his game. Nick Ferrari combines the communications skill of a gifted radio presenter with the persistence of a press journalist and the wit of a comedian. A serious journalist with a tabloid instinct who can sharpen any subject to a killer question; and reduce any interviewee to a wreck. If he chose. Yet all that tough meat is seasoned beautifully with a dash of humour as la...
4m Dec 31, 2013
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S1 Ep825: A G Dryland reflects of first Big Ben New Year chimes in 1923
It is truly amazing that some things which seemed a bright idea to early radio producers remain to this day. It was New Year's Eve in 1923, when the idea was hatched to broadcast the chimes of Big Ben. BBC engineer, AG Dryland (pictured right), drew the short straw; and up he went onto a roof opposite the Houses of Parliament. Here, he tells his story. The bells later became a regular feature...
1m Dec 26, 2013
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S1 Ep824: John Snagge on first King's Christmas broadcast
Although a Christmas Message was nothing new by 1932, the broadcasting of it certainly was. Reith was keen on transmission, just as he'd been eager for the proceedings of the House of Commons to be broadcast. He'd written personally to the King in 1923 to ask about "delivering a message to his people on a significant holiday such as Christmas, New Year or Easter". King George V and the Palace ...
2m Dec 25, 2013
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S1 Ep823: Mike Baker - Tribute
Originally a broadcast engineer, Mike Baker was another of the early ILR names whose first taste of UK radio was at the United Biscuits Network, after a spell at Radio Veronica. That slick and familiar UBN sound was to become his own. Mike is renowned for having been the first voice on the 19th and 'final' commercial radio station, Beacon Radio in Wolverhampton, where he also established the s...
5m Dec 23, 2013
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S1 Ep822: RadioMoments Review of 2013
What a year it's been in radio. As ever, a year of celebrations and of challenges for both the BBC and commercial sectors. As 2013 nears its end, enjoy a special Bumper Edition, as the Radio Times would say, of #RadioMoments. Uncork some wine. Relax. Crank it up for a quarter hour. Let's remember this pivotal week in radio history; look back at 2013 overall; and wave a fitting farewell to some...
16m Dec 23, 2013
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S1 Ep821: First Christmas Broadcast - King George V 1932
Although a Christmas Message was nothing new by 1932, the broadcasting of it certainly was. Reith was keen on transmission, just as he'd been eager for the proceedings of the House of Commons to be broadcast. He'd written personally to the King in 1923 to ask about "delivering a message to his people on a significant holiday such as Christmas, New Year or Easter". King George V and the Palace...
3m Dec 22, 2013
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S1 Ep820: RadioMoments Review 20th December 2012
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/. The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
6m Dec 21, 2013
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S1 Ep819: Rob & Chrissie - Last show on Heart East Anglia
It's easy to say that commercial radio names are not as well-known as BBC names. Maybe that's because breakfast is where most reputations are grown, and commercial radio breakfast shows are largely local. In some markets, though, the commercial breakfast talent truly is part of the fabric of life. Rob Chandler began on what was Radio Broadland. The station became Heart in 2009. Rob worked on t...
9m Dec 20, 2013
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S1 Ep818: Go Digital conference - You & Yours coverage
On 16th December 2013, the radio and related industries gathered to #GoDigital. In a keynote address, Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, outlined the Government's latest intentions. That same day, Ed spoke to ‘You & Yours’ on BBC Radio 4; and Quentin Howard challenged Winifred Robinson. Paul Keenan from Bauer also outlined his views. James Cridland comemnt...
15m Dec 16, 2013
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S1 Ep817: RadioMoments Review 13th December 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/. The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
4m Dec 12, 2013
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S1 Ep816: Radio Academy Hall Of Fame 2013 Acceptances
The Radio Academy Hall of Fame is peppered with the best of names. A rich tapestry of talent from across the generations. Those people whose very words make UK Radio what it is. Each year, new names are added to the roster; and 2013 was no exception, thanks to Arqiva’s sponsorship. At the Savoy in London, fittingly just feet away from a slice of early radio history, five new names were added t...
14m Dec 12, 2013
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S1 Ep815: RadioMoments Review 6th Dec 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/. The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
5m Dec 06, 2013
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S1 Ep814: RadioMoments Review 29th Nov 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/. The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
7m Nov 30, 2013
7m
S1 Ep813: Richard Bacon Interview
Like so many great broadcasters, Richard Bacon's life has not quite been a bed of roses. And his audience like him all the more for it. Equipped with intelligence, charm, wit, annoyingly good looks and a radio gift, Richard Bacon has emerged from BBC Local Radio, through a TV diversion, to become one of the UK radio's freshest and most versatile talents. Now on 5Live, he shows where conversatio...
24m Nov 30, 2013
24m
S1 Ep812: John Shaw - Tribute
John was a one-off. Steeped in the skills of radio, and a producer of the old school who would take every err and umm out of an interview, even if the clock had long since clicked round beyond midnight, he was always keen to pass on his knowledge. A generation of 80s radio interns, many of whom now occupy senior positions across the industry, can look back and thank John for a grounding which s...
1m Nov 25, 2013
1m
S1 Ep811: End of local programming on Northsound 2 - 2013
One of the last groups of AM stations came together fully from 1st July 2013, when Bauer fused its Scottish services. Here, enjoy some of the final moments from John McRuvie on Northsound 2 on Friday 28th June. (Thanks to John Collins)
2m Nov 23, 2013
2m
S1 Ep810: End of local programming on Forth 2 - 2013
One of the last groups of AM stations came together fully from 1st July 2013, when Bauer fused its Scottish services. Here, enjoy some of the final moments from Bob Malcolm on Forth on Friday 28th June. Bob had been a part of Forth since its 1973 launch. (Thanks to John Collins)
10m Nov 23, 2013
10m
S1 Ep809: End of local programming on Clyde 2 in 2013
One of the last groups of AM stations came together fully from 1st July 2013, when Bauer fused its Scottish services. Here, enjoy some of the final moments from Mike Riddoch (Riddy) on Clyde 2 Friday 28th June. (Thanks to John Collins)
3m Nov 23, 2013
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S1 Ep808: BBC Radio Carlisle 1973 ident
Famed for its Lamb Bank which found homes for orphaned lambs, as John Myers relates in his biography, BBC Radio Carlisle really knew its place in its area. The station launched on Saturday November 24th 1973, originally serving the north and the west of the county. A number called 'Good Morning Radio Carlisle', penned ...
1m Nov 22, 2013
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S1 Ep807: RadioMoments review 22nd November 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/. The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
6m Nov 21, 2013
6m
S1 Ep806: John Peters - Medley
There are undoubtedly some key influences in music radio: the Blackburn sound; the Steve Wright sound; and the list goes on. There was certainly too ‘a UBN sound’. UBN being the biscuit factory station which was the training ground for so many early ILR broadcasters, as this new trickle of early stations mined the UK in the 1970s for people who understood contemporary music radio. This well-pro...
6m Nov 21, 2013
6m
S1 Ep805: RadioMoments Review 15th Nov 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/. The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
7m Nov 16, 2013
7m
S1 Ep804: Any Questions disrupted in Basingstoke - 1976
"Sickened and disgusted" were the words of David Jacobs, when windows at the United Reformed Church in Basingstoke, were smashed by those protesting noisily against the appearance of Enoch Powell on the panel of 'Any Questions' in November 1976. Enoch, a controversial former Tory MP, was known for his views on large-scale immigration. Recordings of the Radio 4 programme were suspended for ten m...
3m Nov 09, 2013
3m
S1 Ep803: RadioMoments Review 8th Nov 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/. The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
5m Nov 08, 2013
5m
S1 Ep802: RadioMoments Review 1st Nov 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/. The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
7m Nov 02, 2013
7m
S1 Ep801: GWR launch promo - 1985
‘The GWR phase’ in British Radio was hugely influential. From a small station merger, a UK titan was spawned. GWR began as Wiltshire Radio merged with the struggling Radio West in the tough economic conditions of the early 80s. After a three week gap for ‘test transmissions’, the new GWR bounced on-air. GWR, as a corporate entity, was to prove a hungry new player in an industry freed from own...
1m Oct 31, 2013
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S1 Ep800: Danny Baker BBC Radio London exit - 2012
6m Oct 26, 2013
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S1 Ep799: RadioMoments Review 25th Oct 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/. The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
6m Oct 25, 2013
6m
S1 Ep798: House of Commons speeches - 40 years of commmercial radio
As commercial radio celebrated forty years in October 2013, representatives gathered in the House of Commons to toast the occasion. The event was by invitation from Dame Anne Begg MP, chair of the all party parliamentary commercial radio group. Neil Fox from Magic and Russ Williams from Absolute hosted the event, volunteering some personal words. Andrew Harrison, outgoing RadioCentre chair add...
7m Oct 23, 2013
7m
S1 Ep797: RadioMoments review 18th October 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/. The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
8m Oct 17, 2013
8m
S1 Ep796: Honey Adair on Capital
It seems almost inconceivable now that music radio should pause for a serial. But in those days, radio did. Waggoners' Walk appeared daily on Radio 2; and the BBC was all we had as a reference point. Hence even Capital, in its early days, carried short bursts of drama between programmes, like 'The King and His Mistresses' at the outset; and later, as you can hear here 'Honey Adair'
1m Oct 13, 2013
1m
S1 Ep795: Bukht & Cash on Capital music policy
A leading commercial radio figure, Michael Bukht OBE died in 2011. In the dark days of the early 70s, Michael was the first Programme Controller proper of Capital Radio. He was also MD at Invicta, a GWR Programme Director and, notably, a visionary co-founder of Classic FM. As the Crafty Cook, Michael Barry became a TV favourite on BBC2 with ‘Food and Drink’. In this audio, hear Michael tell ...
2m Oct 13, 2013
2m
S1 Ep794: RadioMoments Review 11th Oct 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/. The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
6m Oct 11, 2013
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S1 Ep793: Douglas Cameron reads LBC news on its 40th
5m Oct 08, 2013
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S1 Ep792: First Mishal Husain appearance on the Today Programme
1m Oct 07, 2013
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S1 Ep791: Smooth 70s Close
Digital stations come and go at a faster rate than their analogue counterparts. A little like shops on a high street. Even more so now as the UK's fairly limited DAB capacity is re-jigged with the objective of availability for all, rather than a luxury of choice for some. Each distinctive one though attracts its own loyal audience which understandably misses it when it waves farewell. Smooth 7...
1m Oct 05, 2013
1m
S1 Ep790: RadioMoments Review 4th Oct 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/. The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
7m Oct 04, 2013
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S1 Ep789: Charlotte Green's debut on the Classifieds
Charlotte Green slides into this gig likes a hand into a silken glove. A marriage made in heaven; and the obvious, yet inspired, choice to replace James Alexander Gordon. This is all about tone and rhythm; and Charlotte's impeccable delivery positions her beautifully, having sailed on from her Radio 4 newsreader and continuity duties after 34 years. She has also emerged as a national treasure,...
2m Sep 28, 2013
2m
S1 Ep788: RadioMoments Review 27th Sep 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/ . The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments wee...
7m Sep 27, 2013
7m
S1 Ep787: Radio 390 - ID and closedown
Another one of those sixties pirate stations, offering a fruity alternative to Auntie. This powerful station, though, was softer and sweeter than most – 'aimed at housewives whilst their husbands are out at work'. On-air from 65-67, Radio 390 operated not from a ship, but from a fort in the Thames Estuary. Therein lay the problem: when a court concluded that the distance, not from the English ...
1m Sep 24, 2013
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S1 Ep786: FOOC - 25th anniversary programme
At the Beeb, they call it FOOC. 'From Our Own Correspondent' might be seen as an old-fashioned title were it attached to a new programme now, but it's become normalised over the years, since its first edition in 1955. To this day, the programme delivers inspired insight into an ever more complicated World This is radio doing what radio does best, storytelling. The BBC's skilled and often cauti...
14m Sep 22, 2013
14m
S1 Ep785: RadioMoments Review 20th Sept 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/ . The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
7m Sep 20, 2013
7m
S1 Ep784: Tim Westwood - Last Show on Radio 1
The last words on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra from Tim Westwood, before he departs after nearly 20 years to join Choice 'See you in the new building family' - and an honorary mention for Richard Park.
3m Sep 14, 2013
3m
S1 Ep783: RadioMoments Review 13th Sept 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/ . The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
7m Sep 13, 2013
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S1 Ep782: Radio 1 on 9/11
2m Sep 11, 2013
2m
S1 Ep781: Terry Wogan resigns - September 2009
1m Sep 06, 2013
1m
S1 Ep780: RadioMoments Review 6th Sept 2013
Each week, the fine Radio Academy podcast features interviews and content from the world of radio at http://www.radioacademy.org/podcasts/ . The Academy podcast concludes with a slice of audio memories from the radio week in history, as they invite me to assemble a weekly compendium of my daily #radiomoments tweets @davidlloydradio, with audio and narrative. Here's just that #radiomoments week...
7m Sep 06, 2013
7m
S1 Ep779: Farewell David Jacobs
At the end of the week in which we lost David Jacobs, Matthew Bannister's excellent 'Last Word' programme on BBC Radio 4 reflected on David's energy and achievements.
7m Sep 06, 2013
7m
S1 Ep778: Moyles becomes longest-running Radio 1 breakfast show
5m Sep 05, 2013
5m
S1 Ep777: SuperGold - the end
As the first tranches of commercial radio stations were given the strong steer to split their AM and FM frequencies, most chose to put a Gold station on AM; and keep the heritage brand on FM, adding a CHR twist to what had been a full-service format. The oldies brands fared well across the UK, some exceptionally so. In truth, the challenge lay in the FM brands as they leaped all over the place,...
1m Aug 31, 2013
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