S1 Ep69: Walter
1m Aug 14, 2011
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S1 Ep68: Essex Radio - Launch
#EssexRadio #launch
4m Aug 14, 2011
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S1 Ep67: Humphrys with John Prescott
1m Aug 13, 2011
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S1 Ep66: Southern launch
I remember Southern Sound fondly from my many visits to Brighton in those heady eighties Maria Vidal days. It made a small boarding house and a greasy breakfast tolerable. I recall, later, the menacing VOs promising ‘Classic Hits across Sussex’; and a more refined, relaxed AC ILR than I was used to in the grimy Midlands. Southern Sound was one of the second burst of commercial stations, launch...
1m Aug 13, 2011
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S1 Ep65: stern
2m Aug 12, 2011
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S1 Ep64: Marlboro
By the sixties, radio ads were still only heard still on the UK pirate stations and on the hugely popular overseas stations like Radio Luxembourg. One hugely popular campaign of the time which featured both Outdoor, TV and radio was for Marlboro. Back then, of course, smoking was not recognised as the killer it is; and advertising for it, accordingly, absolutely fine. The challenge for Marlbor...
1m Aug 12, 2011
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S1 Ep63: Calvert
1m Aug 11, 2011
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S1 Ep61: WM Riot #fail
1m Aug 09, 2011
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S1 Ep60: Bukht
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 ...
1m Aug 06, 2011
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S1 Ep59: Radio Two racing
13s Aug 04, 2011
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S1 Ep58: Alan Dell
29s Aug 02, 2011
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S1 Ep57: Terry Wogan
1m Aug 02, 2011
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S1 Ep56: Atlantic 252 Launch
2m Aug 01, 2011
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S1 Ep55: James Whale on Boris
1m Jul 30, 2011
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S1 Ep54: Caroline continues
Imagine now if they closed down all the music radio stations one day. But one lived on defiantly. In a nutshell, that moment came at midnight on August 14th 1967 when the stations lodging on ships and forts in the North Sea were outlawed. At a time of no UK land-based commercial radio, and no BBC national music stations, the UK offshore pirate stations had been alone in dispensing pop music to ...
1m Jul 30, 2011
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S1 Ep53: DLT resignation from Radio 1 - 1993
Quack, quack. Oops. DLT, the face and voice of a generation. Like so many of his era, his radio life began aboard a ship. Home was a cramped bunk bed on Radio Caroline, until the illegitimate stations became truly illegal in August 1967. Then, he was one of the many young pirates invited to join Radio 1, initially hosting ‘Pop North’ from Manchester. The following year, he assumed the Sunday mo...
13s Jul 30, 2011
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S1 Ep52: John Peel, Radio London and One
1m Jul 29, 2011
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S1 Ep51: Fox launch
1m Jul 28, 2011
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S1 Ep50: John Walters
1m Jul 26, 2011
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S1 Ep49: Radio London
When one hears the sixties pirate radio days re-told with relish, it is quite naturally the buccaneering Caroline which rightly seizes the headline story. She was primus inter pares from the 21 stations which broadcast offshore. The Lady was first; she bore a real name; and she was established by a wily Irishman. It's rather more than a great story - but, well, it is a great story. In radio for...
2m Jul 25, 2011
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S1 Ep48: James Naughtie
11s Jul 24, 2011
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S1 Ep47: Moyles Salary
1m Jul 23, 2011
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S1 Ep46: Dale Winton - Medley
2m Jul 23, 2011
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S1 Ep45: BBC Light Programme Launch - 1945
1m Jul 23, 2011
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S1 Ep44: Richard Park
Born in 1948, Fife. Everyone has a Richard Park story. Some will likely be unfamiliar to even him. He can smile at his critics, safe in the knowledge he has achieved success on more than one occasion. He is acclaimed by many as the UK's greatest ever radio programmer. Richard began his radio career on the pirate Radio Scotland, where you hear him here on this Audioboom. On land, at a young Ra...
1m Jul 21, 2011
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S1 Ep43: mebo board
I recall my brothers listening to the wavery AM RNI signal in their messy, cold bedrooms in the early '70s. It was simply another popular listening option in a country where legitimate commercial music radio had yet to arrive. RNI, Radio Northsea (Nordsee) International was the most famous of the second generation of offshore pirate radio stations. The UK anti-pirate legislation of 1967, howev...
2m Jul 21, 2011
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S1 Ep42: Zeff
1m Jul 20, 2011
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S1 Ep41: Our Tune
22s Jul 20, 2011
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S1 Ep40: Sarah Kennedy happy on Radio 2
1m Jul 20, 2011
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S1 Ep39: Jimmy Clitheroe
How can a radio programme smell like Brussel sprouts? This does. It sits, for me and many, as simply part of the Sunday lunchtime ritual back in those pre-microwave days. The 'Clitheroe Kid' was a BBC radio comedy which featured a Northern comedian called Jimmy Clitheroe. Fresh from Variety performance on stage; he arrived in radio-land playing the part of a cheeky schoolboy. Such was his eag...
1m Jul 19, 2011
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S1 Ep38: American TOP 40 - Casey Kasem
1m Jul 19, 2011
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S1 Ep37: Jam 1 and 2
There are many well-written and educative jingle sites. This is not one of them. But its only right to celebrate the great bit-part role that jingles have played in radio's sound over the years. In the UK, the overseas channels first brought them into our homes, followed by the 60s pirates where the first highly-produced American material was...
2m Jul 19, 2011
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S1 Ep36: Simon Dee
Simon Dee? Maybe another character from the Chris Evans mould. Someone with huge talent who rose from radio to TV and huge fame; and kinda messed up a bit along the way. Sadly for Simon, though, there was to be no real rehabilitation. Simon’s radio career began as the first broadcaster on Radio Caroline, with its huge audiences. From there it was quickly off to the BBC Light Programme; and to ...
24s Jul 18, 2011
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S1 Ep35: JAM One
1m Jul 18, 2011
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S1 Ep34: Elvis death - Radio Luxembourg
The death of Elvis is one of those moments in history. If you are old enough to remember; you do remember. You recall where you are; and how you heard. For many, in those pre-internet days, the news broke on radio. And evening pop radio in those days was still dominated by Luxembourg. That station too had a special relationship with Elvis ; which was all too apparent too, as a clearly moved To...
2m Jul 17, 2011
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S1 Ep33: Radio London
12s Jul 17, 2011
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S1 Ep32: Pennine launch - 1975
4m Jul 17, 2011
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S1 Ep31: Roadshow
The Radio One Roadshow, launched in 1973, was a phenomenon. Seventies music stars were not always essential to draw the crowds; the disc jockeys alone were often sufficient, escaping from the medium wave into the open air in their coloured nylon shirts or branded jackets. Maybe the seventies were such a dull decade, that mere radio presenters in shorts were enough to cause a stir. A great Joh...
30s Jul 16, 2011
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S1 Ep30: Noel Edmonds
1m Jul 16, 2011
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S1 Ep29: Everett
1m Jul 15, 2011
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S1 Ep28: 2 Way
1m Jul 11, 2011
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S1 Ep27: Home, Light, Third
9s Jul 11, 2011
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S1 Ep26: Johnny Vaughan TV ad
1m Jul 10, 2011
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S1 Ep25: Tony Blackburn on Caroline
1m Jul 08, 2011
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S1 Ep24: ITMA Two
ITMA (It's That Man Again) first aired on the BBC National Programme (also later on the Forces, Home, Light), starring Tommy Handley in topical comic situations amidst the War. It featured Colonel Chinstrap and Mrs. Mopp, and generated many catchphrases.   The title owed something to a Daily Express headline on Hitler.  A series of four fortnightly episodes was planned- although the series was ...
1m Jul 08, 2011
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S1 Ep23: Nescafe Chart
1m Jul 07, 2011
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S1 Ep22: metro launch
1m Jul 07, 2011
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S1 Ep21: Melody
19s Jul 07, 2011
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S1 Ep20: Beacon Shropshire
1m Jul 07, 2011
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S1 Ep19: Hirsty
I always remember when Hirsty was told she was to host the coveted Pepsi Chart show: 'I sat on t'hill near Barnsley and cried'. The remark summed her up. Talented, lovable and humble. Her life story will surely make a book. From anorak to one of the best known names in commercial radio; and a few surprises along the way, which she has handled as stylishly as she now looks. Enjoy a little here...
7m Jul 07, 2011
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