S1 Ep1618: Final Heart local farewells - 2019
Some more of the final regular local Heart breakfast shows.
20m May 31, 2019
20m
S1 Ep1617: WPLJ New York: Final Week excerpts - 2019
After almost 50 years of broadcasting from New York, this was the end of an era for 95.5 WPLJ. The station which had served pop and rock hits across the Hudson River and broadcast throughout North and Central New Jersey closed on May 31 2019. The Cumulus Media station was sold to Christian broadcaster Educational Media Foundation in February, and the new Christian contemporary station K-Love (W...
7m May 28, 2019
7m
S1 Ep1616: Final local Heart breakfast shows - 2019
Some of the final regular local Heart breakfast shows.
15m May 25, 2019
15m
S1 Ep1615: Roger Blyth on Radio City - 1978
Roger Blyth entertains in the afternoon with ‘City Extra’ on Liverpool’s Radio City in Summer 1978. As with so many of the early stations, it spread its geographic wings as much as it dare – serving ‘the North West and North Wales’. The City Show-mobile was on the road too. More station IDs than earlier generations, at a time when the industry was just getting accustomed to audience research. T...
25m May 19, 2019
25m
S1 Ep1614: Beacon Top 40 with Mike Baker - 1979
The unmistakeable Beacon sound powers through, from the chap who’d started it off from Wolverhampton three years before. In this excerpt from a Beacon Top 40 in November 1979, Mike Baker does the business, with that slick sound he’d honed – as had many others - at UBN, the United Biscuits Network. Witness how Beacon claimed ‘The West Midlands’ rather than its licensed area (then Wolverhampton a...
17m May 19, 2019
17m
S1 Ep1613: Les Ross on BRMB - 1979
Feelgood radio from Birmingham's king of breakfast radio, Les Ross on BRMB in October 1979. Tighter than earlier ILR years, but replete with smiles from the off-the-cuff humour and the general energy, sound and feel. Enjoy here too the ad breaks, with so many famous singalong ads. and an interesting music policy.
19m May 19, 2019
19m
S1 Ep1612: Mental Health Minute - 2019
UK radio stations came together on 13th May 2019 for the second time for the Mental Health Minute. (montage from David Salt)
2m May 13, 2019
2m
S1 Ep1611: Sarah Kennedy - last Radio 2 show - 2010
"Re-group tomorrow, if spared.", suggested Sarah Kennedy as she ended what would be her last Radio 2 show on 13th August 2010.
16m May 11, 2019
16m
S1 Ep1610: Phil Williams - final BBC 5 Live programme - 2019
8m May 10, 2019
8m
S1 Ep1609: Simon Mayo - end of last Radio 1 show - 2001
Simon Mayo's last words on Radio 1 after fifteen years, as he prepared for a future on BBC 5 Live.
3m Apr 27, 2019
3m
S1 Ep1608: Adam Brown - first XS Manchester breakfast - 2019
Adam Brown presented his first breakfast show on XS Manchester on Tuesday 23rd April. He had been on Capital Manchester drive, also Key 103 and BBC Radio Manchester.
4m Apr 23, 2019
4m
S1 Ep1607: Johnnie Walker joins the BBC - 1969
The pirate who took Caroline proudly into illegality joined the BBC at last - 50 years ago this week.  "The Saturday afternoon listening revolution with music and happiness for all to share.
1m Apr 23, 2019
1m
S1 Ep1606: First Jonathan Dimbleby Any Questions - 1987
As Jonathan Dimbleby took over from John Timpson and  hosted his first Any Questions, heard here on 4th September 1987, little did he know he'd be there for 32 years until his departure in 2019. The panel included Conservative MP Norman Tebbit and Labour's Roy Hattersley and questions included: the trial of Mathias Rust, the young German amateur aviator who landed his light aircraft in then-co...
2m Apr 15, 2019
2m
S1 Ep1605: Capital - First UK breakfast show - 2019
As the  Capitals come together for breakfast on April 8th 2019, hear  Roman Kemp - and some localised clips from Liverpool, Scotland, East Mids and Manchester.
4m Apr 15, 2019
4m
S1 Ep1604: Hillsborough anniversary on Radio City & BBC Merseyside - 2019
4m Apr 15, 2019
4m
S1 Ep1603: Mix 96 idents 1994
1m Apr 14, 2019
1m
S1 Ep1602: ANNOUNCEMENT!
New variations! If you enjoy the hour long Conversations programmes which feature an  hour with someone in radio who has made a difference, please subscribe to the new RADIOMOMENTS CONVERSATIONS podcast. If you find the weekly reviews interesting, please subscribe to the new RADIOMOMENTS THIS WEEK IN HISTORY podcast. This RADIOMOMENTS CLIPS podcast continues - now dedicated to those vintage ...
2m Apr 12, 2019
2m
S1 Ep1600: BBC Radio 4 Today fills when the line goes down - 2019
Light relief on the Radio 4 Today  programme from 6th April 2019 with John Humphrys and Justin Webb when the line went down and filling ensued...
3m Apr 06, 2019
3m
S1 Ep1599: Country Hits Radio - Launch 2019
9m Apr 05, 2019
9m
S1 Ep1598: Toby Anstis Final Morning Show on Heart - 2019
After sixteen feel-good years, Toby Anstis, who epitomised the Heart brand for a generation, vacates the chair.
4m Apr 05, 2019
4m
S1 Ep1597: Capital local breakfast show ends - 2019
True professionalism as Capital breakfast show presenters move on from the gigs they love.  Some prepare for a new drive show, some prepare for other shows, some prepare for a new future. All listener-focused ends and generous in spirit. And I have to smile at Capital East Mids where they said so little about the end during the show, it was business as excellently usual  - but there was a nod t...
10m Apr 05, 2019
10m
S1 Ep1595: Rickie, Melvin and Charlie first show on Radio 1 - 2019
5m Apr 01, 2019
5m
S1 Ep1594: Interview on Radio 4 WATO re BBC Sounds - March 2019
Sarah Montague interviews Dan Taylor-Watt about the new BBC Sounds app and listens to listener concerns. As heard on the World at One on Radio 4 on 6th March 2019.
9m Apr 01, 2019
9m
S1 Ep1593: Bob Stewart - Montage
7m Mar 28, 2019
7m
S1 Ep1592: Radio Caroline launch - 1964
1m Mar 28, 2019
1m
S1 Ep1589: Final Top 40 on Radio 2's FM frequencies - March 1990
2m Mar 17, 2019
2m
S1 Ep1585: Scala Radio - Launch - 2019
14m Mar 05, 2019
14m
S1 Ep1582: Media Show - Global Radio coverage - 2019
As Capital prepared to take advantage of latest deregulation, Radio executives and commentators gave their two penn'orth on the Media Show from Radio 4
13m Feb 27, 2019
13m
S1 Ep1580: Scala Radio Tests - 2019
5m Feb 19, 2019
5m
S1 Ep1579: Margaret Thatcher on JY Prog on Radio 2 - 1975
On 19th February 1975, Margaret Thatcher gave her first interview as party leader – and she gave it to Jimmy Young on Radio 2. In this fascinating telescoped 50’ – she assures Jimmy that he is fine to call her Margaret – despite what listeners say. She also suggests that when her time comes to leave office – she will go with good grace. And – most tellingly - on the issue of Europe – given the ...
58m Feb 18, 2019
58m
S1 Ep1577: Tony Blackburn - first Sounds of the Sixties - 2017
In March 2017, Tony Blackburn succeeded Brian Matthew as presenter of Radio 2's 'Sounds of the 60s'. The two-hour show also moved to the earlier time of 6 am.
6m Feb 10, 2019
6m
S1 Ep1576: Tony Blair first weekly broadcast 'on the internet' - 2000
In Feb 2000, PM Tony Blair began a weekly audio broadcast - a little like the familiar Presidential radio broadcasts in the UK. The eight minute piece was available 'only on the Internet' (accessed either as a streamed file, a downloadable MP3 version or as a transcript). After the tentative introduction - and a what his producer likely suggested was a clever bit of linking - the first edition ...
1m Feb 10, 2019
1m
S1 Ep1574: John Humphrys announces he'll leave the Today Programme - 2019
A sniff that just possibly John Humphrys may leave the Today programme some time in 2019 merited a sizeable chunk of the World at One on Radio 4 on 6th Feb – and prefaced the item on the North Korea nuclear summit. And so it should have. Here, he talks to former dawn colleague, Sarah Montague on the World at One on the day the story appeared on the front page of the Daily Mail.
10m Feb 06, 2019
10m
S1 Ep1570: Chris Evans - first Virgin breakfast show 2019
Chris carries off his first show with aplomb. The sense of presence which he effortlessly routinely delivers – and the sense of occasion of a special first show but where the listeners feel part of it – rather than distant. A feat not carried off by all. “BBC Radio 2”…he finds himself saying - before the hesitant “….is where we used to be’. And he warns Auntie Ethel who’s flicked over that the...
1hr 15m Jan 21, 2019
1hr 15m
S1 Ep1569: Front Row on Radio 4 talks breakfast shows
6m Jan 19, 2019
6m
S1 Ep1567: Fix Radio (Manchester) - Launch - 2019
2m Jan 15, 2019
2m
S1 Ep1566: Zoe Ball - First Radio 2 breakfast show - 2019
26m Jan 14, 2019
26m
S1 Ep1564: Dianne Oxberry Tributes on BBC Radio Manchester - 2018
22m Jan 11, 2019
22m
S1 Ep1563: Greatest Hits Radio launch (Lancs) - 2019
7m Jan 07, 2019
7m
S1 Ep1562: Free Radio 80s becomes Greatest Hits Radio
1m Jan 06, 2019
1m
S1 Ep1561: Free Radio 80s becomes Absolute Classic Rock
On 6th Jan 2019 at 18:00, Free Radio 80s closed. On 1152am, 990am and 1017am it became Absolute Classic Rock.
1m Jan 06, 2019
1m
S1 Ep1560: Absolute leaves 105.2 in West Mids
On 17th December 2018, Absolute Radio was replaced by Greatest Hits Christmas on 105.2 FM in the West Midlands - ahead of the launch of Greatest Hits Radio on Jan 7th 2019.
1m Jan 06, 2019
1m
S1 Ep1559: Gold West Midlands closes to become Free Radio 80s - 2012
1m Jan 05, 2019
1m
S1 Ep1558: Rickie, Melvin and Charlie - final Kiss breakfast 2018
18m Dec 31, 2018
18m
S1 Ep1557: Final Billy Butler programme on BBC Radio Merseyside - 2018
Billy Butler served Merseyside for 47 years on Radio City, its AM offshoots and then back to BBC Radio Merseyside. At the age of 76, the BBC chose not to renew his contract.  Having hosted Thursdays and Fridays, his final programme was broadcast on 28th December 2018. As is to be expected, in the case of a man who’s served such a characterful city for so many decades, played at the Cavern and ...
24m Dec 28, 2018
24m
S1 Ep1556: Chris Evans - Final Radio BBC 2 breakfast 2018
Chris Evans is a master. A rule breaker who annoys every radio programme director listening – but the sense of occasion every show brings is simply perfect. On Radio 2, with the maturity that decades on air brings, he has been at his best. The creativity and rebellion lives on, polished with the pain of experience.  In this final show on 24th December 2018, he uses every trick in the radio box....
26m Dec 24, 2018
26m
S1 Ep1555: Simon Mayo - Final drive show BBC Radio 2 - 2018
"I have loved every single moment. Never intended to go. But you know circumstances change and everything will be fabulous and Radio 2 will still be sparkling and magic", said Simon Mayo as he waves farewell to Radio 2 on 21st December 2018.
8m Dec 21, 2018
8m
S1 Ep1554: Final Mayo & Whiley on Radio 2 - 2018
Some shows are remarkable for their longevity. The drive show in 2018 on Radio 2 was noteworthy for its brevity. After many years solo, Simon was joined by Jo Whiley. Whilst both are accomplished professionals - behaving professionally - and with genuine mutual respect, it was probably not the approach either of them would chosen.  The partnership ended  on Thursday 20th December 2018, with Si...
9m Dec 21, 2018
9m
S1 Ep1551: Final Emma Bunton/Jamie breakfast show on Heart London - 2018
Emma Bunton began working with Heart in 2009 - as a guest co-host for Jamie and then as maternity cover for Harriet Scott. She assumed the role 'full-time' in 2013. Enjoy here some clips from her final show with Jamie Theakston on Friday 14th December 2018. Heart proves yet again you can be polished, showbiz - and yet still authentic. This coupling was great casting - and the final show a touch...
15m Dec 14, 2018
15m
S1 Ep1550: Shaun Keaveny's last 6 Music breakfast show - 2018
"For those that have listened for the last 11 years 8 months 13 days, thanks for putting up with the many shite days and for giving us your time and your fucking funny jokes. We love you from the bottom of our hearts", tweeted Shaun Keaveny as he said farewell to the breakfast stint on BBC 6 Music on 14th December 2018.
22m Dec 14, 2018
22m