So, there I was sitting in the bath, occasionally letting bubbles come up to the surface, and my radio, on the other side of the
Tag: BBC Radio 1
My Tony Blackburn
We live our lives in the blink of an eye. Without doing it consciously, we get old and our ageing is soundtracked by people or
Old people swarm onto the back of BBC Radio 1
Once again bunches of old people seem to be circling on the youth radio of the day, BBC Radio 1. Just as bunches of old
The Sunday Chart Show pensioned off
The BBC Radio 1 ‘Top 40 Chart Show’ in some form or the other has existed since 1955. That’ll be 60 years. Yes, ok, it’s not
Goodbye Zane, Hello Annie; Goodbye Fearne, Hello Clara
A couple of people of note have left BBC Radio One. Well, others have left too, but from ‘minority’ and specialist interest programming. Whilst acknowledging
Shaking off the over-30 year old Radio 1 clingons
I am, as I used to say many times, only 19 years of age. As people around me grew old and got themselves stuck in
BBC Radio 1 to close down
This terrible news. BBC Radio 1 is closing down in June. OMG! The end, the end, the end! The evil commercial radio empire has finally
The search for inclusive music radio
Was radio ever presented by human beings? Was it ever experimental? Did it ever take chances or dare to be different? Here`s my problem: I
Quasar, the oldies radio station
Many years ago there was an offshore radio station called Radio Caroline. It stopped being an offshore radio station and became an internet radio station.
Liverpool’s Radio City imitating early years of Radio 1
Who remembers when BBC Radio 1 first came on the air? No? Well, for many many years the station operated from 7 in the morning
Hating BBC Radio 1
Has daytime BBC Radio 1 managed to get rid of all the old people who were listening? I think it has. It must have been
Death by Smooth Radio
I don’t listen to Smooth Radio. I’m far too young to want to listen to 30 safe dreary oldies being played over and over again.
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