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A Korean Gayageum gone Floydy

24 October, 2016 Christopher England

As you may know, I hate oldies. Especially the tedious ones from groups like Pink Floyd.  OMG, save me from the awful Pink Floyd oldies!

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Every number one song evah

4 July, 2016 Christopher England

If you’ve got a few hours you want to burn, you must check this out. It’s the timeline of every song that’s been number one

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Prayer in C

26 October, 2014 Christopher England

In recent times I’ve become slightly obsessed with Lilly Wood and the Prick.  Well, to be more truthful, the single song “Prayer in C”, which,

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Happy Birthday to the happy happy sound of Radio 1

30 September, 2013 Christopher England

On this date back in 1967, BBC Radio 1 was born. Happy Birthday, Radio 1. 46 years old, and still sounding like a modern teenager.

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We need more singing lifts

18 September, 2013 Christopher England

You’ve heard of ‘elevator muzak’, right?  That’s the lounge-style stuff that’s already burbling away in a lift (the proper name for what Americans call ‘elevator’)

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Ronan O’Rahilly

5 September, 2013 Christopher England

I recently wrote a tongue in cheek article about Radio Caroline.  However this, in contrast, is a very sombre few words on a very related

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Radio Caroline Extra Extra, read all about it

4 September, 2013 Christopher England

It is compulsory for me to mention Radio Caroline at least once every few months, so as I listen to Carmen Allgood‘s excellent Indie Music

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Old Guard Radio

16 August, 2013 Christopher England

Is one of the problems with radio in this country, the simple fact that those in charge of it are too old to be in

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Jingles jangle Radio 2

29 July, 2013 Christopher England

Years ago, I was very very stupid.  As a symptom of my stupidity I used to collect jingles.  Radio identification jingles. Yes. I know. Whilst

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More radio redundancies on the way

26 July, 2013 Christopher England

I’m not stuck in my ways.  I’m not old.  But I am very sad. Jack FM has announced that it is going to expand its

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Time to rebel against the machine of Glasto

29 June, 2013 Christopher England

Imagine the horror if, back in 1970, when those 14 souls invested all they had into building the first ever Glastonbury (Pilton) Festival, lots of

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Stop playing the damn oldies!

15 June, 2013 Christopher England

I was sitting in the Subway in Aintree retail park.  Well, actually I’d popped in to use the loo, and felt I ought to buy

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Only morons watched the Eurovision Song Contest

19 May, 2013 Christopher England

My life doesn’t include the Eurovision Song Contest.  It hasn’t done for about 20 to 25 years. I have no interest in it whatsoever, it

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That critical Big L review

18 May, 2013 Christopher England

In a previous article, or, ok, maybe two (here and here), I declared my love of Steve and Suzy, the Sunday morning duo on internet

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When old people attack!

26 April, 2013 Christopher England

They never learn do they? Old people. It’s been a while since I experienced the venom and angry that infests old people.  However, I have

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Where are the radio stations with talkie bits?

30 January, 2013 Christopher England

My search for radio that I can listen to continues.  I’m looking for a radio station that combines current music with a medley of lots

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Listen to Steve and Suzy on Sundays

26 January, 2013 Christopher England

I don’t see Sunday mornings that often.  I tend to emerge from my sleeping pit in the afternoon.  However, when Sunday mornings have to be

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Wot no talking radio?

22 January, 2013 Christopher England

Back in the days when music radio was still in the hands of the creatives rather than a badly programmed computer, eccentricity was allowed to

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Awful old records on Radio 1

4 December, 2012 Christopher England

It started as one an hour.  Within a week it became two an hour. That’s two too many. I’m talking about the invasion of old

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Stop these bastard Segues

3 November, 2012 Christopher England

The ‘segue’ (pronounced ‘seg-way’) when applied to songs on the radio used to mean carefully playing one song after another with them intermingling as one

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Do you love me?

2 November, 2012 Christopher England

I’m guessing that the 1950s and 1960s were simpler times. The lyrics go, “Do you love me now that I can dance?”  Yep, life was

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Pirates still rule the waves

5 October, 2012 Christopher England

Have I mentioned before that I own one-and-a-half radio stations?  Well, I do.  They are internet radio stations playing variations of dance music (what other

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Wot no pirate radio for Liverpool?

28 September, 2012 Christopher England

Coming from London, a city within which it is perfectly normal for over 60% of the radio stations available to be unlicensed, my move to

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Nick Grimshaw isn’t too grim

24 September, 2012 Christopher England

So then.  After a week of Scott Mills holding the fort, Monday arrived and at 6:30 in the morning #teamgrimmy took the reins trying to

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Culling the over 30s from Radio 1

23 September, 2012 Christopher England

The axing of Chris Moyles from the breakfast show came as a response to the need to attract a younger audience. BBC Radio 1‘s remit

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The long non-song after a few songs

16 September, 2012 Christopher England

Many years ago before the mp3 was invented and the ability to ‘segue’ songs (play them one after the other with no silence inbetween) became

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What’s the point of a record collection?

24 August, 2012 Christopher England

Why do people bother buying and hoarding things like films, DVDs, CDs, mp3s, etc., etc.? It seems to be quite a pointless and old fashioned

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The day the cult religious broadcasts died

18 August, 2012 Christopher England

August 19th, 1989 is 23 earth years ago. Sigh.  It’s also a radio anorak anniversary to be marked with black armbands (but only by radio

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Jack off about radio station imaging

15 August, 2012 Christopher England

I recently wrote about how radio station bosses have deliberately destroyed the public enjoyment of the work of the radio DJ (here).  The ultimate purpose

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OMG! It’s August the 14th … all over again!

13 August, 2012 Christopher England

I’m an anorak’s wet dream, I am. Jeeez.  Spare me.  It’s August the 14th.  Noooooooooo. Back in 1967 this was the day that all the

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Radio station bosses teach listeners to hate radio DJs

4 August, 2012 Christopher England

Jack FM is a music-radio format devised in America and, owing to our lack of originality in the UK, copied in its original form wholesale.

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Radio on the TV

30 July, 2012 Christopher England

“People just don’t listen to the radio via their TVs!” That’s something I’m told on a regular basis by people who really need to get

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Don’t fear the songs

26 July, 2012 Christopher England

I don’t go on about it, but I own one and a half internet radio stations.  I started off helping out and so owning a

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Wot no Liverpool pirate radio?

22 July, 2012 Christopher England

Coming from London, a city within which it is perfectly normal for over 60% of the radio stations available to be unlicensed, my move to

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The Chris Moyles Show will reign until September

11 July, 2012 Christopher England

In early 1997 I blogged about Chris Moyles, saying: Must say a word or two about Chris Moyles’ Late Bit on Capital 95.8 FM in

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8 out of 10 fat-cat celebrities

19 June, 2012 Christopher England

I like Jimmy Carr.  He mainly makes me laugh.  His comedy is a little bit close to the edge, yes, but that’s much better than

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Where are the real Radio Caroline ‘fans’?

16 June, 2012 Christopher England

Once upon a time radio audiences were measurable in their millions.  This would include the audiences for offshore radio stations like Radio Caroline.  Certainly during

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How to start a pirate radio station in London

10 June, 2012 Christopher England

At almost any location in London, and any time of day, even the deafest of FM radios will be able to hear between 30 and

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It’s time to cull BBC local radio

17 May, 2012 Christopher England

I originally published this back in October last year… The idea that BBC local radio might cease to do much more than relay Radio 5Live

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It’s time to close analogue radio

11 May, 2012 Christopher England

Finally nearly all the old fashioned analogue TV has gone.  There’s only a couple of areas left, Northern Ireland and Newcastle. They’ll be gone by

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Could Radio Caroline return from a ship at sea?

5 May, 2012 Christopher England

I read with interest that some men who wear armchairs want to re-start Radio Caroline back in the North Sea as a pirate radio station.

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Laser 558, the last fun radio station

1 May, 2012 Christopher England

A gazillion years ago (well, back in the mid-1980s) there were two radio stations operating from ships in the North Sea.  There was the old

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Capital Radio heads in One Direction

27 April, 2012 Christopher England

When Harry, the one who had all the hair, from the X-Factor created band One Direction did the ‘thank-yous’ at the Brit Awards he put his

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Radio for communities of interest

10 April, 2012 Christopher England

I’ve spoken before about my personal definition of community radio (here).  Well, community-access radio.  But, I might be slightly wrong by not being completely inclusive.

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Scott Mills and Chris Moyles

21 March, 2012 Christopher England

Things are always changing at BBC Radio One.  That’s what makes it interesting and ‘new’.  It’s what it has to do in order to be

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Never more than a minute away from music

15 March, 2012 Christopher England

Nobody human knows why, but somewhere along the way, the programmers of commercial music radio stations decided they were scared of the music they played.

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Radio presenters talk in lumps

6 February, 2012 Christopher England

Why do people on music-radio talk in lumps?  Why are they so afraid of the songs the radio station plays? Where does the research say

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Guess who owns the Ross Revenge

29 January, 2012 Christopher England

Radio enthusiasts or ‘anoraks’ won’t like my revelation much, but during the course of this article I will be stating quite categorically who owns the

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The day Steve Conway realised he was one of THEM

11 January, 2012 Christopher England

I’ve spoken before about my Steve Conway Envy (here).  From the results of a search across England’s England it would appear that I obesses about

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I think I might have chucked Chris Moyles

26 October, 2011 Christopher England

I guess I could be menopausal.  It must be me.  It must be.  Today rather than listen to any more of the Chris Moyles breakfast show

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How to start a pirate radio station in London

13 October, 2011 Christopher England

At almost any location in London, and any time of day, even the deafest of FM radios will be able to hear between 30 and

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Yes, it’s time to cull BBC local radio

7 October, 2011 Christopher England

The idea that BBC local radio might cease to do much more than relay Radio 5Live has been conveniently leaked into the world of muttering

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Stop radio station programmers being willy obsessed

5 October, 2011 Christopher England

The people who run commercial music radio stations aren’t the same as the people who potentially listen to them. If they were, then they’d stop

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Amy Winehouse

23 July, 2011 Christopher England

Whilst not being a huge Amy Winehouse anorak, I did think she had a perfect voice for the style she produced and I have enjoyed

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Chris Moyles is going on and on

4 July, 2011 Christopher England

Last week it ‘leaked’ to the world that Chris Moyles had signed an extension to his contract with the BBC, and one assumes Radio 1,

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Stop radio station programmers being willy obsessed

25 June, 2011 Christopher England

The people who run commercial music radio stations aren’t the same as the people who potentially listen to them.  If they were, then they’d stop

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Why do commercial radio presenters bother speaking?

21 June, 2011 Christopher England

Nobody listens to a word they say.  In fact, as soon as the speaking starts, they tune to something else. I have been in cars

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How to start a pirate radio station in London

8 June, 2011 Christopher England

At almost any location in London, and any time of day, even the deafest of FM radios will be able to hear between 30 and

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Background radio -v- Foreground radio

11 May, 2011 Christopher England

RAJAR is the name given to the organisation that gives random people a diary and says, “Hey, stick these pretty stickers in the bits over

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Why I hate old songs

5 May, 2011 Christopher England

It’s Flashback Friday.  Every Friday we bring back a golden oldie article from yesteryear. A chance for you to re-read it and see if it

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The death of the single

28 April, 2011 Christopher England

It’s Flashback Friday.  Every Friday we bring back a golden oldie article from yesteryear. A chance for you to re-read it and see if it

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Ofcom 87.7, home of the hits?

8 April, 2011 Christopher England

Sounds like an ideal time for a raid! Londoners have a choice of a hundred or so radio stations.  They don’t know it of course,

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Time to cull the old people at Radio 1

25 February, 2011 Christopher England

It’s Flashback Friday.  Every Friday we bring back a golden oldie article from yesteryear. A chance for you to re-read it and see if it

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2010 – a year in entertainment

2 January, 2011 Christopher England

It appears to be obligatory to look back on a year just gone and reflect on one’s entertainment high and lows.  I don’t think I’ve

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The big Pintsize Geeza

24 November, 2010 Christopher England

Here’s a man that ought to go far in the future: Pintsize. Pintsize is a DJ on Hightz FM (108 MHz across London town) on

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Who is he then?

21 October, 2010 Christopher England

Who am I? Back to the 1960s and here’s a gentleman who became quite famous, but he’s just sitting in the Magnet Club in Liverpool.

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Your Mother’s Got a Penis

1 October, 2010 Christopher England

It’s Flashback Friday.  Every Friday we bring back a golden oldie article from yesteryear. A chance for you to re-read it and see if it

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Justice for Lemar

20 August, 2010 Christopher England

It’s Flashback Friday.  Every Friday we bring back a golden oldie article from yesteryear. A chance for you to re-read it and see if it

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Background radio versus Foreground radio

5 May, 2008 Christopher England

Here’s my take on a couple of things RAJAR. Music radio: I’m convinced that “music radio” falls into two main styles, but hasn’t previously been

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The case of the RICKMOBBING of Liverpool Street Station

12 April, 2008 Christopher England

I’ve just been listening to a discussion on t’wireless about Friday’s  Rickmobbing of Liverpool Street Station in London.  They were desperate to make sense of

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Ten grate links in a row

8 March, 2008 Christopher England

As a one time lover of Capital 95.8, I hadn’t realised how bad it had become until I accidentally subjected myself to about two hours

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Pop music

22 January, 2008 Christopher England

I’m guessing that for the last 50 years or so the yardstick for popular culture has been pop music. Pop music has always taken the

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Fear of mono

24 March, 2007 Christopher England

Around and about radio enthusiast sites and mass debating pits I notice there continues this horror and fear of mono. Why are (radio anorak type)

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Why I hate old songs

19 March, 2007 Christopher England

Why do I tend to hate old songs more than anything I have ever hated?

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Time to cull the old people at Radio 1

18 February, 2007 Christopher England

What’s going on at Radio 1? Either there is some obscure mental condition affecting those in control or it’s really really really time to cull

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Reducing radio audiences

13 February, 2007 Christopher England

How to reduce your audience if you run a radio station:

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Your Mother’s Got a Penis

18 January, 2007 Christopher England

I was first introduced to the Goldie Lookin Chain song “Your Mother’s Got A Penis” when I was listening to Zane Lowe (Radio One, of

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The death of the single

8 January, 2007 Christopher England

From today, any song whatsoever that’s downloaded (from the legal sites being surveyed) can appear in the (singles) charts. The previous rules were that the

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A dis/misplaced Londoner now in Liverpool, yet remaining a free-thinking and commentating observer of media, people watcher, reality checking truth detective, future trend predictor and complete all round tosser.

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