Here’s a senior radio news job in London. I know they’d appreciate your getting in touch if there’s a fit. journalism.co.uk/media-jobs/rad… Premier Christian Radio

RIP Wally Scott. He put me on Radio City in its opening week in October 1974, a newspaper hack just out of my teens covering non-league footy. He became Billy Butler’s comedy partner. I somehow ended up at Westminster as a Political Correspondent. Ta, Wal. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Yes, I opened that up as well !!!

Very proud of our local TV station. I’m Chair - but ALL the credit should go to Nottingham Trent University for its backing, hard-working Chris Breese, Nicci Ryan and all the fine staff - and the truly wonderful @CraigvChettle MBE whose vision it was.

100 years of radio in Edinburgh! This Day: 1924. The City got its first ever radio station - 2EH, a relay of 5SC from Glasgow. #radiomoments

This latest YouGov survey is sure giving me some ideas for next weekend.

This Day: 1945. The last broadcast from wartime propaganda broadcaster 'Lord Haw Haw' - drunk. William Joyce was later hanged. Here's how he sounded:
audioboom.com/posts/473786-l… #radiomoments

This Day: 1993. Launch of Virgin Radio, Britain's second national commercial radio station on the old Radio 3 and Radio 1 mediumwave frequency. audioboom.com/posts/500426-v… #radiomoments

Basic radio techniques (alongside common sense)

This Day: 2005. Neil Fox in tears as he concludes his last show for Capital in London. audioboom.com/posts/776431-n… #radiomoments

This Day: 1971. BBC Derby's official launch - broadcasting from a former car showroom. The station had been on-air prematurely from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter to site cover the impact of the Rolls-Royce bankruptcy. audioboom.com/posts/755420-r… #radiomoments

This Day: 1978. The last Noel Edmonds BBC Radio 1 breakfast show after almost five years - making way for DLT. audioboom.com/posts/2103419-… #radiomoments

This Day: 1969. The first Waggoners' Walk was broadcast on BBC Radio 2. The daily serial, set in Belsize Park, replaced The Dales and ran for 11 years.  #radiomoments

And we can see in real time that the marketing is bringing us new listeners and when they come, they stay. I have never experienced such loyalty, love and devotion for a station in all my career. There is something truly special about BoomRadioUK and it’s a joy to be part of it

At last. My first ever pub crawl. Genuinely. In good company too - with the old gang of highly respected former colleagues.

This Day: 1932. Casey Kasem was born in Detroit. One of most familiar radio voices in the World – American Top 40’ host from 1970 – 1000 stations in 50 countries Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.
audioboom.com/posts/774055-c… #radiomoments

Yes.

This Day: 2013. The BBC iPlayer Radio app was launched for Android devices. BBC iPlayer Radio had launched the previous October and the iOS app was downloaded over 1.8m times. #radiomoments

This Day: 1985. Gwent Broadcasting, the South Wales c++ommercial radio station based in Newport, went off audioboom.com/posts/6825724-… #radiomoments

🧵 Our latest research explores audiences' expectations of due impartiality when politicians are presenting.

The report captures a wide range of views. Overall, audiences support the broad design of due impartiality rules. Read on for some of the key findings. ⬇️