2016 wasn't a great year for Tony. He was dropped by the BBC
in February, a sacrificial scalp following the Dame Janet Smith review into the
Savile scandal. But commercial radio stayed loyal and he continued to broadcast
on the Greatest Hits Network, KMFM and, from the summer, the new station Thames
Radio, run by the Welsh-based Nation Broadcasting.
In December Tony spent a week broadcasting from Barbados, a
promotional event managed by Tim Jibson's Adventures in Radio company. These
broadcasts are all about plugging the competition -listeners were offered a
chance to win a week's holiday at the Sea Breeze Beach Hotel - but I've edited
out a dozen or so mentions of this. Tony speaks to a number of guests including
Eddy Grant.
The competition was won the following day by Jeff Paden of
North Wales. The programmes also went
out on Dragon Radio. In June 2017
Thames Radio dropped all its big name DJs in a station 'refresh' and started to
play non-stop hits.
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