Random radio jottings

While playing ‘ground-breakers, obscurities and session tracks’ on BBC Radio 1 by night, John Peel was taking a ‘wry look at the foibles of ...

In my previous post I presented some recordings of Ray Moore during his Radio 2 early show years. But there’s another programme that Ray wa...

It’s now more than 30 years ago since Ray Moore’s passing but he remains fondly remembered by listeners and fellow broadcasters alike. Comme...

  Radio broadcasting from Hull is one hundred years old this week. Now that may come as a surprise to listeners of BBC Radio Humberside who ...

Aside from the news bulletins you can pretty much escape the General Election ballyhoo on BBC Radio 3. But that wasn’t always the case. On...

  If you watching what is sure to be an exciting night of election results coverage this week and you opt for BBC One, then you might like t...

  For the duration of the Second World War the teenage Anthony Smith looked upon the unfolding events with “belligerent glee”. He recalls ho...