Random radio jottings

Saturday, 24 October 2026

Pure Radio – Featuring Nesta Pain

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This post was originally going to be called Flies and Greenflies but I thought that might lead you to think I was writing about an edition ...
Tuesday, 29 September 2026

The Lively Lounge

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The much respected Scottish broadcaster Tony Currie died at the weekend at his home in Port Ramsey on the Inner Hebridean island of Lismore....
Friday, 28 August 2026

Making the First Impression

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Before Dead Ringers there was The Impressionists . Whilst Dead Ringers adopted the sketch format, and since its 2014 reboot, has been more...
Saturday, 1 August 2026

The Long Wave Goodbye

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It is now just over a month since BBC Radio 4 stopped broadcasting on long wave. In this post I’ll be picking up on one or two pieces about ...
Saturday, 18 July 2026

Jazz Riots on a Summer’s Day

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It was a warm summer evening in 1960. Lord Montague, he of the Vintage Car Museum fame, was hosting the fifth jazz festival at Beaulieu Pala...
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Monday, 15 June 2026

My name is Roger Cook. Leave the microphone alone.

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The sound of Roger Cook confronting yet another cowboy builder who lunges towards him to grab his microphone and stop the recording seems to...
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Andy Walmsley
Hailing originally from Hull and spending most of my life in East Yorkshire I'm now resident in France. For over 50 years I've been interested in radio, tv and film and have an archive of off-air recordings and radio-related material.
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