tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744024699281834535.post710917199459926926..comments2024-03-18T20:52:42.375+01:00Comments on Random radio jottings: Radio Lives - Jon CurleAndy Walmsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647763223166778941noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744024699281834535.post-10743235033813537572023-05-30T15:28:55.795+02:002023-05-30T15:28:55.795+02:00Well, that was an interesting listen and read, tha...Well, that was an interesting listen and read, thankyou! Although I was later to become a BBC R1&2 Continuity Announcer and newsreader myself (see jeffcooper.co.uk), in late 1968 and early 1969 my chum Malcolm and I - both radio anoraks and both working for the BBC in boring clerical jobs - used to 'sit-in' as fans on this show. We are probably a couple of the encouraged 'gigglers' in the background on some recordings. When Peel left around 0100, we often stayed on because I actually found John Curle a more interesting broadcaster. Fab times, even if we were more than a little naive! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05822940507734662706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744024699281834535.post-49908030347778926332017-05-30T23:13:47.268+02:002017-05-30T23:13:47.268+02:00If you go to You Tube and type Colin Scot guest of...If you go to You Tube and type Colin Scot guest of John Curles Night ride there are at least 4 fairly lengthy audio clips with john. hosting Colin Scot over a number of weeks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386665595947997239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744024699281834535.post-39801675003971042612013-10-28T23:40:37.628+01:002013-10-28T23:40:37.628+01:00The no.5 on Billboard at the time of the Nightride...The no.5 on Billboard at the time of the Nightride clip by the way, was 'Oh Happy Day' by the Edwin Hawkins Singers.qxr963https://www.blogger.com/profile/16881099482533297012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744024699281834535.post-17226392792292416022012-06-04T00:27:50.391+02:002012-06-04T00:27:50.391+02:00Since I wrote this post I’ve heard from a couple o...Since I wrote this post I’ve heard from a couple of broadcasters that knew Jon. Simon Bates tweeted me saying that Jon was “a kind and generous man”. Tony Barnfield contacted me by email and also told me that “Jon Curle was a very generous man”. He went on to say that he first met him and Peel (as Jon generally referred to him) “in the late 60's. Jon used to donate duplicate demo discs (and some things he did not like) to aspiring djs like me and Colin Berry, remember him giving me an as yet unknown disc called ‘Both Sides Now’ by Joni Mitchell around then. He really was great friends with the whole Peel family, right up till recent times, and lived close to Ray and Alma Moore in Blackheath. On one occasion, I went on holiday with Jon to USA - we did Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Orleans, Washington DC and New York in, I think, under 2 weeks. He was great company and loved being what he saw as a slightly old-school professional announcer keeping up with the times: he liked Peter Jefferson's style over what he saw as too relaxed a style from newcomers to Radio 4. His older Radio 3 colleague, another lovely man and real gentleman, Robin Holmes was famously quoted once in the 70's asking why Radio 4 appeared to be taking on ‘shop girls’ as announcers.<br /><br />Thanks to Tony for allowing me publish his comments.Andy Walmsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647763223166778941noreply@blogger.com