mattecube:
The late Ray Moore was the best along with Terry, no one will ever match them, Chris Evans hopeless and talks over everyone, Feltz awful Ken Bruce and his mock friendship with sally traffic just awful,Vine is ok sometimes, Wright dreadful and needs moving off, Mayo ok sometimes
Tony Blackburn yeah, Alan Carr very good,
Got to agree with you about Ray Moore, some of his handovers to Terry Wogan were hilarious. I met Ray and his wife Alma in the early days of Children in Need. He did his “Bog Eyed Jog” at Gateshead Stadium in about 1983 0r 84 and I went along at 5.00am before starting work. There was a huge crowd of two of us there !!
toby1234abc:
I made an official complaint to the BBC about the Steve Wright show.
He sings, whistles,hums and talks over every song, ruining it.
Their reply was this format was popular with the audience, so not changing it .
His guests come on to flog a tour, book, product or anything that is advertising on the BBC which is not allowed.
Their reply was, the guests would not come on the show if couldn’t do a plug.
Another complaint I made, on a different subject was how annoying that their tv presenters wave their arms and hands around like a drunk octopus trying to undo a bra strap.
Their reply was due to timing, with hand waving, and it didn’t warrant a complaint.
Secondly, the Scottish tv weather lady Carole , who insists on using the word " wee", as in there will be a wee amount of rain.
I said that’s urine, use the word small.
Only in your wee mind…
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toby1234abc:
I made an official complaint to the BBC about the Steve Wright show.
He sings, whistles,hums and talks over every song, ruining it.
Their reply was this format was popular with the audience, so not changing it .
His guests come on to flog a tour, book, product or anything that is advertising on the BBC which is not allowed.
Their reply was, the guests would not come on the show if couldn’t do a plug.
Another complaint I made, on a different subject was how annoying that their tv presenters wave their arms and hands around like a drunk octopus trying to undo a bra strap.
Their reply was due to timing, with hand waving, and it didn’t warrant a complaint.
Secondly, the Scottish tv weather lady Carole , who insists on using the word " wee", as in there will be a wee amount of rain.
I said that’s urine, use the word small.
I gave up on all that complaining stuff…Not long to go until I am out now, so just about to cancel the DD for the licence, they can shove it, they really can.
A few radio guys from the past, where are they now, and does anybody else remember them, …or is it just me (again)
Ian Collins ex Talksport, very entertaining and knowledgeable guy, anybody remember ‘‘Ian Collins and The Crearures of the night’’ ?
Scott Chisolm ex Talksport used to do Scambusters.
Tommy Boyle Talksport.
Mark Paige, Geordie lad ex Radio 1.
Gary Davies ex Radio 1.
Umberto ex Real Radio, funny guy and as camp as coffee.
What happened to the ‘’ 3 legends’’ football programme, Century radio North East, with ex Newcastle legend Malcolm Mc Donald (Supermac) Bernie Slaven ex Boro player, and some bloke from Sunderland.
Since getting a truck with a DAB radio - I’ve started listening to Absolute radio . Not to much in the way of news ,traffic and weather but I like the playlist especially the Indie disco on a Saturday evening .
One thing though - don’t beleive the hype your signal will fade and drop out - especially up the M74 at Beattock
beefy4605:
Since getting a truck with a DAB radio - I’ve started listening to Absolute radio . Not to much in the way of news ,traffic and weather but I like the playlist especially the Indie disco on a Saturday evening .
One thing though - don’t beleive the hype your signal will fade and drop out - especially up the M74 at Beattock
R4 198 LW. Not high fidelity reproduction, not much good for music, but understandable speech and news from Denmark to northern Spain, and weather permitting to Africa. Technology? Yeah, but the wheel still rolls.
Ray Moore and his ‘Oh my Father had a Rabbit’ record, Thelwall Fireduck etc!
David Hamilton
Johnny walker
Tony Capstick (BBC Radio Sheffield) floated my boat big time and especially on Fridays with his regular guest, the ‘Stand up’ solicitor himself Steve Smith!
Norman Collier (Radio Lancashire?) another afternoon DJ.
Muckaway:
Don’t mind news on R4 but can’t be done with the Archers, plays etc. Why do they insist on telling you who produced, wrote and made the tea after every feature though?
Ok all that’s an hour and a half a day you don’t like so it’s not too much of a hardship! The Archers and plays/dramas are my two favourite things on R4
Muckaway:
Don’t mind news on R4 but can’t be done with the Archers, plays etc. Why do they insist on telling you who produced, wrote and made the tea after every feature though?
Ok all that’s an hour and a half a day you don’t like so it’s not too much of a hardship! The Archers and plays/dramas are my two favourite things on R4
I gave up on The Archers years ago. There’s an occasional afternoon drama that I ‘don’t get’, but that’s not a problem, the majority are good. 18-30 comedy slot is often welcome after the news. ‘Infinite Monkey Cage’ & ‘More or Less’ are also normally excellent.
