Behind The Mic

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Welcome Back to Behind The Mic, Thomas has returned for the 3rd series and he can not wait to share all the new stuff with you.

Coming up, Thomas explores why Pirate Radio was so important and the main cause for it, he looks at some of the Biggest songs in radio which were number ones and were an ear worm on british radio, he also looks at how radio technology changed in the 1960s as a part of the new segment looking at how the radio tech has changed across the last 70 years and of course he will look at the radio headlines for this week in radio, including the big one where Ofcom has rejected the Idea of a new radio 2 station. To keep up to date with the headlines, click ⁠here⁠ for ⁠Radio Today⁠.

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We can not wait to go back on the air this July!

Behind the Mic will be returning for a 3rd series. Make sure that you save the date.

What can you expect?

1. Pirate Radio
2. Music in Radio
3. Radio in the past
4. Radio headlines

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Christmas has finally arrived and Thomas has got a one off Christmas special!

So Whilst you do the last minute Christmas shopping or prepping your Christmas dinner, let Thomas entertain you with 40 minutes of Christmas fun. With the 12 biggest radio news stories from 2024, 10 Christmas Number 1 which we all love, as well as the first ever Number 1, he then looks at 2 of the biggest Christmas Station, 'Heart Xmas' and 'Smooth Christmas' and Finally looks a what goes on behind the scenes to make the Radio station ready for Christmas!!!

So while you rush about this Christmas Eve Let Thomas Take to the Mic Covered in Tinsel!

Thomas is back again with the penultimate episode of series 2!

As Thomas is Behind The Mic for, BTM he will kick start with looking at how Jordan North made it into the radio world from the very start. He will then have a look at the brand new feature for S2 ``Music In Radio'' where each week he will look at the music that was number one on this day in any year, he will choose 5 tracks and explore how they made it to Number 1 and then how often they did and do still get played on Radio! Finally, he is going up to Cambridge to look at the local radio station Radio Wave.

And for more radio news head to⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Radio Today⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

So for the next 30 minutes sit back and let Thomas Take to the mic for the next 30 minutes!

Thomas is back again with the 8th episode of series 2!

As Thomas is Behind The Mic for, BTM he will be looking at 7 of Spains best radio stations and some of the less well known ones. He will then have a look at the brand new feature for S2 ``Music In Radio'' where each week he will look at the music that was number one on this day in any year, he will choose 5 tracks and explore how they made it to Number 1 and then how often they did and do still get played on Radio! Finally, he is going to look at how the great Ferne Cotten Made it In to Radio.

And for more radio news head to⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Radio Today⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

So for the next 30 minutes sit back and let Thomas Take to the mic for the next 30 minutes!

Thomas is back again with the 7th episode of series 2!

As Thomas is Behind The Mic for, BTM (late) he will be looking at 7 of Spains best radio stations and some of the less well known ones. He will then have a look at the brand new feature for S2 ``Music In Radio'' where each week he will look at the music that was number one on this day in any year, he will choose 5 tracks and explore how they made it to Number 1 and then how often they did and do still get played on Radio! Finally, he is going to look at how the great Jo Whiley Made it In to Radio from the Beging at BBC Radio Sussex!

And for more radio news head to⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Radio Today⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

So for the next 30 minutes sit back and let Thomas Take to the mic for the next 30 minutes!

Thomas is back again with the 6th episode of series 2!

As Thomas is Behind The Mic for, BTM he will kick start with looking at 7 of Dubai's best radio stations and some of the less well known ones. He will then have a look at the brand new feature for S2 ``Music In Radio'' where each week he will look at the music that was number one on this day in any year, he will choose 5 tracks and explore how they made it to Number 1 and then how often they did and do still get played on Radio! Finally, he is going up to Blackpool to look at the local radio station Radio Wave.

And for more radio news head to⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Radio Today⁠⁠⁠⁠

So for the next 30 minutes sit back and let Thomas Take to the mic for the next 30 minutes!

Thomas is back again with the 5th episode of series 2!

As Thomas is Behind The Mic for, BTM he will kick start with looking at the incredible late Simon Mayo who is best known for his time on radio 2 but what else did he do?He will then have a look at the brand new feature for S2 "Music In Radio'' where each week he will look at the music that was number one on this day in any year, he will choose 5 tracks and explore how they made it to Number 1 and then how often they did and do still get played on Radio! Finally, he is going down to Cornwall to look at the local radio station Coast FM.

And for more radio news head to ⁠⁠Radio Today⁠⁠

So for the next 30 minutes sit back and let Thomas Take to the mic for the next 30 minutes!

Thomas is back again with the 4th episode of series 2!

As Thomas is Behind The Mic for, BTM he he will kick start with the brand new feature for S2 "Music In Radio'' where each week he will look at the music that was number one on this day in any year, he will choose 5 tracks and explore how they made it to Number 1 and then how often they did and do still get played on Radio! He will also be looking at the incredible late Sir Jimmy Young who is best known for his time on radio 2 but what else did he do? Finally, he is boarding the next flight to France to explore 10 of their biggest radio stations and what they do to entertain!

And for more radio news head to Radio Today

So for the next 30 minutes sit back and let Thomas Take to the mic for the next 30 minutes!

Thomas is back again with the 3rd episode of series 2!

As Thomas is Behind The Mic for, BTM He will kick start by looking at the incredible Mark Goodier who is currently on Greatest Hits Radio and he moves soon to take over Pick of the Pops On BBC Radio 2 In July as well as looking at everything else he has done over his years.He will the for the only time this series by looking at what work goes into deciding what records will be played during a live show and what the Production team do to finalise this step of creating a radio show! . To finish He is going to tell a very well known story in the UK, BBC Radio 4!

So for the next 30 minutes sit back and let Thomas Take to the mic for the next 30 minutes!