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Howard Pressman has been one of South Yorkshire most recognisable presenters for nearly four decades in the world of Radio, having presented shows on Hallam FM, Magic AM and a near 20 year career on BBC Radio Sheffield. More recently he has been presenting Sunday Mornings on Radio Essentials Sheffield.

In this weeks edition, Howard reflects back on his four decade career from getting the bug at a young age, before getting the job on Radio Hallam and presenting shows including Breakfast and Drivetime, briefly moving up to York to join Minster FM, before returning back to Sheffield to present Breakfast on Magic AM. Leaving commercial radio and entering the BBC with Radio Sheffield. How it felt after nearly 20 years to leave the station and what was going through is mind during that last link, before taking a year off and joining Radio Essentials Sheffield.

Howard currently presents Sunday Mornings on Radio Essentials Sheffield and South Yorkshire where you can listen to him here https://www.radioessentials.co.uk/on-air/howie-on-the-radio/

Listen to Howard's final link from Radio Sheffield on Aircheck Downloads right here https://www.aircheckdownloads.com/uk-airchecks/bbc-radio-sheffield/2020s/howard-pressman-nov-3rd-2023-132

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You may have heard his voice on commercials and introducing television programmes - but before he began his career as a Television Announcer and voice artist, Graham Bannerman began his career in radio, having presented shows on stations that included Radio Orwell in Ipswich and Essex Radio. He also achieved National recognition, presenting show for BBC Radio 1 for a six month period.

In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Graham sits down with Luke to share his Radio journey - which involves listening to Radio Luxembourg and Noel Edmonds on Radio 1, to joining Radio Orwell and working his way from the production side into presenting. How he got the gig on Radio 1, and presented the first show from Egdon House, before moving onto a career on Essex Radio and voice imaging and setting up his own company.

You can check out Graham's website here https://grahambannerman.com/

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After winning a contest to be a Radio DJ on BRMB back in 1993, Toni McDonald has gone onto achieve a career in radio across the Midlands and the South of England in both presentation and production - working for stations including Southern FM, Heart 107, Severn Sound and BBC Local Radio.

In this weeks edition, Toni sits down with Luke to share stories from her three decade journey in the radio world, from getting work at BRMB, to working in research for both Capital and Chrysilis, presenting shows on Southern and and Severn Sound and how she went from Broadcast Assistant to presenting shows across the BBC in Staffordshire, Shropshire and Hereford and Worcester.

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Having enjoyed half a century in Radio across Ireland and the UK, Declan Meehan has earned the title of a Radio Great, from a career in both Pirate Radio, National Radio and Local Radio he has worked on some flagship stations including RTE 2FM, Capital Radio and East Coast FM, where he has hosted the Mid-Morning show for 31 years.

In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Declan sits down with Luke to share his radio journey, from getting the bug listening to Radio Caroline, BBC Light Programme and Radio Luxembourg - to joining the Pirates with stations including Radio Vanessa and Big D, to joining the national broadcaster RTÉ and being part of the launch of RTÉ Radio 2 and how Breakfast was not all how it was. Returning to the Pirates with Sunshine and Radio Nova, before moving to the UK to join Capital Radio. Turning down a return to RTÉ to join the rival Century Radio and how he's stayed on East Coast FM for the last 31 years.

Big Thanks to Radio Jingles, RTÉ Archives, Aircheck Downloads and the Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archives for the use of content in this episode.

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Steve Power has recently celebrated four decades in the radio business, in both presentation and management, from a career that has included Devonair, Southern Sound, Chiltern, Power FM, Wave 105 and Nation Radio.

This time, Steve sits down with Luke to share his radio journey over the last four decades - from developing the bug for radio, joining Devonair and how he had a dream to work for either Capital or Radio 1. Managing presenters on Chiltern, Southern and Power FM. Joining Wave and presenting a variety of shows for 25 year and returning to frontline broadcasting with Nation Radio.

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A pioneer and expert in Audio of the wireless. Paul Bromley has enjoyed four decades in the radio business, presenting shows on Pennine FM, Viking FM, Signal, Ridings FM and Dearne FM.

In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Paul sits down with Luke to share stories about Radio, Trains and Astronomy. From getting the Radio bug from listening to Pennine and Radio Aire, before joining Hospital Radio - where he learned his crafts, before joining Pennine FM to help out, before getting his first show on New Years Day 1990, becoming the last voice on Pennine before it became Pulse, joining Viking Radio and working with Simon Logan. Moving into GWR and presenting shows for Signal, before launching Ridings FM and Dearne FM, where he ended his tenure as PD, before moving into Train Driving and bouncing back into Radio with LDC presenting the 80's experience.

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From Radio in the USA, to presenting on the longwave in the UK on 252. MaryEllen O'Brien was one of the founding presenters of Atlantic 252, but before that had enjoyed a decade long career working on stations across the United States, which include WBLM in Portland and 93 Rock in California. 

In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, MaryEllen shares stories about growing up and taking in American Radio, before getting a licence to join WBLM in Boston - becoming one of the few Woman Daytime presenters on the airwaves, moving to California and joining 93 Rock, before a chance to join Atlantic 252 came up. What working on Atlantic felt like and why when she was at the top of her game, it was time to move back to America.

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Liam Quigley has enjoyed the best part of four decades in the radio business, having worked in Pirate Radio and both Irish and UK radio, including launching stations such as Radio Nova, Century Radio and Heart 106.2.

In the second of two parts - Liam continues to share his radio journey with Luke, sharing stories of moving over to 98FM, before getting a call to come to London to launch Heart 106.2, returning back to Dublin for the launch of Lite 102 and taking on Breakfast. How RTE 2FM was not the dream he hoped for and becoming a full time voice artist.

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Liam Quigley has enjoyed the best part of four decades in the radio business, having worked in Pirate Radio and both Irish and UK radio, including launching stations such as Radio Nova, Century Radio and Heart 106.2.

In the first of two parts, Liam sits down with Luke to share his stories about growing up in Ireland, and how the radio convinced him to give up his dreams of becoming an actor and what pirate radio was really like in Ireland. Moving over to the UK to work for Instore Radio with Virgin Radio and becoming a launch presenter with Radio Nova, to presenting shows for Viking in Hull and what the launch of the first National commercial station in Ireland was really like.

Big Thanks to Aircheck Downloads, The Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archives, RTE Archives and Liam for use of content.

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Julian Wharam has enjoyed four decades on radio stations across the country. These have included stints on Radio Aire, Red Dragon, BRMB, Heart Radio, Real Radio and Radio Wyvern.

In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Julian sits down with Luke to share stories of the stations he worked on and the people he worked with. This includes invaluable advice from Carl Kingston, working with Bruno Brookes and presenting shows for Radio Aire, to how a chat with Mark Franklin at a Cranberries gig led to a job at Red Dragon, where he achieved many great highlights - including presenting a feature that has never been re-created. Presenting shows for BRMB, Real Radio and Heart and how a chance of moving to Worcester led to a re-entry into the radio world.

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