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Neil Francis has spent nearly 40 years in the radio business and worked on some of the countries most recognised stations, including Capital FM and Virgin Radio and has interviewed the likes of Al Pacino and every day people.

This time on Radio Greats, Neil reflects on his four decade career on the wireless, from how it was listening to Greg Edward that saw him develop the bug, how an unfortunate experience on Radio Caroline nearly put him off radio, finding success on Chiltern and Invictia and  how he managed to get press accreditation for the 1996 Oscars. Interviewing Celebrities at The Oscars. Getting to Capital in the 2000's, before moving to  Virgin, how powerful Radio interviews can be and how working for Solar Radio is almost where it all began.

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Bob Lawrence has spent over 40 Years in the Radio Business, both in front and behind the mic and working on all aspects from Hospital, Pirate and Commercial.

This time Bob shares with Luke his radio journey, from how he developed the bug for the Wireless. How His Brother introduced him to Radio, how working for Radio Caroline was a dream and then working for stations in the Midlands including BRMB and Beacon and how the move to Beacon was like a Football club move and joining UDJ and the behind the scenes drama.

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Dan Wood has enjoyed nearly 20 Years of Broadcasting on stations up and down the country from Viking in Hull, Aire in Leeds, The One Network and GEM in the Midlands.

This time on Radio Greats, he joins Luke to reflect on the past 20 years of fun on the Wireless, from getting the bug from listening to Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1, to developing skills in Student Radio. Working for Viking in Hull and Radio Aire in Leeds, to moving to become a National voice with the One Network. What it was like to work on TFM, the station he grew up listening too and the fun he enjoyed working on GEM in the Midlands.

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Eamonn Kelly has spent the past 30 Years working on Radio stations in The UK, from Broadland, Invicta, Capital Gold and Smooth Radio.

This time he chats with Luke to share the 30 Years of Experience he has achieved from Pirate Radio in Ireland, to moving to the UK and working on various stations. How Bob Harris had left a legacy on Broadland, how it was aim to work on Capital or Radio 1 and how Richard Park made that happen. Working with his heroes on Capital Gold and how he got the gig with Smooth Radio.

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Enda Caldwell began his life on Pirate Radio in Ireland, before making the big break over onto Atlantic 252, before embarking on career on stations all over the world from Today FM, Radio Luxembourg, Radio Rivera, XFM and many more.

This time he sits down with Luke to discuss how he developed the Radio bug, what the Pirate revival was like, being the final voice on Atlantic 252 and being Roger Moore's favourite presenter on Rivera Radio.

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Graham Mack has enjoyed 30 Years of Experience in Radio Presenting and Management in both Australia and the UK, working on stations from 2CR, BRMB, Century, TFM and BOB FM.

This time on Radio Greats he reflects to Luke about the 30 Years on work on Radio, from listening to Piccadilly and Radio City, to emigrating to Australia to achieve his dream on stations out there. Arriving back and working for 2CR, how Clive Dickens got him on BRMB, to working for Century and TFM and reuniting Russ and Jono for Fix Radio.

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Des Paul has enjoyed the past 26 Years in the Radio Industry, working as a Presenter, Controller and manager for some of the stations most recognised stations.

Reflecting on his 26 Years, Des chats to Luke about how American Radio inspired him to choose a career behind the mic, working for Power in Southampton and how nervous his first show was. Presenting for Capital Radio and how Richard Park was like the Alex Ferguson of Radio, becoming Head of Music for Choice FM, and after almost a decade a way from the mic, what its like to be back with Greatest Hits Radio and Magic Soul.

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Ian Brannan has been one of the countries most recognised voice over artists, but has also enjoyed 26 years in Radio, working for a variety of stations.

This time, he sits down with Luke to reflect on his 26 years on the wireless, from starting out in Hospital Radio, cutting his teeth in traffic and travel, working for Radio Leeds and Sun FM, being part of the launch team of Real Radio Yorkshire and hosting Breakfast in South Wales. What the Buy out was also like in 2012 and working for Smooth in the North East and London. 

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Spence MacDonald has worked in Radio for the past 35 Years on stations around the country, including Key 103, Century and Heart North Wales.

In this edition he joins Luke to chat about how he got the Radio Bug, starting out on lates with Marcher, presenting the final show on Piccadilly before it split frequencies, producing Mark Goodier's Radio 1 show and even covering for Claire Sturgess on the Weekend. Presenting Breakfast for Key 103, forming the MacDonald and Maguire Partnership on Century, returning to North Wales with Heart and coming out of retirement to front Breakfast on Happy Radio.

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Russ Williams has been one of the countries most recognised voices on the Radio for the past 40 years, working on stations from Southern Sound, Metro, Capital, Virgin, Absolute and Smooth.

This time he sits down with Luke to reflect on the past 36 Years from getting the radio bug, working on Capital Radio and sharing an office with Kenny Everett, Moving to Virgin and the famous partnership with Jono Coleman and what the transition from Virgin to Absolute was like, rekindling with Richard Park at Smooth and what tricks Nation have up their sleeve for the future.

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