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For 37 Years, Steve Hyland has been one of the most recognised voices on ILR Stations and also a familiar face on Shopping Channels in the UK.

This time he sits down with Luke to reflect on the past three decades in the business, from getting the gig at Mercury, to the famous Nicola Bryant Jingle, what the transition from radio to television was like, working for Smooth and Coast 96 and returning recently to the airwaves on All Oldies Radio.

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Both Simon Jagger and Chris Woods have been household names in Radio for over 30 years, having started in Hospital Radio, they have enjoyed a career on Sunset 102, Northant 96, Real Radio Wales and Heart South Wales.

In this weeks edition they join Luke to talk about how The Jagger and Woody Partnership was formed, working for Sunset 102 and how the station collapsed quite quickly, being offered Breakfast on Northant 96 and how an encounter with Earl Spencer lead to an autograph and moving to Wales and becoming household names on Real Radio and Heart.

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Phil Fothergill has entertained the nation on the Radio for over half a century, from starting out as a Tech Op on BBC Radio Brighton, he was part of the launch team with Wales' first Local Radio station Swansea Sound and was also part of the launch of Chiltern, CNFM and All Oldies Radio.

This time round Phil sits down with Luke to reflect on his 50 year broadcasting career, from an encounter with Kenny Everett at Radio Brighton, to presenting the Breakfast Show on Swansea Sound for 4 years and how Paul McKenna was his proudest achievement at Chiltern.

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Tim Smith has worked on Hospital, Pirate, Instore and Commercial Radio for the last four decades, including stints on Radio Luxembourg and Capital Radio. This time on Radio Greats, he sits down with Luke to discuss his life on the wireless, from work on Mercury and Luxembourg, how Mark Goodier recommended him for a gig on Metro in Newcastle and how four years in the North East brought Happy Memories, to fulfilling his dream to work on Capital Radio and why after 27 years away from the Mic, Lockdown has given him a reason to return to the Radio.

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Elisa Hilton has been one of Yorkshire's most recognised Broadcasters in the world of Radio. In this weeks edition, Elisa sits down with Luke to chat about how she got into the radio industry, how she always wanted to work for Rock FM, but stayed in Yorkshire with Radio Aire, how Hirsty rescued her and got her a position with Pulse. Moving to Real Radio, and her brief stint with Overnights and returning to where it all started in Minster.

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Paul Griffiths, better known as Griffo has been one of the most recognised broadcaster across Yorkshire for the best part of 20 years, but began his journey back in 1992 in North Wales. On this weeks edition, Griffo sits down with Luke to chat about the past three decades in the industry, how he got the radio bug,  how Marcher was a who's who of Demi Gods and how his Media teacher got him a work place there, which lead to him getting paid work and hosting every single show on the station, to moving to Viking in Yorkshire and how the audience cared about the station, to work with Aire and Pulse and current work with BBC Radio Leeds.

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Kick Starting a New Series, Adrian John woke the Nation up during the Eighties on BBC Radio 1. As a man who is passionate of Radio, Adrian sits down with Luke to discuss how he developed the Radio Bug, how the gig at Radio 1 happened, the move to commercial radio and how a child's call on his Radio Kent show, made him switch careers from Radio to Psychotherapy.  

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Danny Pietroni has worked on stations up and down the country since 1989. In the last episode of this series, Danny sits down with Luke to chat about his 32 years on the Wireless, from starting out on In-Store Radio, to getting a gig with Chiltern and Rock FM. Working on The Super Station and Key 103, Heart and Magic and to current work on Smooth Radio.

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Terry Underhill has been on our Radio's for the best part of 40 years working on stations across the country and has somewhat of a habit of being part of Launch Teams. In this edition, Terry sits down with Luke to discuss his career on the wireless, spanning from presenting and management.  What it was like to be part of Marcher Sound, launching Real Radio in both Wales and Yorkshire. Heading up UTV and after 9 years away from the Mic, working for Greatest Hits South Wales.

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Ray Rose has worked in the radio business since 1985, being a voice across the North of England and Wales on stations from Marcher, Sunset and Magic. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats. Ray chats to his former colleague Luke about how he got the Radio Bug, how Terry Underhill and Mike Shaft have saved his career, the truth about Sunset 102 and how the transition period from Magic to City 2 was an unfortunate one.  

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