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Paul Jordan began his career on the Radio in the early eighties with Radio City, before progressing over to BBC Radio 1 in the Summer of 1985. He later went onto successfully manage Rock FM in Preston and currently presents for Sandgrounder Radio.

In a rare moment, Paul joins Luke to chat about the last 40 years in the business,  from how he got the Radio Bug and how he ditched his Law career for a spot on Radio City, how working for Radio 1 was the dream, but also backfired quickly. Helping run Rock FM in Preston and the story behind Kev Seed's "political interview" with Tony Blair and how Sandgrounder Radio has given him the chance to present his dream show.

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Dave Brookes has spent the past 28 years working in radio across South Wales. Having started out in Traffic and Travel, before moving over to Touch Radio in Cardiff and cementing his place on Real Radio. In this weeks edition, Dave joins Luke to reflect on his 28 years in the business, how the traffic job lead to a presenting gig, how 1999 was the worst year for him, launching Real Radio and what it's like to be Simon Mayo's warm up guy on Greatest Hits South Wales.

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Darren Proctor has worked in the radio industry for nearly 30 years. Having won a DJ Contest in the 90's which opened the door to working at Signal Radio. In this edition of Radio Greats, Darren chats to Luke about how he was bitten by the radio bug, how he got the big break on the airwaves, how he found his place on Key 103, covering the Pepsi Charts for Doctor Fox, moving to Century and working on the City 2 Network and how Mid Morning was one of his favourite slots to host.

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Mark Powell spent 25 years in the wonderful world of Radio, working on stations throughout Wales and England from Galaxy, Red Dragon, TFM, Swansea Sound and Nation. In this weeks edition Mark shares with Luke how he was bitten by the radio bug, how it was a choice between Galaxy and Red Dragon to start his career on, the famous Naked Stunt on TFM, how working on Swansea Sound wasn't what it turned out to be and why after 25 years he decided to hang up his headphones for good.

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David Franics has spent the past three decades working in the Radio Industry. From starting off with work experience at just 16 in 1990, he was offered the dream to work for the station he always wanted to work on when Richard Park offered him a weekend job!

In this edition of Radio Greats, David chats to Luke about how he got into the radio business, working on stations from Capital, Chiltern, Red Dragon, BRMB, GEM and City 2 to name a few. How Clive Warren gave him Snoop sessions, how he found his stint at Red Dragon in Cardiff. How shy he was to work with Adrian John at Capital Gold in Kent and how his dream came true to work with Rachel New on Free Breakfast.

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Paul Robinson has enjoyed a 40 year stint on Radio, from being a local voice on Radio Tees and Mercia Sound, to running The Chiltern Radio Groups and managing Radio 1 and working for BBC Radio. In this edition of Radio Greats, Paul shares with Luke how he was bitten by the Radio Bug, how a short stint on Metro led to work on Radio Tees, How the Radio Management Love Affair began, Running The Chiltern Group and how the name Galaxy was born and what working at BBC Radio was like during the massive changes and what the biggest task was.

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Back in the 1980s and 1990's, Mick Brown was one of the most recognised Radio DJ's on Capital Radio, having started out as a copywriter and producer before making it to spinning the discs. This time round, The Live Luke chats to him about the 30 years he worked on Capital, from, Producing for Kenny Everett, to being one half of The Pat and Mick Show to recording hits with Stock Aitken and Waterman and how their performance on Top of The Pops was like entering Enemy territory and why leaving Capital wasn't upsetting as he thought it would be.

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For the past 25 years Claire Simmo has been one of the most recognised voices on the radio across the North of England, having been a familiar voice on stations such as Radio City and Real Radio. On this weeks edition, she sits down with The Live Luke to chat about her experience on the radio, why it was Paul Jordan who got her interested in the business, how she had never used the desk before her first solo show and why Greatest Hits Radio was not her cup of tea!

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Gary Wilkinson has enjoyed a career spanning over 25 years, from working on stations across the country and using his known aliases such as Pizza Man and Nick Jordan, in this weeks edition of Radio Greats, he sits down with Luke to chat about the stations he has worked on. From Atlantic 252, Galaxy, Magic, Metro and Sun Radio, why he changed his name so often on the radio and why Radio 1 never appealed to him.

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Rick Houghton, has worked in radio since 1989, becoming one of the countries youngest Radio DJ's when he joined Plymouth Sound. He later went onto work for stations across the country including Rock FM, Radio City and Key 103, as-well as a stint in the Middle East with Channel 4 Radio. On this edition, he chats to Luke about the past 30 years in radio, how working on Radio City brought many happy memories, how he turned down working at Juice to work in the Middle East, what the transition of Greatest Hits Radio was like and now returning to being a local voice with InDemand Radio in Liverpool. 

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