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Rob Charles is no stranger to his audience, with four decades of experience behind him. This time he joins Luke on Radio Greats, to chat about he developed the Radio bug, becoming one of the pirates on the revived Radio Caroline and working on Voice of Peace, to work across the North of England from KFM, Rock Radio, Century and Magic and how he got the gig on Car Share and how he worked with Peter Kay, but never met him!

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This week on Radio Greats, Luke chats to his Broadcasting colleague Chris Moore, who began his career back in the Eighties on CBC when he won a Radio contest to be a DJ on CBC for a day. From then on he, Chris went to host shows for Red Dragon and Real Radio and had the most listened to show in all of Wales. In this extended edition, he chat's to Luke about getting the radio bug, working for Red Dragon for 11 years, what the run up to Real was like and also how Radio has continued to run in the family.

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In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Luke catches up with Polly James from Radio X, who sits down with him and shares her story of entering the Radio industry. Polly shares the tale of how Kiss FM turned her down, and how Bridge and Nation gave her, her big break - working on Absolute Radio and co-presenting the BT Live Event in London. Spending 6 years on Capital South Wales and co-hosting the flagship Breakfast Show, and now in her dream job at Radio X.

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A Giant of Broadcasting. Tony Prince began his broadcasting career on The Pirate station, the legendary Radio Caroline before embarking on a 16 year career on Radio Luxembourg. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, he chats to Luke about how The Radio Bug bit him and how Radio 1 turned him down. Plus he shares with us the story of how he got to know Elvis Presley and what the night of Elvis' death was like for him personally.

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For the past 28 years Sean Goldsmith has been on the radio up and down the country. Starting out on Leicester Sound in 1993, he would later embark on a journey that would keep on going to stations from Trent, to Peak and to Virgin from Greatest Hits. In this edition of Radio Greats, he chats with Luke about how the Radio Bug bit him, how twice he almost gave it up, before being brought back to the limelight and why City 2 was the best time of his life on the radio.

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Tony Dibbin is no stranger to the airwaves. He was the youngest Radio DJ in Wales, and also the youngest programme controller too. On this weeks edition of Radio Greats, he sits down with Luke and reflects on his 25 years on the wireless, from how at the age of 15 he joined The Wave in Swansea, before progressing to Ireland to work on Atlantic 252. Tony also talks about his tenure at Gold Radio, the responsibilities of programme managing and also what makes a successful Breakfast Show on the radio!

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Jenni Costello was the youngest signing to Mercia Sound when she joined the station just before her 19th Birthday. From there on she did a stint on BBC Radio 1, becoming the stations youngest signing, the breakfast show on Trent FM, Drivetime on Radio 210 and weekends on GEM. In the first edition of Series 3 of Radio Greats, she sits down with Luke to discuss her three decades on the wireless.

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