Radio Moments - Clips

A few funky and powerful promos for the East Midlands regional station Century 106 which lived from 1998 to 2005 on 106 FM, sandwiched between the lives of Radio 106 and Heart/Gem 106.

They tell of a full-blown personality station and a time and place in British radio history. Great production too from Ian Chilvers. He had some great ideas of his own - and also, when I gave him a raw idea, he was truly brilliant at reading my mind and delivering it in audio.

Ed Doolan, hugely-respected broadcaster in the West Midlands, passed away on 16th January 2018. Here the tributes flow, initially from Caroline Martin on BBC WM, then from Eddie Mair on BBC Radio 4 - and then fellow broadcaster Les Ross from BBC 1 TV in the Midlands.

Following the resignation of Carrie Gracie from her post as the BBC's China Editor on grounds of pay inequality, she hosted the Radio 4 Today programme on 8th Jan 2018.

Hear clips of that programme here in which her resignation was covered, including her reading the headlines in which that story was not mentioned; the bulletins in which it was; the press reviews where it was, albeit John Humphrys read them; the interview with John which wasn't an interview; the one between John and Mariella Frostrup which was; and John explaining why everything was or wasnt being discussed.

Then - hear an interview with Carrie on Woman's Hour that same morning, concluding with the great back anno from Jane Garvey 'Impartiality does not stop me discussing the menopause on Woman's Hour next week'.

Ray Clark issues the formal launch announcement as Radio Caroline launches afresh on a licensed AM frequency at last in December 2017.