Radio Moments - Clips

When people are worried - radio responds best. The information you need - delivered by the well-connected friend who puts their arm around you. As Ophelia arrived across Ireland on Oct 16th 2017, hear how the likes of stations such as RTE, Newstalk, Today FM, Midlands 103, Spin, 98 FM, WLR FM coped.

A delicious lengthy live exchange in the heat of the miners' strike between miners' leader Arthur Scargill and Chris Mann from IRN. They don't get on.

He's now art! Tony Blackburn appeared on BBC Radio 4's earnest Front Row with Samira Ahmed on 21st September 2017 as he prepared to mark 50 years since his first Radio One breakfast show. The contrast between Tony and the programme's puzzled style was arguably not too different maybe from the culture clash of a 1960s BBC.

After eighteen months on the new Virgin Radio breakfast show, Edith Bowman announced her departure.

On Sept 15th 2017, Sam and Amy announced their imminent farewell from East Midlands radio. They'd served on the breakfast show on 106 in its Heart and Gem guises for well over eleven years, with ratings and awards success.