Radio Moments - Clips

By David Lloyd

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Vintage clips from UK radio - and more recent broadcasts of note.

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Radio Moments - Clips episodes:

06.06.2023
1717: Producing a Radio 1 breakfast show - BBC Radio Scotland
A BBC Radio Scotland educational broadcast for primary school children - on producing the Radio 1 breakfast show in the days of Simon Mayo.
03.03.2023
1716: Ken's last appearance on Radio 2 - 2023
01.20.2023
1715: 1215 Closedown
01.14.2023
1714: Michael Aspel and Graham Dene on Aspel's 48th birthday
09.10.2022
1713: The announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II on UK radio
The announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II on a selection of national UK radio stations. With Twitter beating them all in timeliness, by its very nature, it shows, nevertheless, the role for radio in today's media world. A...
08.25.2022
1712: Final Scott Mills & Chris Stark 2022
07.01.2022
1711: Steve Wright announces his departure from daytime Radio 2 - 2022
05.23.2021
1710: Farewell, Tony Lyman - 2021
Tony Lyman began his radio career in hospital radio at Radio Nene Valley – whilst working as a postie - before making his radio debut on board the Voice of Peace, anchored just off Tel Aviv. From there, he joined Trent...
05.14.2021
1709: Mental Health Minute 2021
04.10.2021
1708: UK radio announces the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh - 2021
This montage illustrates how UK radio broke into regular programming on the event of the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh on Friday 10th April 2021. The gaps are as broadcast – there were several handbrake turns, as...
03.15.2021
1707: Simon Mayo first on Greatest Hits Drive - 2021
In the most expected move in UK radio, Simon Mayo transfers from Scala weekdays to Greatest Hits Radio. He calls upon the decent 'new term' analogy - just as he did when beginning Radio 1 breakfast.
02.14.2021
1706: Boom Radio launch - 2021
02.01.2021
1705: Simon Mayo announces move
When Simon arrived at Bauer-owned Scala Radio, a few of us stroked our chins and thought he'd turn up on Greatest Hits Radio before too long. On the 1st February 2021, he announced just that.
01.01.2021
1704: Final Jane Garvey Woman's Hour on Radio 4 - 2020
How many true radio greats are on air in a generation? A dozen? Jane Garvey is high on my version of that list. And if the list is a chart, she's still on the way up. She leaves Woman's Hour...
12.08.2020
1703: Radio 4 news - change and style as heard on The World at One - 2020
10.03.2020
1702: Pick of the Pops into Radio 2 continuity! - 1969
What a wonderful culture clash - with Alan Freeman at his peak hosting Pick of the Pops and hitting a Radio 2 junction.
10.01.2020
1701: Final Jenni Murray Woman's Hour - 2020
10.01.2020
1700: Capital Dance launch - 2020
09.28.2020
1699: Keith Skues final BBC show - 2020
27th September 2020 saw Keith Skues hit the stab on Mr Tambourine Man for the final time, as his 500th show marked the end of his broadcasting career at the BBC, aged 81. As he previewed some of the songs to...
09.06.2020
1698: Cousin Brucie returns to WABC - 2020
The style and voice of characters like Cousin Brucie dominated AM radio in the 50s and 60s in the US - whilst life in UK radio was altogether more sedate. Gradually, life changed there as it has here. He moved...
08.28.2020
1697: Bauer station 'closedowns' - August 2020
2020 and another slew of stations reach the end of the road, as national radio brands become bigger. This time, Bauer incorporate more of their new acquisitions into their branded world after a journey which, thanks to the competition authorities,...
08.25.2020
1696: The BBC Radio 5 story
On 27 August 1990 the BBC launched its fifth national radio station – Radio 5 - the first network addition since 1967, using the frequencies 693 and 909, formerly occupied by Radio 2. Radio 5 carried sport, educational and children’s programmes. In...
08.07.2020
1695: Dotty's last breakfast on BBC 1Xtra - 2020
Dotty's last breakfast show on 1Xtra on 30th July 2020
08.07.2020
1694: First Kiss breakfast with Jordan and Perri - 2020
The new breakfast show on Kiss launched on 3rd August 2020 with Jordan and Perri.
08.06.2020
1693: Ken Bruce on Katy Perry - 2020
07.30.2020
1692: Norman Smith leaves the BBC - 2020
On 30th July 2020, Norman Smith announced his farewell from the BBC. He joined the BBC as a local radio reporter in 1986, becoming a parliamentary correspondent in 1993, appearing on BBC Radio 4 on Today and Yesterday In Parliament. Assistant...
06.30.2020
1691: The Bruno Radio 1 chart where Number Two came after Number One - 1986
If you’ve ever hosted a chart, you’ll know that precision counts. Every word. Every second. You have little space to adlib around errors inconspicuously. Remember that too in vinyl days without digits counting down in front of you, just a pile...
06.29.2020
1690: Times Radio launch mention on Radio 4 - 2020
06.29.2020
1689: Times Radio launch - 2020
Times Radio launched on 29th June 2020. (Blog post to follow)
06.25.2020
1688: Times Radio, test broadcast - 2020
06.22.2020
1687: First American Top 40 with Casey Kasem - 1970
Making its debut on Independence Day weekend in 1970 on just 7 stations, the American Top 40 would grow to be heard around the World on more than a thousand stations in more than 50 countries. It was hosted at...
06.17.2020
1686: De Gaulle broadcasts from BH in 1945 - Stourton report on Radio 4
As the French government prepared to sign an armistice with the Nazis, President Charles De Gaulle turned up at BH on 18th June 1940 to broadcast to France on the BBC. This report, on the 80th anniversary of that momentous broadcast...
05.29.2020
1685: Final Pete Price appearance on Citytalk -2020
05.24.2020
1684: Tony Blackburn Top 40 issue - 1980
Things go wrong in radio. It happens to all of us. It's worse when they go wrong at the beginning of your show, as it then puts you in the wrong mood and things go downhill from there. Here, Tony...
05.18.2020
1683: Mental Health Minute, Commercial and BBC radio - 2020
I cannot think of any other time when so many commercial and BBC stations have united to broadcast a single co-ordinated message. The Mental Health Minute 2020 featured the voices of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, England captain Harry Kane,...
05.18.2020
1682: Christian O'Connell, final link on Absolute Radio - 2018
Five months after announcing he was to leave, Christian O'Connell left Absolute Radio on May 18th 2018. He had hosted the breakfast show for 12 years, firstly on Virgin Radio then Absolute Radio as it re-branded. Christian moved to a new life...
05.08.2020
1681: VE Day 75th anniversary, Greatest Hits Radio - 2020
04.13.2020
1680: Pete Mitchell tribute, Virgin Radio - 2020
Pete Mitchell died on March the 12th 2020, aged 61. He'd been on-air for 34 years, and was well-known as one half of Pete and Geoff and for his time at Virgin Radio in the 2000s. Chris Evans pays this generous, fond...
04.07.2020
1679: 'Let my people go' COVID as heard on 77 WABC New York - 2020
Talk radio American style on COVID 19. Government is shutting down - and Mark Levin is not happy. 'Let my people go'. Truly shocking radio. 'You're telling everyone to stay home. And save toilet paper. And go on the internet and...
04.06.2020
1678: 50th Anniversary of PM and The World Tonight - 2020
04.06.2020
1677: Reflections on The World Tonight - Douglas Stuart
On 10th July 1969, the BBC published a short report ‘Broadcasting in the 70s’, “to enable BBC radio to play a full part in the broadcasting pattern of the seventies”. The report, carried out by an internal study group, assisted...
04.02.2020
1676: Announcement of the death of Lord Gordon - 2020
03.26.2020
1675: #ClapforNHS on UK radio
02.29.2020
1674: Mickey Clarke ends on Wake Up to Money- 2020
As BBC news implemented its latest round of cuts, the axe fell on 5 Live's Wake Up to Money and Mickey Clarke said his goodbyes with a lengthy tribute on the programme on February 28th 2020. It coincided with the...
02.28.2020
1673: Jim Naughtie's first Today on Radio 4 - 1994
02.25.2020
1672: Final Sean Dunderdale Lincs FM bulletin - 2020
After almost 30 years at Lincs FM - graduating from rookie journo to head honcho - Sean Dunderdale left commercial radio in February 2020. Having hosted all his ‘last programmes’ (sport and the legendary Farming Programme), he dropped in for a...
01.31.2020
1671: The UK exits Europe - 2020
A flick across BBC Radio 4, Radio Ulster, Radio Wales, BBC Scotland, BBC local radio, Hits Radio, Heart, LBC and Talk Radio at 2300 on 31st Jan 2019 as the UK left the EU.
01.28.2020
1670: BBC news coverage of the death of Nicholas Parsons - 2020
The death of Nicholas Parsons was announced on 28th January 2020. Hear, here his 'home service' Radio 4 announce the news - and enjoy the PM programme's fond coverage as panellists Gyles Brandreth and Janey Godley are offered 'just a...
01.28.2020
1669: Final 'Just a Minute' with Nicholas Parsons - 2019
Nicholas Parsons died in January 2020, aged 96. He'd been on air with his 'Just a Minute' programme on BBC Radio 4 since it began in 1967. Here, enjoy clips from his final edition - with Stephen Fry, Jan Ravens,...
01.10.2020
1668: Tony Blackburn chart show confusion - 1981
Most of us have done it at some stage in our career. Aired something that was not destined for so being. In the fortunate examples - such as this - there are no expletives. Tony likely kicked himself, though, as...

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Radio Moments - Clips episodes:

1717: Producing a Radio 1 breakfast show - BBC Radio Scotland

1716: Ken's last appearance on Radio 2 - 2023

1715: 1215 Closedown

1714: Michael Aspel and Graham Dene on Aspel's 48th birthday

1713: The announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II on UK radio

1712: Final Scott Mills & Chris Stark 2022

1711: Steve Wright announces his departure from daytime Radio 2 - 2022

1710: Farewell, Tony Lyman - 2021

1709: Mental Health Minute 2021

1708: UK radio announces the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh - 2021

1707: Simon Mayo first on Greatest Hits Drive - 2021

1706: Boom Radio launch - 2021

1705: Simon Mayo announces move

1704: Final Jane Garvey Woman's Hour on Radio 4 - 2020

1703: Radio 4 news - change and style as heard on The World at One - 2020

1702: Pick of the Pops into Radio 2 continuity! - 1969

1701: Final Jenni Murray Woman's Hour - 2020

1700: Capital Dance launch - 2020

1699: Keith Skues final BBC show - 2020

1698: Cousin Brucie returns to WABC - 2020

1697: Bauer station 'closedowns' - August 2020

1696: The BBC Radio 5 story

1695: Dotty's last breakfast on BBC 1Xtra - 2020

1694: First Kiss breakfast with Jordan and Perri - 2020

1693: Ken Bruce on Katy Perry - 2020

1692: Norman Smith leaves the BBC - 2020

1691: The Bruno Radio 1 chart where Number Two came after Number One - 1986

1690: Times Radio launch mention on Radio 4 - 2020

1689: Times Radio launch - 2020

1688: Times Radio, test broadcast - 2020

1687: First American Top 40 with Casey Kasem - 1970

1686: De Gaulle broadcasts from BH in 1945 - Stourton report on Radio 4

1685: Final Pete Price appearance on Citytalk -2020

1684: Tony Blackburn Top 40 issue - 1980

1683: Mental Health Minute, Commercial and BBC radio - 2020

1682: Christian O'Connell, final link on Absolute Radio - 2018

1681: VE Day 75th anniversary, Greatest Hits Radio - 2020

1680: Pete Mitchell tribute, Virgin Radio - 2020

1679: 'Let my people go' COVID as heard on 77 WABC New York - 2020

1678: 50th Anniversary of PM and The World Tonight - 2020

1677: Reflections on The World Tonight - Douglas Stuart

1676: Announcement of the death of Lord Gordon - 2020

1675: #ClapforNHS on UK radio

1674: Mickey Clarke ends on Wake Up to Money- 2020

1673: Jim Naughtie's first Today on Radio 4 - 1994

1672: Final Sean Dunderdale Lincs FM bulletin - 2020

1671: The UK exits Europe - 2020

1670: BBC news coverage of the death of Nicholas Parsons - 2020

1669: Final 'Just a Minute' with Nicholas Parsons - 2019

1668: Tony Blackburn chart show confusion - 1981