Severn FM® - Severn Bore Breakfast Show

No Barry today! We talk to Germaine Greer at 9:20 and what a lovely and knowledgable lady. Simon Pegg Star Treks Into the Darkness film, 'Sofa snooping' councillors, Tapeworms burrowed into my BRAIN, Smart meter project is delayed, 'Steaming' Helen Mirren defends scolding drummers, Mad scientists, Ferguson career eulogised by press and Plant coms - Spore G or Flora G

'Half Time Baz' has to leave at 9am AGAIN (tut!). Newly appointed Councillor, Barry Kirby joins us today. (He joins us every week, but he now is a councilor!). Should children have best friends? MasterChef, Natalie Coleman wins with scotch egg dish, PFA asks Reginald D Hunter for fee back after race remarks controversy, Google - Tax dodging gits, Carpet cleaner's privates were burned by 99p shower gel and Barry talks about his new duties as a local Councillor. Oh yes, and Andy bores us about flying - again!

'Half Time Baz' has to leave at 9am AGAIN! We discuss what a Colour Consultant does and we got a little hysterical! Flying, Save BBC TV Centre, London Marathon and interview with Graeme Flory-Kish who ran last weekend, Sir Winston Churchill to feature on new banknote, Gloucester rapper Nasif Malik is dreaming of the big time, Pothole rage in Gloucestershire with graffiti attack on road, Don't lose a plot, get one, An allotmant, 'Part of 911 plane landing gear' found in New York, Millionaire McCormick guilty of fake bomb detector scam and Why Britain is now a safer place

'Half Time Baz' has to leave at 9am but make the most of his company. London Marathon and Graeme. Barry messes with Paul's headphone volumer! Ooh err! 'What us wreck the mic, watch us wreck the Mic - Psych!?' Mandy is going on a Ghost Hunt - scary stuff - Rolf H - No surely not!? Barry is applying for the job of Stonehenge Manager - nah? Monkeyface is playing at Quedgeley FUn Day along with Severn FM

Caro's return to Severn FM!! Barry had to leave at 9am and normally hasn't got anything to say about politics we we FORCED him to make a few comments about Baroness Thatcher's death this week. BBC defends Baroness Thatcher Ding Dong song decision, Baroness Thatcher's death reopens wounds in Yorkshire! Caro and Barry had a a small bit to see about Baroness Thatcher and Andy played some Spitting Image sound bites. We DIDN'T play the witches dead though! Veronika contacted us from Sweden and we played jag kommer by Veronica Maggio - our first Swedish Artist (apart from Abba, oh and Stakka Bo and well....actually there are quite a few famous Swedish Bands!)

Things don't change, just as Barry arrived, the audio processor started doing strange things - emergency action was required. Bigger sales of diesel is due to companies now buying the fuel direct from forecourts instead of storing it in depots. Incinerator appeal expected mid-May. New Stonehouse railway station plans discussed. Laiki Bank: The Cyprus bank staff hit worst of all, US plays down North Korea threat. Shaun Moore fell down the stairs at BBC Broadcasting House!! Bulb blows in New BBC New Studio, The Grand National, Clocks went back, Flying (boring everyone again). Barry accidently mentions Horse Meat, but he Meant a horse meet. yeah sure!!

Andy was privileged enough to be shown around BBC TV CENTRE 2 days before it was sold. I stood in the same studios where Top of the Pops, News, Blue Peter, Alan Patridge and so many other shows were broadcast from. Gloucester 17 Harlequins 15, BBC TV Centre Closes, North Korea enters 'state of war' with South (Andy panics), Potter and Withnail actor Richard Griffiths dies, Amazon to buy social network site for readers Goodreads and Flying.

The 4 boys are back together for the first time in a while! Group hugs all round and general siliness. No flying for Andy since the 2nd March. Andy loses his phone (leaves it on a train) so the whole word stops! Incinerator up in smoke after 8 year battle,New Quayside cinema opening just months away, UK gas prices surge on supply fears, 'Sexist joke' web developer whistle-blower fired, Cyprus crisis.

Well... it didn't start off well! Andy hadn't made the desk live and we were talking to no one for the first 6 minutes - classic Andy! Barry had work today (he was in bed, we find out later!) so couldn't be on the show, but he did the traffic report from his bed! Flying, Traffic, Dreams - Sir Alan Sugar, Comic Relief - 25 years since Lenny Henry started Red Nose day. General rubbish for two hours with Paul and Andy.

A very emotional last show to be broadcast from the Studio's at the Old School in Hardwicke. The Studios were packed and we had lots to talk about. Amanda Greenway from Quedgeley People had the following words to say: Before going off air, Andy had a few final words of thanks for all of those who have helped and supported the station over the past 21 months. "We would like to formally thank Stroud District and Hardwicke Parish councils, who believed in us at the start - and that was mainly down to Ian [Butler] and all of the other guys at Hardwicke, who funded the original set-up costs, built this studio and allowed us to do our first FM broadcast," he said."And Quedgeley Community Trust and Quedgeley Parish Council - that's Andy [Jarrett] and Anna [Mozoll], - because you've both given us money that paid for us to carry on. "And to Severn Vale Housing Association," he continued, "who, thanks to one guest who came on to the Severn Bore Breakfast Show - Project SOLACE - led to them tweeting out to all the people they work with and they gave us £500, which really kept us going for January and February. So thanks to those guys as well. "Thanks also to Tracy and Matt from MPG Roofing who have let us rent this old school. They've been our landlord since October 2011 and, to be honest, their extreme flexibility and allowing us to be free with what we did with this place, allowed us to carry on. "Thanks to Barry Kirby, Andrew James and Caro Kingsnorth for putting up with my obsessive nagging around attention to detail," he laughed. "I'm really sorry, but I thank all of you for putting up with me, making sure we get it right and, of course, your commitment and support over the past 18 months.Thanks to you guys, the presenters, for putting out such high-quality shows - they have been fantastic shows. "You have all had a big input and produced shows which have been daring to be different, producing real radio - and that's why we started this up. He continued: "Thanks to the organisations and charities which have sat in on numerous Local Focal shows - and I know Pete and Andy you've been key to that. You've all been part of the Severn FM family. "And last, but not least, thanks to you our listeners, without whom we would have really been completely wasting our time, to be honest." Before Andy played his final track, Barry interjected with one last message of his own, saying: "From a personal perspective, and I'm sure from everybody here, I would like to thank you Andy. "This was your idea; this was your brain child. You got a whole bunch of the community together from across south Gloucester. "I've made a great mate, which wouldn't have happened without this, and from myself and from everybody else, I'd like to say thank you very much, it's been an absolute pleasure." A visibly choked Andy had 3ne last special dedication to make before playing his final track. "This one is dedicated to Ofcom, and their extremely narrow-minded approach toward community radio," he laughed. "There is at least one frequency free in this area all year round - 87.7, 87.8 87.9 - plus others on the dial."Oh well Ofcom, this is for you, but we will be back!" he vowed as he faded poignantly to The Buggles' 1979 hit, Video Killed the Radio Star, followed aptly by Queen's The Show Must Go On, a patriotic blast of God Save the Queen, a rousing round of applause from the Severn FM studio, then one, long, monotonous BBC test signal, indicating the end of an era.