Toby Anstis (aka Toby Dancetis) talks to RadioToday about leaving his long-running Heart mid-morning show to front the new digital station Heart Dance, plus looks back on his time at Liberty Radio and his move to Heart in 2001.



Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin talk through the latest radio industry news; James Cridland recommends three podcasts you should listen to and David Lloyd has more Radio Moments.



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Toby Anstis prepares to launch Heart Dance

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Friends and colleagues pay tribute to radio presenter, programmer and executive John Evington, who died on 4th December 2021.



In this special podcast presented by Stuart Clarkson, you will hear from John himself as well as tributes from: Steve King, David Duffy, Terry Underhill, Phil Trow, Martin Campbell, Trevor Thomas, Jason Hardy, Paul Chantler, Phil England, James Piekos, Paul Carrington, Johnny Beerling, Barry David, Ray Crowther, Jim Davis, Steve Penk and Kelvin MacKenzie.



John's career took in Piccadilly Radio, Centre Radio, Signal Radio and subsequently its parent company The Wireless Group. He also had a brief spell presenting weekend shows at Radio 2 while at Signal during the week. After 22 years with Signal, John went on to programme and manage Original 106, The Revolution and others during a 40+ career in radio, with his later years working as a consultant on various projects including the trial small-scale DAB multiplex in Manchester.



Special thanks to all our contributors and to David Lloyd for allowing us to use the interview with John recorded for the RadioMoments Conversations podcast in 2016. You can listen to the full version at https://audioboom.com/posts/4163514-conversations-episode-2-john-evington



RIP John Evington 1958-2021



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A tribute to John Evington

Stuart Clarkson finds out about this year’s 30 Under 30 from Radio Academy Managing Director Sam Bailey and Bauer’s Steve Parkinson who’s the Chair of judges for 30 Under 30… then meets four of this year’s ones to watch:





- Scarlett O'Malley - Station Manager, whynow radio
- Nels Hylton - Freelance Presenter and Producer, TBI Media/Radio 1/Radio 2
- Rozeena Bernard - Assistant Producer, BBC Radio 2
- Katy Johnston – Presenter, Capital Scotland, Communicorp UK






Radio Academy 30 Under 30 2021

Paul Rowley has been "our man at Westminster" for BBC Local Radio since 1994 and before that worked for IRN and LBC as well as Liverpool's Radio City in its early days. As he leaves the BBC after 27 years, Paul shares his love for the medium of radio with RadioToday's Stuart Clarkson and gives us a quick history of his 47 years working on the wireless.



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Paul Rowley on leaving the BBC after five decades in radio

Stuart Clarkson chats to a selection of speakers from this year’s Radio Academy Radio Festival, held at the News UK building in London on Wednesday 3rd November 2021.



You will hear:




Helen Thomas (Radio Academy Chair & Head of Radio 2)
John Pienaar (Times Radio)
Dino Sofos (Persephonica)
Ben Cooper (Chief Content & Music Officer, Bauer Media Audio UK)
Liam Fisher (Head of Speech, News UK)
Mohit Bakaya (Controller, Radio 4)
Faron McKenzie (Head of Radio 1Xtra)
Matt Deegan (Folder Media)
Rebecca Frank (Content Director, Kiss)
Aled Haydn-Jones (Head of Radio 1)
Claudia Winkleman (Presenter, Radio 2)
Ian Moss (CEO, Radio Centre)
Charlotte Moore (Chief Content Officer, BBC)
Sam Bailey (Managing Director, Radio Academy)




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Radio Festival 2021

Toby Anstis chats to RadioToday's Stuart Clarkson as he marks 20 years since his first overnight show on Heart 106.2. Toby can still be heard daily on the brand, hosting breakfast on Heart Dance and Friday night's Club Classics across the Heart Network.

Toby Anstis prepares to launch Heart Dance

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