Podcasts by Radio Moments - Clips

1138: Ed Stewart - Radio 2 Tribute from 2016-02-10T23:21:38

1137: Final Terry Wogan programme on Radio 2 from 2016-02-10T18:45:54

It was to be the final show he’d ever host. In November 2015, Terry Wogan kicked off ‘Weekend Wogan’ with his favourite Clifford T Ward track and ended with the Platters. In-between, the usual ...

1136: Conversations. Episode 2: John Evington from 2016-02-09T19:57:58

In this second edition of Conversations, we talk to the man who steered Signal in Stoke through its first couple of decades, rising quickly from breakfast show host to Programme Director. As ind...

1135: RadioMoments Review 5th feb 2016 from 2016-02-05T21:12:41

1134: Chris Evans show - Tribute to Terry Wogan from 2016-02-01T18:03:28

Hosting the Wogan dawn daypart the Monday after his death was always going to be a challenge. A challenge that Chris Evans, Lynn Bowles and Moira Stuart rose to perfectly.

'The annou...

1133: Terry Wogan - Radio 2 announcement from 2016-01-31T10:32:49

Today, 31st January 2016, Radio 2 said goodbye to one of its own. Fittingly, the tributes were the voices and thoughts of listeners.

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1132: Accurate Timecheck Tony from 2016-01-28T22:26:43

I worship Tony Blackburn.

Now, there's really no need for split minute timecheck. But, as ever, he gets away with it. It's just. Well, it's just him. And the nation rightly adores hi...

1131: Radio Moments Review 29th January 2016 from 2016-01-28T22:03:21

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending Jan 29th 2016, as featured at the end of the week's Radio Today podcast.

1130: Week Ending - Radio 4 December 1990 from 2016-01-28T21:59:03

I loved Week Ending (1970-1998) on beloved Radio 4. The weekly satirical sketch show in which often promising young writers, like Harry Hill and David Baddiel, and great impressionists and actor...

1129: Week Ending - Radio 4 January 1979 from 2016-01-28T21:47:11

I loved Week Ending on beloved Radio 4 (1970-1998). The weekly satirical sketch show in which often promising young writers, like Harry Hill and David Baddiel, and great impressionists and acto...

1128: Launch of 1010 Wins - 1965 from 2016-01-27T22:57:32

1127: Classic Eddie Mair Radio 4 teasing - 2016 from 2016-01-27T21:37:02

1126: Joe Fish tribute - BBC Radio Lancashire from 2016-01-25T21:11:35

Radio is now pretty good in saying goodbye to its family. It knows that, for many listeners, presenters have become part of their family – and a fitting tribute is warranted. BBC Radio Lancashir...

1125: A 1990 Day in the LIfe of Radio 1 from 2016-01-24T11:44:45

A whole day snapshot of a confident Radio 1 in August 1990, kicking off with that five minute secret dawn montage of jingles. Turned a generation of paperboys into anoraks.

Tough to...

1123: Radio Moments Review 22nd Jan 2016 from 2016-01-22T20:28:37

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending Jan 22nd 2016, as featured at the end of the week's Radio Today podcast.

1122: Christian O'Connell - 10th anniversary show from 2016-01-22T09:07:22

Few breakfast shows hit the ten year mark. Christian O’Connell’s did, on 23rd January 2016. The previous day, which was a Friday, he and his team were in celebratory and nostalgic mood.

1121: Launch - Capital (Liverpool) from 2016-01-18T07:50:43

Another station joins the Capital stable, as the brand arrives on the ex-Juice station on 18th Jan 2016, purchased from UTV. The Network is now twelve stations.

1120: Final Kid Jensen Show on Capital Gold before Gold 2007 from 2016-01-16T16:31:32

The convergence of the AM networks across the UK is a complex tale. Each of the original commercial stations, compelled by the regulator to do something more useful on their AM frequencies, gen...

1119: RadioMoments Review 15th Jan 2016 from 2016-01-13T20:03:54

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending Jan 15th 2016, as featured at the end of the week's Radio Today podcast.

1118: David Bowie in conversation with Andy Peebles in 1980 from 2016-01-11T18:35:34

“I’m happy and pleased with life” A relaxed David Bowie – in an insightful interview with Andy Peebles for Radio 1, recorded in New York on 5 Dec 1980 and broadcast the following January – 35 ye...

1117: Early Rugby Commentary from 2016-01-10T23:37:48

Teddy Wakelam was behind the mic for the first ever rugby commentary on BBC radio -and indeed the first example of any commentary - in January 1927. He’d played rugby for Harlequin F.C. and beco...

1116: Steve Wright Radio 2 show - on Radio Luxembourg from 2016-01-10T01:07:28

Steve Wright, I suspect, is not the only disc jockey who fancies playing favourite old jingles of another radio station on his show and singing along with them. Here is, with Radio Luxembourg ji...

1115: Ed Stewart's final show - December 2015 from 2016-01-10T00:38:33

The voice of this Devon boy was to become the voice of childhood for a generation. Ed Stewart began his radio career in Hong Kong, before moving to the most ‘professional’ of the pirate stations...

1114: RadioMoments Review 8th Jan 2016 from 2016-01-07T22:05:12

1113: Dennis McCarthy - BBC Radio Nottingham from 2016-01-07T21:04:24

1112: Steve Wright - first Radio 1 show from 2016-01-02T11:58:21

1111: Radio 4 Woman's Hour - 70th anniversary from 2016-01-01T11:34:27

As this conversation confirms, the thought of ‘Woman’s Hour’ as a programme title would likely be unthinkable nowadays, but the BBC has wisely stuck with it since it launched on 7th October 1946...

1110: Bob Hopton - in conversation with John Foster on BBC Tees from 2015-12-30T17:10:41

Bob Hopton was famously the programmer who brought Les Ross back to Birmingham to front what became its defining breakfast show. Bob was a pioneer in the early days of UK commercial radio, when ...

1109: Kinnock 'kebabbed' by Naughtie on World at One - 1989 from 2015-12-30T14:55:59

This is delicious. Heard again of late as part of the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of BBC Radio 4’s ‘World at One’ or WATO as it’s become known. James Naughtie bagged an interview with Neil...

1108: Alan Freeman's last Pick of The Pops on Radio 1 - 1992 from 2015-12-28T15:53:46

This audio will forever sound great. Alan Freeman on his final Radio 1 ‘Pick of the Pops’ show in 1992. "Oh, yes - and his tears were falling. All right?"

He’d arrived at the BBC via ...

1107: 2015 Radio Farewells - in Memory from 2015-12-26T11:17:04

A farewell - and tribute - to just some of radio's cast who bowed in 2015.

Sandy Chalmers - BBC Broadcaster, producer and manager. Richie Benaud - Former Australian cricketer who becam...

1106: Kathy Secker Tribute - BBC Newcastle, December 2015 from 2015-12-21T00:28:29

1105: Lisa Snowdon's final breakfast show on Capital from 2015-12-18T23:44:22

When Lisa Snowdon began on Capital Radio London’s breakfast show, its name had a swallowed T. She began in 2008, alongside Johnny Vaughan on the departure of Denise van Outen. Later, her partne...

1104: RadioMoments Review 18th December 2015 from 2015-12-17T19:29:27

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending December 18th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's Radio Today podcast.

1103: James Naughtie's last Radio 4 Today Programme from 2015-12-16T20:00:39

Calm, measured, looking around with care for the next word under the settee, James Naughtie has been part of Radio 4’s Today programme for 21years.

Enjoy here an unfairly telescoped edi...

1102: Wes Butters - Radio 1 Chart show December 2003 from 2015-12-13T18:29:15

Not too many commercial jocks get a chance to appear on Radio 1 or 2, so when word got out that our boyish Wes Butters from Galaxy was to transfer to Britain’s Favourite, it was quite a coup. Listen

1101: Radiomoments 11th December 2015 from 2015-12-11T00:03:36

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending December 11th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1100: Sunshine Radio Herefordshire Launch 2007 from 2015-12-10T14:59:55

Sunshine Radio launched across Herefordshire and Monmouthshire on 14th December 2007.

1099: Mike Allen from 2015-12-05T10:55:21

1098: Radio Broadland in 88 and 89 from 2015-12-03T17:53:18

Broadland was one of the second generation of commercial stations, launching in 84 and powering into Norfolk, attaining a simply huge audience reach.

Enjoy it here in 88 and 89, with a ...

1097: RadioMoments Review 4th December 2015 from 2015-12-03T17:20:57

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending December 4th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1096: Len Groat - Radio Trent 1985 interview from 2015-12-01T19:37:50

In assembling an indulgent ‘documentary’ on the first ten years of Nottingham’s Radio Trent in 1985, I naturally interviewed some of the people involved. Clips appear in the finished programme (...

1095: Radio Trent 1985 Christmas Promo from 2015-11-28T13:20:22

Promos used to be a little more, well, spontaneous years ago. Many of us did not worry too much about what the objective was – we just had fun under the umbrella of ‘image’ promos. Here’s a 19...

1094: RadioMoments 27th November 2015 from 2015-11-26T07:53:46

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending November 27th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1093: RadioMoments Review 21st Nov 2015 from 2015-11-21T18:45:45

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending November 21st 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1092: Radio 3 changes frequency in 1978 from 2015-11-15T13:13:16

1978 saw stations packing their trunks and moving homes up and down the band, both commercial and BBC. My good friends at Trent quietly moved 1kHz from 998 to 999 AM – as the separation between...

1091: Plymouth Sound early swap shop&David Bassett from 2015-11-15T11:59:04

The old days on commercial radio were just about perfect, so some say. Listening back though, one wonders whether the output of some stations would still have commanded such impressive audience...

1090: Plymouth Sound - Test transmission from 2015-11-14T22:04:39

The early commercial stations were very individual. Some pounded on the air to claim their rightful territory with the confidence and slickness of the pirates, others teetered into existence wi...

1089: RadioMoments Review 13th November 2015 from 2015-11-14T10:17:18

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending November 13th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1088: Les Ross on BBC WM 45th anniversary from 2015-11-07T13:19:12

1087: Chris Tarrant on BBC WM's 45th anniversary from 2015-11-07T11:22:10

A rare example of someone who works well on both TV and radio, Chris Tarrant stayed at the top of his game in London for generations, and helped to shape the success of the Capital business for ...

1086: Chris Moyles in old Bristol studios from 2015-11-06T22:37:55

Ofcom’s ‘Approved areas’, seemingly assembled randomly one wine-fuelled night, meant that stations were able to vacate expensive premises and choose to co-habit. That left old sets of studios ei...

1085: Johnnie Walker on BBC WM's 45th anniversary from 2015-11-06T22:05:05

Johnnie Walker grabbed his early breaths in Birmingham and it was there too that he went on to spin his first discs and develop his love of music. He was less fortunate as he went on to miss out...

1084: RadioMoments Review 6th NOv 2015 from 2015-11-06T16:23:27

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending November 6th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1083: Radio 4 PM - Through the years from 2015-10-31T17:20:08

I adore Eddie Mair. There. The love affair is public. I just shake my head in wondrous disbelief as he allows radio to be the best it can. The pauses. The short, barbed questions: those daggers ...

1082: RadioMoments Review 30th Oct 2015 from 2015-10-30T19:32:58

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending October 30th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1081: Last edition of Radio Newsreel in 1988 from 2015-10-26T21:58

The programme name ‘Radio Newsreel’ sounds valve-fuelled. It was; borrowing its name from its visual sister, Pathe’s famous cinema newsreel. The very sound of its sig tune, Imperial Echoes, evo...

1080: RadioMoments 23rd October 2015 from 2015-10-21T21:53:18

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending October 23rd 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1079: Today in Parliament - 70 years on from 2015-10-18T10:30:12

In the victorious but challenging days after World War II, ‘Today in Parliament’ began on BBC radio. Indeed, its existence was cemented into a Corporation obligation.

The programme wa...

1078: Radiomoment Review 16th October 2015 from 2015-10-16T14:43:56

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending October 16th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1077: Radio Victory launch - 1975 from 2015-10-10T14:03:39

Those of a certain age can recite the names of the UK's first 19 commercial stations, a little bit like you remember those useful lists one learnt at school.

Radio Victory was one of th...

1076: RadioMoments Review 9th October 2015 from 2015-10-09T22:02:52

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending October 9th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1075: Robbie Vincent with Vanessa Feltz in 2015 from 2015-10-06T16:40:03

1074: BBC Radio London regains its name from 2015-10-06T09:48:23

Radio London was not amongst the first tranche of experimental BBC locals, not coming on air until 1970.

The BBC local radio journey had been a complex one, not least in the Capital, ...

1073: First Chris Moyles show on Radio X from 2015-10-04T11:11:30

When a presenter rises to the top and stays there, it’s usually a combination of the talent, the station and a time and a place. When the talent moves to a new station, it’s often the case that...

1072: What's next on Radio 4? from 2015-10-04T09:01:11

If you wondered what Radio 4 continuity announcers do during the programmes, this gives a clue. (2nd Oct 2015 1630)

I love the exasperated cluck too. Beautiful.

Lest there b...

1071: RadioMoments Review 2nd Oct 2015 from 2015-10-04T08:09:13

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending October 2nd 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1070: Lincs FM DAB Switch On - 1st October 2015 from 2015-09-30T23:18:27

The low-key switch on of the seriously overdue Lincolnshire Multiplex.

1069: RadioMoments w/e 25th Sept 2015 from 2015-09-25T11:42:32

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending September 25th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1068: Century (North East) launch 1994 from 2015-09-25T10:42:22

The start of the bright yellow Century Radio, from the North East, in the days when it did not envisage ever becoming a brand.

The station launched in 1994, backed by Border Televisio...

1067: RadioMoments Review 18th Sept 2015 from 2015-09-16T06:39:48

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending September 18th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1066: RadioMoments Review 11th September 2015 from 2015-09-11T07:01

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending September 11th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1065: Princess Elizabeth's first radio broadcast - 1940 from 2015-09-09T17:45:29

The Queen had a good first show. No accapella name-check jingles, but she surely left an impression. It was an early double act, with Princess Margaret by her side, just chipping in at the end,...

1064: RadioMoments 4th September 2015 from 2015-09-01T20:13:40

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending September 4th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1063: RadioMoments Review 28th August 2015 from 2015-08-27T14:59:58

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending August 28th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1062: RadioMoments Review 21st August 2015 from 2015-08-21T18:03:38

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending August 21st 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1061: RadioMoments 14th August 2015 from 2015-08-12T22:56:05

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending August 14th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1060: End of Capital Gold - 2007 from 2015-08-09T13:40:25

1059: Beginning of Gold - 2007 from 2015-08-09T13:35:55

1058: RadioMoments 7th August 2015 from 2015-08-07T20:26:01

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending August 7th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today

1057: Allied Expeditionary Forces Launch - Franklin Engelmann from 2015-08-04T18:15:35

Radio found its place during World War II in so many ways. From providing reassurance and company to dispensing vital information; from boosting morale to spreading propaganda.

The man...

1056: Cilla's death - on radio in Liverpool from 2015-08-02T14:48:50

1055: BBC Strike August 1985 from 2015-08-02T11:22:58

Just after Mrs Thatcher declared that terrorists should be starved of the "oxygen of publicity", it transpired a senior Republican paramilitary had been interviewed for a BBC 'Real Lives' docume...

1054: RadioMoments 31st July 2015 from 2015-07-30T19:52:54

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending July 31st 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today.

1053: RadioMoments review 24th July 2015 from 2015-07-23T12:45:15

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending July 24th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today.

1052: James Cridland on Today programme on DAB from 2015-07-21T16:13:36

Pieces about DAB on BBC Radio 4 are always a little challenging. Despite many their listeners being some of the earliest investors in DAB technology and the appreciable proportion of listening o...

1051: Matt Deegan on Today prog on DAB from 2015-07-21T07:07:46

Pieces about DAB on BBC Radio 4 are always a little challenging. Despite many their listeners being some of the earliest investors in DAB technology and the appreciable proportion of listening o...

1050: RadioMoments Review 17th July 2015 from 2015-07-15T18:40:35

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending July 17th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today.

1049: Talk Radio Montage from 2015-07-15T18:23:11

Having run a talk station, I can quite imagine what the presenter offices of the old Talk Radio UK must have been like. You hire the greatest talk talent ‘cos they are larger than life. They can...

1048: Island FM launch - 1992 from 2015-07-14T22:33:45

For us mainlanders working in competitive markets, it is truly wonderful to arrive in a place where every radio is locked on to the same station. In every coffee shop, taxi and shop on lovely ...

1047: RadioMoments Review 10th July 2015 from 2015-07-10T17:22

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending July 10th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today.

1046: RadioMoments 3rd July 2015 from 2015-07-03T16:32:14

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending July 3rd 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today.

1045: Seven Pips - 01.00 BST 1st July 2015 from 2015-07-01T06:51:08

At midnight GMT (0100 BST here in the UK), the planet gained an extra second. The dial on an atomic clock read 23:59:60 before ticking forward to 00.00.00. This last happened in 2012. On-air in ...

1044: Final Simon Bates Top 40 links - August 1979 from 2015-06-29T22:51:30

1043: RadioMoments 26th June 2015 from 2015-06-27T00:14:57

1042: John Humphrys - Today newsreaders! from 2015-06-25T06:08:25

1041: RadioMoments Review 19th June 2015 from 2015-06-19T18:05:17

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending June 19th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today.

1040: BBC Radio Brighton's early on-air debute - 1967 from 2015-06-13T11:08:32

Snow's great news for local radio. Whatever the usual station allegiances, you can bank on the fact that you might attract at least some level of 'curiosity cume' from an audience hungry for inf...

1039: Premier Radio - Launch from 2015-06-11T23:31:05

It seemed to be due to an inadvertent oversight that a Christian radio station could not hold a radio licence, so there was considerable joy for the pioneers when, at last, a station like Premie...

1038: RNI and the 1970 General Election - Paul Rowley from 2015-06-11T22:50

Surprise election results are nothing new. In 1970, the Conservatives rallied a majority of 30 even though most opinion polls predicted a very different result, and bristling Ted Heath duly re...

1037: RadioMoments week ending 12th June 2015 from 2015-06-11T21:38:58

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending June 12th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today.

1036: RadioMoments 5th June 2015 from 2015-06-05T19:53:34

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending June 5th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today.

1035: Final Russ Williams show on Absolute Radio from 2015-05-30T17:04:52

Not many presenters last 22 years on-air, least of all on commercial radio where tastes of listeners and management can change quickly. Through a multitude of colourful owners, drama and two bra...

1034: RadioMoments 29th May 2015 from 2015-05-27T21:54:18

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending May 29th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today.

1033: Fearne Cotton - Last Radio 1 Show Part 2 from 2015-05-22T21:54:37

Some last shows are low key. A nod to the wise. Some are weighed down with a hidden agenda. Others are purely celebratory; as a presenter says goodbye to colleagues, professional acquaintances...

1032: RadioMoments Review 22nd May 2015 from 2015-05-22T21:47:04

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending May 22nd 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today.

1031: Fearne Cotton - Last Radio 1 Show Part 1 from 2015-05-22T21:32:48

Some last shows are low key. A nod to the wise. Some are weighed down with a hidden agenda. Others are purely celebratory; as a presenter says goodbye to colleagues, professional acquaintances an...

1030: RadioMoments 15th May 2015 from 2015-05-15T13:53:32

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending May 15th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today.

1029: 'Don't say hello - say Metro' from 2015-05-10T11:01:55

Years ago, radio stations were the only places big prizes could be won; now, you just pop in the newsagents for a Lotto ticket. In the seventies, however, the scale of prizes awarded on commercial ...

1028: RadioMoments Review 8th May 2015 from 2015-05-08T21:19:22

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending May 8th 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today.

1027: RadioMoments Review May 1st 2015 from 2015-05-01T06:49:07

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending May 1st 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today.

1026: Colin Bloomfield Tribute - BBC Radio Derby from 2015-04-25T13:14:49

When a broadcaster dies, they leave their mark, not only with family and friends but with listeners too. Colin Bloomfield, a time-served BBC voice as presenter and commentator, and popular characte...

1025: RadioMoments Review 24th April 2015 from 2015-04-22T22:00:16

Another fond look back to this week in radio history, for the week ending 24th April 2015, as heard at the end of the week's RadioTalk podcast from Radio Today.