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In our school, bringing in a radio was an offence for which you could be hanged. It was even more serious than wearing platform shoes or the wrong colour shirt.  Nevertheless, just as in totalitarian states, we ignored the law because radio meant so much. Admittedly, we only risked the wrath so we …

Here's a great interview question to pose to a candidate for a radio station MD post.  Your Head of News has rushed in to say they are about to carry a less than complimentary story about your biggest-spending advertiser.   The hungry journalist is insistent on its accuracy and relevance, just…

I calculate I have nineteen DAB radios.  It’s a little over the top I know.  Hats off to Hertfordshire’s Pure for doing some great early running on the sets; and to Yorkshire’s Roberts for their sturdy classics.  And to Psion for coming up with their spiky PC peripheral Wavefinder; and to Wayne Hem…

There used to be a dusty folder on the windowsill at Radio Trent in the '80s, marked ‘Obit’.   Inside lay a bundle of dog-eared typed sheets bearing instructions on what to do if someone significant took their last breath.   The manila file included a list of the Royal Family, bundled into nea…