Radio Greats

Send us Fan Mail Gary King has enjoyed 40 years on the wireless and has worked on almost every single station in the entire country, and has reached National level with Radio Luxembourg, BBC Radio 1 and Smooth Radio. In this last of the encore series of Radio Greats, Gary joins Luke to share stories of his 40 year career, from getting the bug and how a chance of leaving Radio Topshop saw him join...

Send us Fan Mail You may have remembered hearing Wendy Lloyd’s voice on programmes such as The Great British Menu and commercials on television, but before all that she enjoyed 18 years on Radio stations. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Wendy joins Luke to share the stories of her 18 years in the Industry, from Work Experience at BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Being Part of the Launch team of BB...

Send us Fan Mail During the 80's and 90's Sybil Ruscoe was best known for hosting programmes on Radio 1 and Radio 5 Live. Including a successful stint as part of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show Team during 1988 and 1989 and later fronting Newbeat between 1990 and 1993. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Sybil looks back on her career from working in Newspapers, before a chance came to joi...

Send us Fan Mail Steve Priestley has enjoyed over 30 years on the Radio from a career across the country. He has presented shows for Fox FM, BRMB, Magic 105.4 FM and The Breeze Network. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Steve sits down with Luke to chat about his 30 year career on the Radio, how it was his dream to work for Capital, being part of the launch team of Fox FM in Oxfordshire, how...

Send us Fan Mail Simon Ross has enjoyed the best part of 37 Years on Radio stations around the country, from some of the successes from Rock in Preston, Capital in London and now currently Breakfast on Greatest Hits Radio. In this weeks edition Radio Greats, Rossie sits down with Luke to share some of the highlights from his 37 years career on the wireless from moving to London from Northern Irela...

Send us Fan Mail For the past 38 Years, Mark Forrest has enjoyed a career on stations across the country from Radio Tees, Metro Radio, Virgin Radio, Classic FM, BBC Local Radio and Scala Radio. In this edition of Radio Greats, Mark looks back on his career from getting the bug and listening to the Radio whilst studying for his A-Levels,  to starting his career on Radio Tees before getting mentored...

Send us Fan Mail Paul McKenna is better known worldwide as a Hypnotist and Self Help Author, but before he started out on Stage and TV, he was a renowned Radio presenter, working for Instore, Pirate, Local and National Radio - including a brief stint on Radio 1. In the final edition of Radio Greats, Paul sits down with Luke to look back on his 10 Year career on the wireless, from developing the Ra...

Send us Fan Mail For over 50 Years, Graham Dene has been one of the countries most recognised voices, having hosted Breakfast on Capital Radio and presented programmes for Virgin, Magic and now Boom Radio. In this weeks edition, Graham sits down with Luke to look back on his 50 Year career, from getting the bug - becoming the New Kids on the Block with Capital Radio, working with the likes of Kenn...

Send us Fan Mail For 24 Years, Janey Lee Grace was part of the successful team behind Steve Wright in the Afternoon, having previously presented shows for BBC GLR and Virgin Radio. This time round, Janey sits down with Luke to chat about the past three decades on the wireless, from starting out on a Radio course, to hosting a Gospel show for GLR - how getting into the charts with Cola Boy, saw her...

Send us Fan Mail For the last 37 Years, Simon Grundy has presented shows for BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Lincs FM, CFM and currently Breakfast on Sun FM, which he has done for 25 Years. This week Simon sits down to chat to Luke about he developed the bug for Radio, how it was listening to Terry Wogan which got him inspired. What launching a station like Lincs FM was like and how David LLoyd had to fin...

Send us Fan Mail Philip Chryssikos has been one of the countries most recognisable News Voices on ILR for the last 30 Years, having spent most of that career working under the Capital Group. In this weeks edition Philip chats to Luke about how he always wanted to work for Capital and how he never let his dream die away, but also how he was part of the launch team with Star FM, how he would change...

Send us Fan Mail Dave Sherwood has enjoyed thirty years in the Radio, from Presenting and Management - he has worked for Rock FM, Power FM, Heart 100.7, Century and Sun FM. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Dave sits down with Luke to reflect on his 30 year career, from a three hour chat with Fluff Freeman at Capital, to getting a gig with Radio Topshop, how he thought a call from Richard Par...

Send us Fan Mail Charlie Jordan has spent the best part of three decades working on Radio Stations across the country, including stints for Capital, BBC Radio 1 and Smooth Radio. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Charlie looks back on the 30 Years of Radio, from getting her first gig on Buzz FM, before making the move to London to work on Capital Radio, working for BRMB and presenting shows f...

Send us Fan Mail John Foster has spent the last three decades on the Wireless, working for stations that include TFM, Great Yorkshire Gold, BBC Radio Tees and even presenting National on Radio 5 Live This week John sits down with Luke to chat about the past three decades in Radio, how it was a clock radio that saw him develop the Radio Bug, how Radio Tees was the station he wanted to work for. Sta...

Send us Fan Mail Steve Colman has enjoyed nearly 50 Years on Radio stations across the country from working on Local and National Radio's that have included Viking FM, Metro, Great Yorkshire Gold, Magic and Smooth. In this edition of Radio Greats, Steve shares his story of how he got the Radio Bug - from starting out on the Legendary UBN Radio, before making the move to instore Radio and Pira...

Send us Fan Mail Paul Coyte has enjoyed 37 Years in the radio industry, starting from Hospital Radio - he worked his way into Instore Radio, before embarking on a career on commercial radio which included Virgin Radio and Gold. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Paul looks back on his career from cutting his teeth in Virgin Megastores, presenting Breakfast for Hereward FM and how he often ende...

Send us Fan Mail For 20 Years, Russ Kane was part of the successful team behind The Capital Radio Breakfast Show, Flying 1000 Feet across London in the Flying Eye. Today Russ has become an advocate for Mental Health and co-owns a station called Mens Radio. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Russ sits down with Luke to look back on his Radio journey, from accidently getting the Flying Eye Job,...

Send us Fan Mail Harriet Scott has worked in the Radio Business for the last three decades and has hosted shows for Viking, 210FM, BRMB, Virgin, Heart and Magic. In this edition of Radio Greats, Harriet chats with Luke to share her Radio journey, from getting the radio bug, how it was Al Dupree who gave her the foot in the door at Viking, where she hosted Breakfast, Saturday Evenings and Drivetime...

Send us Fan Mail For over 40 Years, John Simons has worked in both Radio Presentation and Radio Management. Presenting Shows for stations that include Radio Tees and Radio Nottingham, to forming the successful partnership with John Meyers and launching some of the most successful stations in the country. In this weeks edition Simo chats to Luke to reflect on the last 40 Years of how he went from P...

Send us Fan Mail Phil Upton has spent the last 35 Years in Radio across the West Midlands and has been dubbed by many as Mr. Birmingham This time, Phil joins Luke to share his stories about being on the wireless for over three decades. From DJ-ing at Nightclubs, to getting an offer by Phil Riley to join BRMB, Working for Heart and Galaxy, why returning to BRMB was a mistake and making the move to...

Send us Fan Mail Keith Martin first entered Radio in 2004, after 25 years of spinning the discs at nightclubs. In this weeks Radio Greats, Keith sits down with Luke to share how he developed the Radio Bug, how his wife encouraged him to continue submitting radio demos to stations. How Magic gave him his chance to present a weekend show. Working alongside Tony Blackburn, Mike Read and DLT, how he i...

Send us Fan Mail Tom Price cut his teeth in acting and comedy, he starred in the cult series "Torchwood" and the film "The Boat That Rocked". But did you know Radio was his first love. In this weeks edition he joins Luke to share his career on the radio, how he developed the bug from listening to Derek Jameson on Radio 2, getting a gig with BBC Radio Wales and how to perform co...

Send us Fan Mail Kick Starting a New Series - Clare Ashford has spent three decades in radio across the country, working for Capital, Chiltern, Virgin and BBC Radio Shropshire. This time she sits down with Luke to reflect on the past three decades, from making demos and sending them to Radio 1, GLR and Capital. How she started from the backrooms too presenting overnights on Capital, spending 5 yea...

Send us Fan Mail Lynn Parsons has spent over 35 Years on the Wireless working for some of the most high profile stations from Capital, Radio 1, Radio 2, Smooth Radio and Magic. In the last edition of this series, Lynn sits down with Luke to share with him how she developed the bug for Radio. How a Bet on TV-AM led her to a meeting with Richard Park, who opened the door for her to present on Capita...

Send us Fan Mail For the past three decades Paul Gough, better known as Goffy has been one of the North East's most recognised and acclaimed Broadcasters. Working on Stations from Century, Metro, TFM and BBC Radio Tees. This time on Radio Greats, Goffy sits down with Luke to reflect on the 30 Years of the Wireless, from listening to Radio Tees as a child, to working with the legend John Myers...