Radio Greats

Send us Fan Mail Mark Powell spent 25 years in the wonderful world of Radio, working on stations throughout Wales and England from Galaxy, Red Dragon, TFM, Swansea Sound and Nation. In this weeks edition Mark shares with Luke how he was bitten by the radio bug, how it was a choice between Galaxy and Red Dragon to start his career on, the famous Naked Stunt on TFM, how working on Swansea Sound wasn...

Send us Fan Mail David Franics has spent the past three decades working in the Radio Industry. From starting off with work experience at just 16 in 1990, he was offered the dream to work for the station he always wanted to work on when Richard Park offered him a weekend job! In this edition of Radio Greats, David chats to Luke about how he got into the radio business, working on stations from Capi...

Send us Fan Mail Paul Robinson has enjoyed a 40 year stint on Radio, from being a local voice on Radio Tees and Mercia Sound, to running The Chiltern Radio Groups and managing Radio 1 and working for BBC Radio. In this edition of Radio Greats, Paul shares with Luke how he was bitten by the Radio Bug, how a short stint on Metro led to work on Radio Tees, How the Radio Management Love Affair began,...

Send us Fan Mail Back in the 1980s and 1990's, Mick Brown was one of the most recognised Radio DJ's on Capital Radio, having started out as a copywriter and producer before making it to spinning the discs. This time round, The Live Luke chats to him about the 30 years he worked on Capital, from, Producing for Kenny Everett, to being one half of The Pat and Mick Show to recording hits wit...

Send us Fan Mail For the past 25 years Claire Simmo has been one of the most recognised voices on the radio across the North of England, having been a familiar voice on stations such as Radio City and Real Radio. On this weeks edition, she sits down with The Live Luke to chat about her experience on the radio, why it was Paul Jordan who got her interested in the business, how she had never used th...

Send us Fan Mail Gary Wilkinson has enjoyed a career spanning over 25 years, from working on stations across the country and using his known aliases such as Pizza Man and Nick Jordan, in this weeks edition of Radio Greats, he sits down with Luke to chat about the stations he has worked on. From Atlantic 252, Galaxy, Magic, Metro and Sun Radio, why he changed his name so often on the radio and why...

Send us Fan Mail Rick Houghton, has worked in radio since 1989, becoming one of the countries youngest Radio DJ's when he joined Plymouth Sound. He later went onto work for stations across the country including Rock FM, Radio City and Key 103, as-well as a stint in the Middle East with Channel 4 Radio. On this edition, he chats to Luke about the past 30 years in radio, how working on Radio Ci...

Send us Fan Mail Rob Charles is no stranger to his audience, with four decades of experience behind him. This time he joins Luke on Radio Greats, to chat about he developed the Radio bug, becoming one of the pirates on the revived Radio Caroline and working on Voice of Peace, to work across the North of England from KFM, Rock Radio, Century and Magic and how he got the gig on Car Share and how he...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Radio Greats, Luke chats to his Broadcasting colleague Chris Moore, who began his career back in the Eighties on CBC when he won a Radio contest to be a DJ on CBC for a day. From then on he, Chris went to host shows for Red Dragon and Real Radio and had the most listened to show in all of Wales. In this extended edition, he chat's to Luke about getting the radio...

Send us Fan Mail In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Luke catches up with Polly James from Radio X, who sits down with him and shares her story of entering the Radio industry. Polly shares the tale of how Kiss FM turned her down, and how Bridge and Nation gave her, her big break - working on Absolute Radio and co-presenting the BT Live Event in London. Spending 6 years on Capital South Wales an...

Send us Fan Mail A Giant of Broadcasting. Tony Prince began his broadcasting career on The Pirate station, the legendary Radio Caroline before embarking on a 16 year career on Radio Luxembourg. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, he chats to Luke about how The Radio Bug bit him and how Radio 1 turned him down. Plus he shares with us the story of how he got to know Elvis Presley and what the nig...

Send us Fan Mail For the past 28 years Sean Goldsmith has been on the radio up and down the country. Starting out on Leicester Sound in 1993, he would later embark on a journey that would keep on going to stations from Trent, to Peak and to Virgin from Greatest Hits. In this edition of Radio Greats, he chats with Luke about how the Radio Bug bit him, how twice he almost gave it up, before being br...

Send us Fan Mail Tony Dibbin is no stranger to the airwaves. He was the youngest Radio DJ in Wales, and also the youngest programme controller too. On this weeks edition of Radio Greats, he sits down with Luke and reflects on his 25 years on the wireless, from how at the age of 15 he joined The Wave in Swansea, before progressing to Ireland to work on Atlantic 252. Tony also talks about his tenure...

Send us Fan Mail Jenni Costello was the youngest signing to Mercia Sound when she joined the station just before her 19th Birthday. From there on she did a stint on BBC Radio 1, becoming the stations youngest signing, the breakfast show on Trent FM, Drivetime on Radio 210 and weekends on GEM. In the first edition of Series 3 of Radio Greats, she sits down with Luke to discuss her three decades on...