In the late 1980s, when I was still in my 20s, my listening habits changed. My radio station of choice for most of my life had been BBC Radio 1. In the 1970s we switched from there to the newly created Capital Radio from time to time but Radio 1 was the default station on… Continue reading Capital Gold in the late 1980s
The late Steve Wright used to have a feature on his BBC Radio 2 Show called Serious Jockin’, or Jockin. It wasn’t clear whether there was an apostrophe in Jockin’. This page on the BBC website, from the final episode of his afternoon show, spells it both ways. Regardless of the apostrophe, there was definitely… Continue reading Livin’, Laughin’, Singin’, and Movin’: #1s with no Gs
Following on from three earlier pieces (most recently this one), here are another 10 jokes from Tony Blackburn’s “Sounds of the 60s” show on Radio 2. Most of them come from the few minutes just before 8am on the live broadcasts when he and Dermot O’Leary discuss their week. Dermot’s friend was going out with… Continue reading Tony and Dermot, a fourth selection of jokes
Following on from two earlier pieces (most recently this one), here are another 10 jokes from Tony Blackburn’s “Sounds of the 60s” show on Radio 2. Most of them come from the few minutes just before 8am on the live broadcasts when he and Dermot O’Leary discuss their week. We heard about a trip to… Continue reading Tony and Dermot, a third selection of jokes
Following on from this earlier piece, here are another 10 jokes from Tony Blackburn’s “Sounds of the 60s” show on Radio 2. Most of them come from the few minutes just before 8am on the live broadcasts when he and Dermot O’Leary discuss their week. Tony Joined the origami society; they sent a lovely letter… Continue reading Tony and Dermot, a second selection of jokes
Back in 2017 I wrote about Tony Blackburn and his return to early morning radio on BBC Radio 2. All these years later he continues to host “Sounds of the 60s” on Saturday morning (6am to 8am). Occasionally I am up during the live broadcast. Usually I hear the show later on the web. I… Continue reading Tony and Dermot, a selection of recent jokes
There are dozens of posts on this Blog that mention the music quiz Pop Master. Until March 2023 it was on Ken Bruce’s BBC Radio 2 show at 10.30am every weekday morning. Ken moved to Greatest Hits Radio last month, and Pop Master went with him. My most recent piece with “Pop Master” in the… Continue reading Pop Master: 20 more minutes in my day
The BBC Radio 2 mid-morning quiz Pop Master has been mentioned many times on this Blog. There are pieces that list all the questions for an entire week (such as this one from 2021) and pieces that summarize my scores and only list the Bonus questions and the ones that I got wrong (such as… Continue reading Pop Master: 1,000 maximum scores
Earlier this month, 1966 was one of the featured years on an edition of BBC Radio 2’s “Pick of the Pops”. I’ll be specific: it was on Saturday 6 August, and the broadcast is available, here, until 6 September 2022. It’s well worth a listen. There are many highlights, including #1s by Small Faces (“All… Continue reading “Live my days, instead of counting my years”
Another summary of my scores from a week’s worth of questions from Pop Master, along the lines of this piece from earlier in May. Just like 8 million other people in the UK I continue to follow Pop Master, the mid-morning quiz on BBC Radio 2. It has been the subject of many pieces on… Continue reading Pop Master Summary w/e Fri 27 May 2022
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