Ranked #1
80: Paul McKenna - Topshop, Caroline, Chiltern, Capital, Radio1
80: Paul McKenna - Topshop, Caroline, Chiltern, Capital, Radio1
Few radio presenters enjoy a hugely successful career in broadcasting before going on to achieve even more in a second l... Read more
9 Apr 2019
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53mins
Ranked #2
77: Chris Tarrant - Capital presenter
77: Chris Tarrant - Capital presenter
The man who started out doing the silly bits on regional TV and graduated to a 17 year stay on the UK’s then most influe... Read more
9 Apr 2019
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56mins
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Ranked #3
60: Steve Penk - Piccadilly, Capital, Virgin presenter
60: Steve Penk - Piccadilly, Capital, Virgin presenter
This is the story of the man whose wind-up calls were to set him up for becoming a nationally known broadcaster. In thi... Read more
9 Apr 2019
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59mins
Ranked #4
57: Pat Sharp - Capital and BBC Radio 1 presenter
57: Pat Sharp - Capital and BBC Radio 1 presenter
Few broadcasters begin their radio career with an afternoon show on Radio 1. Pat Sharp did, before dashing off to Radio ... Read more
9 Apr 2019
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1hr 1min
Ranked #5
79: Peter Griffiths - BBC producer
79: Peter Griffiths - BBC producer
The boy from Wales whose dad recommended a BBC career – and who was to emerge as the production brain behind some of the... Read more
9 Apr 2019
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57mins
Ranked #6
58: Paul Chantler - Commercial radio exec and news guru
58: Paul Chantler - Commercial radio exec and news guru
In this hour of #radiomoments ‘Conversations’, hear the story of the press journalist who dreamed of hosting a music rad... Read more
9 Apr 2019
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1hr
Ranked #7
59: Tony Blackburn - BBC and commercial radio presenter
59: Tony Blackburn - BBC and commercial radio presenter
The life story of a broadcaster whose career has spanned more than fifty years is worth hearing. In this episode of #Ra... Read more
9 Apr 2019
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59mins
Ranked #8
56: Rosko - BBC Radio 1 and Caroline Presenter
56: Rosko - BBC Radio 1 and Caroline Presenter
This son of a Hollywood film producer would go on to star in Radio One’s launch day schedule. In this hour of Radiomome... Read more
9 Apr 2019
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40mins
Ranked #9
78: Tommy Boyd - Magpie, Southern, Talk Radio UK, BBC local radio
78: Tommy Boyd - Magpie, Southern, Talk Radio UK, BBC local radio
From a spell at BBC local radio whilst at teacher training college, he was to become a household name on children’s TV a... Read more
9 Apr 2019
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1hr 1min
Ranked #10
81: Richard Allinson - Capital, Radio 2, Magic presenter
81: Richard Allinson - Capital, Radio 2, Magic presenter
He graduated straight from uni to a huge career at Capital and Radio 2. In this hour of #radiomoments Conversations, ... Read more
12 Apr 2019
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58mins
Ranked #11
76: Lesley Douglas - BBC Radio 2 controller
76: Lesley Douglas - BBC Radio 2 controller
From stumbling into the BBC simply with a wish to ‘be in London’, she rose to head its biggest network. In this hour of... Read more
9 Apr 2019
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1hr
Ranked #12
102: David Symonds - Presenter, BBC Light, Home, Radio 1,2, Capital, Victory
102: David Symonds - Presenter, BBC Light, Home, Radio 1,2, Capital, Victory
He was the disgraced schoolboy who was to become the first presenter on Capital Radio in 1973 – and on-air in the first ... Read more
23 Apr 2020
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52mins
Ranked #13
101: Simon Mayo - Presenter, Radio 1, 2, 5 Live, Nottingham & Brighton
101: Simon Mayo - Presenter, Radio 1, 2, 5 Live, Nottingham & Brighton
From working as a car park attendant and being turned down by the BBC - to hosting some of the biggest slots on the UK’s... Read more
12 Apr 2020
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58mins
Ranked #14
98: Diana Luke - Presenter, Viking, Jazz, Superstation, County Sound, BBC local
98: Diana Luke - Presenter, Viking, Jazz, Superstation, County Sound, BBC local
Her warm Canadian tones graced UK radio stations for over twenty years. In this hour of Radio Moments Conversations, Di... Read more
3 Mar 2020
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53mins
Ranked #15
97: Steve Orchard - Programmer, executive, GWR, GCap, Quidem, Prison Radio
97: Steve Orchard - Programmer, executive, GWR, GCap, Quidem, Prison Radio
From football reporter - to becoming one of the leading figures in a generation of commercial radio, this is the story o... Read more
15 Jan 2020
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58mins
Ranked #16
96: John Inverdale - Presenter and sport, BBC local, BBC Radio 4, 2, 5, 5 Live
96: John Inverdale - Presenter and sport, BBC local, BBC Radio 4, 2, 5, 5 Live
He was the local press journalist who went on to be one of BBC radio sport’s most familiar voices – and whose style was ... Read more
20 Dec 2019
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59mins
Ranked #17
95: John Humphrys - Journalist and presenter, BBC Radio 4
95: John Humphrys - Journalist and presenter, BBC Radio 4
He rose from humble but determined roots in Wales to become one of the leading radio journalists of his generation. In ... Read more
10 Nov 2019
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1hr
Ranked #18
94: Mike Read - Radio 210, Luxembourg, Capital Gold, Classic FM and Jazz
94: Mike Read - Radio 210, Luxembourg, Capital Gold, Classic FM and Jazz
Plucked with no experience to appear on a new Radio 210 in Reading, he was to become the fourth ever Radio 1 breakfast h... Read more
26 Oct 2019
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57mins
Ranked #19
93: David Jensen - Luxembourg presenter, Trent, Radio 1, Capital, Gold, The Jazz
93: David Jensen - Luxembourg presenter, Trent, Radio 1, Capital, Gold, The Jazz
His life in radio began, aged 16, in Canada – and his distinctive voice was to be heard on the UK’s biggest stations. ... Read more
5 Oct 2019
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55mins
Ranked #20
92: Francis Currie - Programmer, Mercia, Tfm, Minster, Magic, Heart, Virgin
92: Francis Currie - Programmer, Mercia, Tfm, Minster, Magic, Heart, Virgin
It was his love of radio which governed his choice of university – before a career which saw him emerge as one of the ke... Read more
15 Sep 2019
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1hr 1min