Off-Air Clips: Recent Episodes
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Opening link and audio - 30th September 2021. Forward about 90 seconds to avoid the ticking!
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.07pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.07pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.47pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.05pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.30pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.03pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.08pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.04pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.18pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.18pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.30pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.10pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.10pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.10pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.10pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.10pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.10pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.10pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.06pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.10pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.11pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.08pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.10pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.10pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.30pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.30pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.30pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.10pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.30pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.30pm
The announcement regarding the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021 - 12.20pm
The announcement of the death of The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on 9th April 2021
A small section of Graham Norton's appearance with Chris Evans on the Virgin Radio UK breakfast show on 30th September 2020, with Chris trying to convince Graham to leave Radio 2 and join Virgin.
BBC Radio Wales news bulletin from 10am on Monday 27th July 2020 reporting the death of presenter Chris Needs. After the news Owen Money pays tribute and plays Chris' favourite song.
Also included is Chris' final 'goodnight' link from the end of his show on Friday 24th July as he signs off and tells listeners he will be back next week.
"We'll do it again on Monday, with style."
Read more about Chris Needs at https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/07/tributes-paid-to-bbc-radio-wales-presenter-chris-needs/
Saturday Live presenter Aasmah Mir's final moments on the Radio 4 show after announcing her departure from the station.
Read more here: https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/04/aasmah-mir-leaves-radio-4s-saturday-live-after-six-years/
Dales Radio breakfast presenter Julian Hotchkiss pays tribute to his former colleague James Wilson who has died suddenly.
James was a presenter and news editor for Stray FM, Yorkshire Dales Radio, Fresh AM/Fresh Radio and Drystone Radio, spending more than 25 years on air across radio stations in North Yorkshire.
The last few seconds of The Arrow on September 1st 2019. The station launched in July 2001.
A recording from Hits Radio Breakfast with Wes, Sheree & Dave on Tuesday 25th June 2019 as Fleur East announces she's joining the station to present the new breakfast show along with Greg Burns and James Barr.
The launch sequence for Bauer Media's Country Hits Radio, at 10am on Friday 5th April 2019.
First presenter is Baylen Leonard and his first track is Raised on Country by Chris Young.
John Clarke is leaving Radio Nova three and a half years after he joined to host his Biggest Jukebox show.
An announcement was made on-air this morning by John, saying next Sunday, 17th March, will be his last programme. Management at Radio Nova say his show has fewer listeners today than the slow did when he took it over.
Today was his last live show as next week’s will be prerecorded due to a family engagement.
Alan Brazil from talkSPORT joins Chris Evans on Virgin Radio UK as the station moves into the same building.
This is a clip from Virgin Radio on 7th March 2019.
Read more about the move at https://radiotoday.co.uk/2019/03/talksport-goes-live-from-new-studios-at-news-uk
On his Virgin Radio breakfast show on Friday 8th February 2019, Chris Evans 'reveals' that talkRADIO is going to change its name to talkNEWS.
He also thinks Nick Ferrari and John Humphrys would be great signings for the station.
Fake news? News UK tells RadioToday: "Chris likes to have fun on air - and that's exactly what it was, Chris having fun on air!"
Zoe Ball announces on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Thursday 7th February 2019 that Fearne Cotton will be the regular cover presenter for the show, starting in March when Zoe takes her first holiday.
Free Radio, Gem, Metro, Rock, Radio City etc are all now carrying branding identifying them as part of the Hits Radio Network.
Check out this montage of station news intros in England from Wed 16th Jan 2019.
For reference, we've included the same intro for Clyde 1, which isn't using the Hits Radio Network wording.
Friends and colleagues pay tribute to Dianne Oxberry following her death at the age of 51.
Clips from BBC Radio Manchester breakfast on 11th January 2019 - including the announcement in the 6am news, interviews with former co-presenters Simon Mayo and Eamonn O'Neal and a package looking back at her life and career.
Read more about Dianne here: https://radiotoday.co.uk/2019/01/bbc-presenter-dianne-oxberry-dies-after-short-illness/
Alex tells listeners he's leaving the BBC WM Breakfast Show - Friday 4th Jan 2019 - 8.47am
Links from 8.15 and 8.20am on the final Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2.
Recorded 24th December 2018
Live from Leicester Square! Emma Bunton steps out of the Heart Breakfast studio to join her Spice Girls colleagues on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show with Chris Evans.
Recorded from BBC Radio 2, Wednesday 7th November 2018 at 8.20am.
BBC Radio 2 Folk Show presenter announces on his show that he will be taking some time off to receive treatment for cancer.
Recorded from BBC Radio 2, Wednesday 3rd October 2018.
More info at https://radiotoday.co.uk/2018/10/mark-radcliffe-to-receive-cancer-treatment/
Listen to the announcement that Zoe Ball will take over from Chris Evans as presenter of the Radio 2 breakfast show from January 2019.
Recorded from BBC Radio 2 at 8.15am on Wednesday 3rd October 2018.
5 live's Chris Warburton announces the death of colleague Rachael Bland at 11am on Wednesday 5th September 2018 and is then joined by the station's Controller, Jonathan Wall.
Read more at https://radiotoday.co.uk/2018/09/5-lives-rachael-bland-dies-aged-40/
From BBC Radio 5 live on Monday 3rd September at 4.05pm, presenters Tony Livesey and Sarah Brett share the news that colleague Rachael Bland has been told she has just days left to live, following her ongoing battle with cancer.
Read more about this story here: https://radiotoday.co.uk/2018/09/5-lives-rachael-bland-reveals-she-has-days-to-live/
Off-air recording from 8.10am on Monday 3rd September 2018 as Chris Evans announces he's leaving BBC Radio 2 and the breakfast show at Christmas.
BBC Radio Shropshire's Eric Smith announces the news of fellow presenter Vicki Archer's death at 3.05pm on Tuesday 7th August 2018.
Also included is the start of the station's 4pm news bulletin from the same day.
Former BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Richard Bacon has revealed he has given up alcohol following his recent near-death illness.
He was taken ill with pneumonia earlier this month, which resulted in him being put into a medically-induced coma for nine days.
Speaking to Colin Paterson on BBC Radio 5 live’s Afternoon Edition, Bacon said he has made the decision to give up alcohol as a way of regaining some control over his life.
Five months after announcing his departure from Absolute Radio, Christian O'Connell has hosted his last show before heading off for a new job in Australia.
His final show on May 18th 2018 was full of emotion, content and memories of his 12 years hosting breakfast, firstly on Virgin Radio then Absolute Radio as it rebranded and changed ownership. His final song was Thankyou for being a friend, as he and Richie Firth said a very emotional goodbye.
Friends, colleagues and listeners have been sending good luck messages, as OC gets ready to move to Melbourne to present Breakfast on Gold FM from June 4th.
Vassos Alexander tells listeners to the Radio 2 Breakfast Show at 6.36am why regular host Chris Evans isn't in today (Thursday 3rd May 2018) - it's because his mum sadly passed away just before the start of the show.
Vassos then announces just after 8am that Ken Bruce will be on from 8.30am, and Ken takes over for the last hour of the show.
Recorded from BBC Radio 2, Thursday 3rd May 2018
Recorded from LBC at 4am on Thursday 19th April 2018. Following the death of his friend Dale Winton, Steve Allen shares stories and memories over the first hour of his early morning show.
Recorded from Key 103 breakfast on Wednesday 18th April 2018 as Mike and Matt announce major changes to the station, which will become Hits Radio Manchester from 4th June 2018.
Taken from BBC Radio 2's Ken Bruce show on Thursday 29th March 2018 as Lynn Bowles leaves the station after 18 years.
Hear Lynn's best bits and then her final link with Ken up to the end of the programme at Midday.
Read more on Lynn's departure from the station here: https://radiotoday.co.uk/2018/03/chris-evans-buys-lynn-bowles-a-land-rover/
An interview with Lynn about her time at Radio 2 features in the 28th March 2018 edition of the RadioToday Programme podcast: https://audioboom.com/posts/6756265-the-radiotoday-programme-march-28th-2018-lynn-bowles-alan-davey
A recording from Absolute Radio at 8.05am on Tuesday 23rd January 2018 as Christian O'Connell announces he's leaving the station after 12 years.
This Government announcement was broadcast every 15 minutes on radio stations in Ireland after the BAI implemented the emergency protocol on the morning of Monday 16th October 2017
In the aftermath of the BBC revealing how much it pays its big stars, here's 5 live and Radio Ulster presenter Stephen Nolan explaining more.
Radio 2's Jeremy Vine discusses the releases of salaries paid to BBC talent with the BBC Director of Radio and Education James Purnell. This is a recording from BBC Radio 2 on Wednesday 19th July 2017.
Full story at http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/07/chris-evans-named-as-highest-paid-bbc-presenter/
5 live's Nihal Arthanayake breaks down in tears while speaking to fellow presenter Chris Warburton during coverage of the Grenfell tower fire in North Kensington.
Ofcom has given Radio Caroline a community radio licence for Essex and Suffolk. Here's the announcement made on May 19th 2017 by Barry James.
JACK's newest radio brand extension is the relaxing and mellow chill out service called JACK 3. 9am, May 12th 2017.
Listen to the two presenters talk about radio and mess around with the Heart jingles, live on Radio X.
Appearing on Radio 1 with Scott Mills and Adele Roberts, Prince William admits he texts into the station for requests and shout outs using a fake name - and has had some success at getting a mention!
The BBC Radio 2 news at 3pm on Wednesday 5th April 2017, three hours after initially reporting that presenter Brian Matthew had died.
A clip from the Midday news bulletin on BBC Radio 2 at the start of the Jeremy Vine Show on Wednesday 5th April 2017. Justine Greene reports the news of Brian Matthew's death at the end of the bulletin, and Jeremy Vine pays tribute straight afterwards.
Radio 2 then dropped all mention of the story, and at 2.09pm the same day, the BBC Press Office confirmed that Brian was still alive but remained critically ill. https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/04/brian-matthew-critically-ill-but-alive/
Here's part of Radio Fighting Talk held at the Radio Festival in 2008. The question? Richard Park in one word.
Radio 1 presenters to host 24-hour joke-telling session in aid of Comic Relief.
Read more: http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/03/radio-1-duo-to-host-24-hour-lolathon-show
Outgoing BBC Radio Oxford breakfast presenter Howard Bentham has told listeners he's not happy about leaving the breakfast show, whilst having a dig at management for moving him.
He's swapping shows with David Prever, as previously reported by RadioToday last month, and he says he's massively disappointed with the switch.
But Howard took time out on his show on Monday morning to wish David all the best for when he takes over the new show. "I'm really sad to tell you that after two years presenting this show and trying to make it the very best it can be, a show with a likeable personality, one that doesn't take itself too seriously, yet a programme that still gives you all the news and information that you expect, but above all, a show that is about you, the audience, the people who ultimately matter, but unfortunately it appears that's not enough, certainly in the view of our temporary managing editor anyway.
"I'm massively disappointed to be leaving you at this time of the day, what I'm not going to do as I've got too much respect for you and myself, is air any dirty laundry in public."
Howard continued: "I genuinely wish David all the best for the show, and a safe drive in from St Albans of a morning."
Ken has worked in BBC Local Radio for more than 40 years. On his Sunday lunchtime show on BBC Tees on 26/02/2017 he announced he's retiring after over 20 years at the station. Read more here: http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/02/ken-snowdon-to-leave-bbc-tees-after-24-years
A clip from the 8pm news on BBC Radio 2 on Wednesday 1st February 2017, as the station announces the passing of its former presenter Desmond Carrington. Jo Whiley then also pays tribute to the legendary radio presenter in the first link of her show.
Janice Long has hosted her last After Midnight programme on BBC Radio 2, giving an emotional goodbye.
Janice thanked her listeners, the bands who have played live on the show, all her friends, family and more for being part of her broadcasting on the station.
She introduced her final tune - Echo and the Bunnyman, Nothing Lasts Forever whilst in tears. She back announced it asking listeners to give the Dark Lord a big hug tomorrow.
Listen to the moment Geoff Lloyd and Annabel Port announce on Absolute Radio that they're leaving the station this Spring. Geoff has been on Absolute/Virgin since 18 January 1999.
Former overnight presenter Alex Lester talks to Stuart Clarkson about leaving BBC Radio 2 after 30 years on the nightshift.
RTE lyric fm presenter Gay Byrne has announced he won't be on-air next week as he'll be in hospital getting his suspected cancer checked out.
Radio 2's Steve Wright In The Afternoon announces news of regular contributor Joyce Frost's death. She died on 2 November 2016, this recording is from BBC Radio 2 on 9 November 2016.
inRadio's Roy Martin is joined by RadioToday reporter Stuart Clarkson and radio consultant Paul Chantler to talk about the latest research by Ofcom into offensive language. Includes LOTS of swearing so please don't listen when kids or the easily offended are around. Also includes a cameo appearance from someone who may or may not be Desmond Carrington. And various clips of people swearing on the radio. NSFW!
Manchester breakfast show of 11 years breaks up as Chelsea Norris announces her departure.
Danny was running a competition to give away a diamond ring, but after the winner didn't answer the phone live on-air, he decided to answer the studio phone live on-air when the winner called back, but then he caught the winner saying "Oh…it was already ringing, you fucking idiot…"
We gather from this rant on-air the morning after the nominations are announced, that Moyles isn't too happy about not getting shortlisted
Stuart Clarkson reviews this year's nominations for the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards 2016. This audio taken from a live feature on inRadio after the nominations were announced.
What's happening today in the radio industry. Birthdays and events over the weekend too.
4.45pm Wednesday 30th March 2016 - the announcement by Joe Donnelly that the station will close.
Bernie Keith's Beatles v Stones show was cut short for a private internal producer countdown to the news bed. Bernie not too happy!