Paul Easton: Recent Episodes
Paul Easton
Dale Winton started his radio career at industrial cable station United Biscuits Network before moving to Radio Trent in Nottingham.
When UBN closed down in December 1979 this is the message he recorded for the station's final hour.
Broadcaster Brian Hayes talks about coming to LBC in 1976 (from the programme 'LBC - 10 Years On' in 1983).
in September 1970 Dave Cash visited factory radio station United Biscuits Network to officially open the station. This is a short clip recorded while he was there.
"When you pick up the phone don't say 'Hello' - say 'Hey Sexy' and if it's Bam Bam calling you could win £1,000!
This woman didn't!
A short montage of JAM jingles from FLIX - a UK DAB digital radio station from 2001-2002 which played nothing but 'Music from the Movies'. I was the station's Programme Director.
Roger Scott - from CFOX Montreal at the time - talks about interviewing John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and how he ended up on the recording of 'Give Peace A Chance' in 1969.
During his time with the 'Beeb' - as he often called the BBC - in the late-60s/early-70s - he was given his own private production studio in Broadcasting House to enable him to create bits for his weekend show. Here's an unedited tape of some of him at work in his 'Wireless Workshop'.
This is a short clip from Kenny's audition/pilot studio session for the BBC Light Programme in 1967.
Douglas Cameron reading the 0800 News on the station's 40th anniversary - 8th October 2013
1962 BBC 'interview' with Hastngs Banda, former prime Minister of Malawi, who refuses to answer any of the questions put to him.
This commercial break from an Irish local radio station (October 2006) runs less than 4 minutes but has 14 different commercials!
Taken from the ending of '3 O'Clock Thrill' by the Kalin Twins - the B-side of their hit 'When'.
UBN was a cable radio station for workers at United Biscuits main factories in the UK. It closed in December 1979 but it was highly-influential through being used as a 'training ground' for many broadcasters.
Here is the station's opening in all its glory, complete with Richard Attenborough, the National Anthem (arranged by Malcolm Arnold and performed by the Royal Choral Society and the London Philharmonic Orchestra) and George Martin's wonderful station theme.
This classic US radio spoof was produced in the 70s by a number of people, including Howard Hoffman, and charts the progress of (fictitious) WVWA Poundridge. In the end "Nine Double_O Radio" becomes simply "Nine!"
This song, originally released in May 1976, received considerable radio airplay in the UK at the time because it was a song about radio.
This is a special promotional version for Capital Radio in London where the opening line was re-recorded to include the station's name.
Steve Allen was one of the presenters at the factory cable station 'United Biscuits Network' when it closed in December 1979. Here's his farewell message from the station's final hour.
Talks about the introduction of commercial radio in the UK. (Taken from the 1983 programme 'LBC - Ten Years On')
LBC Radio introduced its "new sound" in 1974 with a package of station idents composed by Jeff Wayne (probably best known for 'War of the Worlds').
In this 1983 interview Jeff explains how they came about.
Sir David Frost hosted a weekly mid-morning programme on London's LBC Radio for a short period in 1974.