Peter Griffin. Have the two ever been in a 'same-room' scenario?

... but about Trevor Dann and Fred MacAulay

That was a leaner.

...but would have suited the dj's doing lots at once conversation is: is dj's mic control getting slacker?

Recently I keep hearing people talking in the background (Today programme), sighing whilst impatiently waiting for someone to waffle out an answer (Today again) or hastily scribbling notes with a big marker pen (Colin Patterson). It's not too hard to slap the fader all the way down is it?

discursive bollocks

Noel Edmonds line was a cracker

by Simon Garfield. Is a recommended laugh-out-loud read. In which Trevor Dann and Matthew Bannister are the Black Hats brought in to slaughter poor innocent Batesy and DLT. Probably the funniest thing in it is an exact transcript of DLT doing his "snooker on the radio" slot. Chris Evans's Ego Monster phase is also very entertaining.

Actually, Dann's original vision of Radio One was quite close to the present Radio 6.

Thanks.

I have to mention the *great* Peter Curran. I had the pleasure of chatting to him in the pub on a few occasions and he was never less than excellent company. I always came away feeling I'd learnt something, often many things. He is a fabulous broadcaster - funny, highly intelligent and in possession of a wonderful radio voice.

That was a fantastic podcast... I always enjoy Trevor Dann's appearances.

who used to ask the longest questions in the world sometimes. I still have a couple of his interviews with Costello on tape and Elvis clearly is thrilled to be chatting with a radio host who is aware of more than that week's playlist.

But they thought, "oh sod that" and got in Jon Gaunt and Vanessa Feltz

Great podcast, one of the best for ages.

So Trevor Dann(ex GLR), Phill Jupitus(ex GLR) and David Hepworth(ex GLR) get together to discuss radio, and decide that the best radio station ever was GLR. Who knew ?
On a more worrying note, Trevor Dann, who is supposed to speak for the radio industry as a whole, displayed poor knowledge of the current broadcast regulations, and of commercial radio in general.
Still, let's not let the facts get in the way of an entertaining podcast, and it certainly was that.

It seems I have just spent a chunk of lunchtime watching the Great Cornish pasty hunt on YouTube instead of reading this blog.

I'm glad that, contrary to popular belief, Twitter has proved its worth.

......the one with Tony Blackburn and will give it a listen today. Always on the look out for new podcasts.

Aside from Mark Lamarr I've completely given up on music radio, including the sainted 6 Music.
Confucius say: 'No specialist rock 'n' roll or 60s show but acres of indie rock does not a great radio station make'.

I loved GLR. Maybe becuase in its heyday early 90s thru late 90s - I was in the target audience. Late 20s/early 30s and into music and politics and art etc. The presenters Chris Evans, Chris Morris, Pete Curran,Gideon Coe, Fi Glover, Mark Lamarr and Mr Hepworth of course were consistently good. I was posted to New York in 1998 and missed certain shows so much that I had my then girlfriend record them on cassette and send them to me. I used to reciprocate by sending tapes of New York soul stations. How times have changed.

Here's a young man in need of a good haircut talking about the station:

I could listen to Dave speaking all day. Such a relaxed, unselfconscious, urbane delivery, yet there's just so much information there.

I'm always left wishing I could talk like that.

(Yes, I'm thinking of changing my username to R.Slicker)

I could listen to that sort of stuff all day.

I could listen to that sort of stuff all day.

Nice to reminisce about GLR (sorry-non-Londoners). Other fond memories: Gary Crowley on Sunday afternoon, unmissable radio, I was disappointed to be out when that was on; also the sports people were great, Jeremy Nicholas (who could do regional accents incredibly accurately, narrowed down to things like an East-Nottinghamshire accent) and Simon Crosse who managed to put up with Garth Crooks for yonks.