Our Local Presenters
Kev Lever aka The Duke. The Boss, Producer/Presenter
The Non Stop Supersonic 70s Show. Monday 6pm
The Duke was born at a very early age in a little village West of Oldham called Ashton -under-Lyne. He was introduced to music as a baby and soon became proficient playing on the linoleum.
At the age of 5 he began to learn to play brass instruments, a skill that would see him eventually join one of the finest Brass Bands in the world, Brighouse & Rastrick.
In his early teens the lure of sex, drugs and sausage rolls became too much and he joined rock bands playing bass guitar. Sporting a curly perm and clad in spandex and pixie boots he played in bands with names like Saratoga, Slack Alice, Neon Tetra and more recently Dirty Weekend with who he developed the idea of live band karaoke, or Rockyoke as it became known.
Interspersed with his rock god career, at the age of 18 he began DJing in local bars and pubs.
As the deejaying faded away and performing live music became more important the decks were sold on, although the record collection remained.
When the other member in the duet he played in decided to load up the family and the dog and roll the waggons down to Hayling Island, which is about as far South as you can go without getting your feet wet, it was now time to return to the glamorous world of deejaying, and so Duke Bock’s Party Train was launched on an unsuspecting world.
It soon became clear if he wanted to break into the posh Cheshire set, a company name with more gravitas would be required, and so KL Music was born.
He is now proud to be associated with a group of talented individuals as Salt Towns’ Radio hits t’interweb.
Having toured all over Europe and played in some the most prestigious venues, including the Royal Albert Hall on 4 separate occasions. Worked in radio, tv and recording studios. Met and worked with a host of celebrities. He is now content to sit behind a microphone in a radio station with a weekly venture into the wide world hosting a local quiz night, and occasionally deejaying parties.
Kevin has lived in Middlewich since 2009 after moving in with his now wife Lynda. He hosts the popular Wednesday night quiz at the Big Lock and presents the Non Stop Supersonic 70s Show, Monday’s 6pm on Salt Towns Radio
Ryan Sheff. Producer, Presenter
Salt Towns’ Show Tunes, Monday 8pm
Hi there! My name is Ryan Sheff and I am so excited to combine 2 passions of mine together here at Salt Towns Radio… Radio Presenting and Theatre! A weird combination yes, but do with me. At University I was heavily involved in the student radio station, hosting the breakfast show in my first and second year and then hosting my own show for the first half of third year. Since then I have wanted to get back into radio, though struggled to find a route until now! As for Theatre, I was involved in many school productions through primary and secondary school, which then became more of a watching hobby from university and beyond. Theatre is a huge part of my life now and I take several trips a year down to London to watch the latest and greatest shows, and it fills me with such pride that I can now share that passion on Salt Towns Radio.
Fiona. Producer, Presenter
DJ Takeover, Saturday 10pm. Paws For Thought/Down To Earth, Tuesday 6pm.
Stewart Green. Producer, Presenter
Sandbach Soundbites, Tuesday 7pm. Stew In An Hour, Tuesday 8pm. The Friday What’s On Where, Friday 7pm
A familiar face round Sandbach and beyond Stewart has been covering events in the South Cheshire area for 41 years for Hospital Radio at Leighton Hospital, Crewe and more recently for a local paper and Facebook.
During his broadcasting years he has interviewed hundreds of celebrities and local people for his programmes and has covered events like the Sandbach Transport Festival, the Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival, Sandbach Rock and Pop Festival, Market Town Festivals and has recorded concerts by Foden’s Brass Band, Lions Youth bands, Ralph McTell, The Searchers, The Dooleys, The Spinners, Lindisfarne, Fairport Convention, local bands and international artists who have played in the area as well as many Hospital Radio Carol Services.
Stewart has also worked for BBC Radio Shropshire / Midlands Radio on a programme called the “Record Collectors” where he was the interview editor and general assistant on the programme. He also worked on a couple of quizzes and a Sunday show for Radio Shropshire and has been heard on BBC Radio Stoke including the broadcast of part of an interview with John Inman at the Lyceum Theatre Crewe as a tribute to him after he had died because he had started his professional career and an actor in Rep there.
His “Sandbach Soundbites” programme started on Beartown Radio in Congleton and was made from interviews he also did for Hospital Radio and the “Stew in an Hour” started life after Covid when it was impossible to do studio based programmes at Leighton Hospital and his shows became remote programmes on the output computer of Hospital Radio.
Today Stewart is pleased to find himself on Salt Town’s Radio with the two shows (1 hour each) on a Tuesday night between 7pm and 9pm and The Friday What’s On Where at 7pm
David Roberts. Producer, Presenter
Music Memories, Thursday 7pm. Cheshire Folk, Sunday 6pm.
Dave Roberts was born in Wheelock, Sandbach, in 1952 and immediately sought refuge in nearby Middlewich a town which, unlike nearly everyone else, he immediately found fascinating.
His Mum was from Moston and his Dad from Middlewich, although the Roberts family had strong connections with Liverpool, which probably explains a lot.
Arthur, Dave’s Dad, was foreman electrician at Cerebos Ltd and would often take his young son to the factory on Sunday mornings where he would look at all the gleaming brass dials and switches and make adjustments to the generators.
Dave, of course, was mesmerised, even though he hadn’t the remotest idea what all the equipment was, or was supposed to do.
What more natural that Dave should, in due course, enter the world of radio, where he had his own dials and switches to play with, still without the remotest idea as to what everything was, or was supposed to do.
In the sixties when the pirate radio era was in full swing, like many other teenagers, Dave longed to be a part of the new, exciting, pop radio scene.
Easier said than done, as so many others have found out over the years.
So Dave started Dees Disco in 1974 and in 1989 joined Radio Leighton, where he met Stewart Green, which also probably explains a lot. There were a few guest slots on Radio Manchester, Radio Shropshire, Radio Stoke and others, but mostly it was a question of waiting around hoping that someone would invent internet radio. Which someone eventually did, and here we are!
Dave’s masterful, if somewhat hit and miss, handling of STR’s Cheshire Folk Show is explained by the fact that he was one of the founders of the Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival. Admittedly, Music Memories is not so easily explained.
Mike Parsons. Producer, Presenter
Waterside Wayves, Sunday 1pm
Our National Live Presenters
Nigel Harrison
Old House & Retro USA, Wednesday 12noon
Elaine. Producer, Presenter
Latin Grooves, Wednesday 7pm. Easy Like Sunday Morning, Sunday 10am
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Joe Waring. Producer, Presenter
The 60s & 70s Special, Wednesday 9pm. Anything Go’s, Friday 9pm
Joe has been a Dj since the age of 14, DJing parties and clubs throughout his life. He stopped DJing at the grand age of 64 and now broadcasts live on Salt Towns’ Radio every Wednesday and Friday night. He loves to keep up to date with new music even at the ripe old age age of 71. His favourite quote is,
“Music was my first love”
Stuart Alexander. Producer, Presenter
Spin The Wheel, Thursday 7pm. Steppin’ Out, Friday 7pm. Snook Haven Country, Sunday 8pm
Stuart was inspired by the dance floor response of Nutbush City Limits when he attended a Radio One Roadshow way back in 1971 and in that moment he decided that he wanted to be a DJ. Fast forward to 1978 and Stuart began his 45 year career as a DJ in a good old fashioned Cabaret Nightclub where he says he learned by baptism of fire on how to entertain 1000 people every night. Stuart also worked extensively on the mobile circuit in central Scotland for several years before progressing to Night Clubs. Over the following decades Stuart worked extensively in the nightclub scene in Scotland and pioneered the introduction of R&B and Hip Hop into the mainstream with his self promoting club The Grind club night in Edinburgh. Moving into the corporate and Wedding in the late 90’s Stuart carved a niche for being one of “In demand” DJ’s for the corporate and Wedding market. When the pandemic struck in 2020 Stuart joined the Kl Radio team and now continues to enjoy presenting 3 shows per week exclusively on Salt Towns’ Radio. These shows are Spin The Wheel /Wheel Of Fortune which broadcasts every Thursday from 7-9pm, Steppin’ Out every Friday from 7-9 and Snook Haven Country every Sunday from 8-10pm
Our Live Stream Presenters
Graham Shaw
Memorable Moments. Monday – Sunday 12midnight.
Piers Mettrick
The Piers Mettrick Breakfast Show. Monday – Friday 7am.
Piers has worked in a number of jobs over the years. Trained as a Chef in the 80s and worked in hotels for a number of years. He always had a passion for Music and Radio since working on Hospital Radio, then was lucky enough to work on a number of Commercial Station across the UK. So in between cooking and also in later life finding the urge to act appearing in a few films and tv shows, from Emmerdale to Wild Child plus others, and more recently, an appearance in Meet the Richardsons. Piers is a friend to many celebrities including, amongst many others, Merrill Osmond, the Kids from Fame, Thereza Bazar from Dollar, Tight Fit and 90s pop sensation Lolly.
Jorge Heron
The Daily Drop. Monday – Friday 10am.
Hi I’m George Heron presenter of the Daily Drop; A daily show that aims to lift you from your busy life and give you an injection of great music & a bit of gossip each day at 10am. After a career in the Merchant Navy and the Police Force, I have been involved in radio for a good few years now, and have diversified into writing comedy sketch’s for TV, acting, directing and producing. As a product of the 60’s my musical influences come from the 80s but I do enjoy music from across the decades; you’ll find much of these in my daily show THE DAILY DROP where I will try to bring you uplifting tracks to help your morning along. Join me at 10am each day for the best show in town; THE DAILY DROP.
Aaron Bennett
Bennett’s Big Drivetime Mon-Fri 4pm
Ginger & Nuts
The Ginger & Nuts Show, Friday 12noon
Chris Ironside
The Weekend Wakeup. Saturday & Sunday 8am.
Im Chris Ironside and I present The Weekend Wakeup. I’ve always loved music and radio, from an early age when access to equipment was non existent, I used to present a top 40 show in my bedroom using 2 tape recorders and songs taped off the radio. I remember getting my first ever album on cassette (the original Now ). I thought it was the best thing ever!!!! I collected them all until 1995 when they were stolen from my pea green Vauxhall Nova !!!! My favourite band….Fleetwood Mac…. I also have a big passion for cheesey pop and novelty tunes…..you’ll often hear these on the show….
Mark Farley
The Saturday Night Music Mix. Saturday 8pm.
Born and raised in East London in the 60’s Mark would often spend his pocket money and eventually wages on records , and could often be found in his local record shop where you could buy a lucky dip bag of ex jukebox singles for £1 . Helping a friend with a mobile disco sparked the interest in djing , followed by a 10yr spell as a thespian he found himself back djing the usual venues . After moving to an upstairs flat the shine soon wore off of carrying everything up and down stairs so retirement called. Radio presenting started about 8yrs ago following a chance conversation with a former dj friend and the rest as they say is history
The Crazy Gang
Sunday Late & Live, Sunday 10pm
Hosted by Les Gunn, Nicknamed “funny Gunny”, “Gunny” is obvious, not sure about the rest…Simon Harding, So obsessed with Eurovision that he rates everything in life from nul to douze points…Jess Eatock, She can always be relied upon to use twenty words when only one would have been sufficient…Colin Bray, Billionaire playboy and swimwear model – are just two things Colin’s never been…
Our Syndicated Presenters
Gary Jackson
My Generation, Monday 12noon
Like many radio presenters, I started as a mobile DJ. In 1976!! From there I went on to hospital radio, and when the FM frequency beckoned I jumped at the chance to join Skyline Gold in Southampton. It soon became apparent that other stations were sometimes short of presenters, and the norm in those days was to play automated music. In 2011 I offered a show to Forest FM – Sounds Of The 70s – which I still present there to date, and I soon realised that here was a gap that needed filling elsewhere. Other stations followed including the legendary 1260KYA in San Francisco, Castledown Radio in Wiltshire, and the Bigl, today’s equivalent of 60s pirate station Radio London. (I have been broadcasting live on the BigL from my south coast studio six days a week since 2013). Soon stations all over the world started airing the shows. Some have used the shows for a while then replaced them with live presenters when available, others have given them their own permanent slots. Many people have asked who was my favourite interviewee, and the answer has to be Stu Cook of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Not only did Stu give me around twenty minutes, he was happy to talk about the days when things weren’t good, and after all, Creedence was my all time favourite band in the 70s. For the 60s, it has to be The Searchers who are friends, and I have published their official website since 1997. As I have often said “On the rare occasions when things were hard going I went to see The Searchers. Their sheer hard work and professionalism put me to shame and gave me the kick up the backside I needed”. My shows often feature guests, and interviews have included chats with Frank Allen of The Searchers – always a delight, Mike Rutherford (Genesis), Paul Carrack (Mike and The Mechanics, Squeeze), Justin Hayward, Alan Clark (Dire Straits), Tom McGuiness of Manfred Mann, Deborah Bonham, Simon Townsend, Stu Cook (Creedence) Dave Clark (Dave Clark Five) and just about every other 60s band still working! Not only that but household names like Jenny Eclair and Toyah Willcox have also joined me! My live radio work has taken me to California, and my shows now air from Tenerife to Tasmania! Very much a fan of personality radio, I try to remember that the listener comes first, I try to give my shows a live feel and keep listeners interested with features like the “A side B side”, “same difference” and the “slipped disc” song. One of my favourite write-ups came from Ace FM in Spain – sadly now long gone: Gary started his DJ career back in the days when half a dozen singles from Saturday Night Fever were guaranteed to fill the dance floor. Hospital radio beckoned in the early 1990s and he now finds himself on a Spanish station, surprised that it’s the English speaking population that listens, having always thought the most suitable audience would be those who hadn’t a clue what he was on about. He fell in love with beat music in the 60s, and in 1997 he was approached by The Searchers to publish their official website which he does to this day
Harry & Edna
Harry & Edna On The Wireless. Monday 2pm.
Glyn Williams
The A-Z Of Northern Soul. Monday 3pm.
In 1978 a fresh faced Glyn was a regular at The Wigan Casino all-nighters, Nottiingham Palais all-dayers, and many other soul clubs around the country. Northern soul became a passion for him and he became an avid record collector. Glyn’s career as a DJ started at 7 years of age on his brother’s mobile disco. From 13 he was working in night clubs and in 1994 following a stint on pirate radio he started his own radio station in the UK called ‘Valley Radio’ In 1997 Glyn began the ‘Soultastic’ Soul Club based at Alfreton Leisure Centre in Derbyshire UK attracting up to 800 soul lovers every month at the regular Northern soul nights.
Geoff Dorsett
The Soft Rock Show. Monday 10pm.
Geoff is a music jock and 8 times award-winning DJ. He started his music career aged 13 with some local discos and by 18 was working with Mecca Ballrooms opening venues around the UK.
In 1974 he was on air at the opening of commercial radio station Radio Hallam in Sheffield, followed by presenting shifts on other local radio stations in the 80s as well as pirate radio.
Geoff, along with his late producer and best friend Adrian Collis, has presented the cult radio programme ‘The Soft Rock Show’ for many years. This radio show plays 10 new songs each week and has a desire to break new artists It also features interviews from artists from every decade.
Altogether, Geoff has interviewed close to 3300 musicians including Sir Cliff Richard, members of The Rolling Stones, Genesis, The Eagles, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Chicago, Toto, Level 42, and from every decade: Freddy Cannon, Tommy Roe, Marty Wilde, The Searchers, The Hollies, Sweet, Slade, Suzy Quatro, Deep Purple, Status Quo, OMD ,Nik Kershaw, Yes, The Stranglers, Busted , Scouting for Girls, Shed Seven , Kula Shaker. plus many more. In addition, Geoff has also interviewed many songwriters, authors, venue owners and PR companies.
Geoff presents all his shows from his home studio near Salisbury
Steve Bishop
The Old Record Club, Tuesday 12noon
Steve Bishop was a button presser behind the scenes at many commercial and BBC local stations and went on to present his own show on Radio Caroline. Further stints on community radio stations in the South East of England led to him recording and syndicating his own oldies show, with music in the 50s to 80s period, from the comfort of his garden coal bunker, despite the fire risk. He can often be found on the terraces of Queens Park Rangers football club but wonders why, as they never go and see him when he’s bad. Drinks tea like it’s going out of fashion. A self-confessed luddite, he still uses CD players, record decks and tape machines. Steve’s music taste includes artists such as Electric Light Orchestra, Al Stewart, David Bowie and 1970s Queen. He intends to get away with doing his radio show for as long as possible.
Chris Dunn
Reggae Thru The Decades. Tuesday 2pm
As a 60’s baby grew up in the era of Elvis Presley/ Cliff Richards enjoying music at a young age. Musically joined School/ Church choirs and enjoyed music but could not grasp the ability to play instruments. After leaving school worked in factories, one in particular played Reggae / Calypso/ Soca music all day whilst at work and that’s where my love of Jamaican music grew.
This led to an opportunity to get involved with mobile discos with a Jamaican work colleague, he had the equipment and I had a ford Cortina mk3 estate. Together we played at various Jamaican house parties in the south London area where we would start at 6pm and still be going at 6am.
After this I gained employment at a CIU workingmans club where at first involved behind the bar, led to being entertainment manager booking live acts and providing a disco as well.
Fast forward two decades and I got the opportunity to broadcast live on my local community radio in 2012 playing 70’s music for 3 hours. After 7 years I wanted a challenge and the station accepted my request to do a Reggae Show, at first 1 hour but within weeks it’s acceptance and success prompted a two hour live show.
In November 2019 my work commitments changed and I could not broadcast live, so had to leave the station. In 2020 invited to join an online radio station the Reggae Show was reborn.
Today the show has grown to be broadcast around the world on several stations including Salt Towns’ Radio.
So if you love Reggae your in the right place.
Wayne Elliott
Pulsebeat. Tuesday 9pm
Wayne is something of a legend within the Punk and Hardcore scene. He is the founder member and bass guitarist for UK hardcore heroes DOCTOR & THE CRIPPENS. Famed for their crazed stage shows and riotous music, UK DJ legend John Peel was even a fan! You may even know him better from his band stage name ‘Wayne Crippenski’. These days Wayne is the host of the much admired ‘Pulsebeat Radio Show’. As a DJ, he has his finger firmly on the pulse of great music from the Punk, Hardcore, Garage and Alternative scenes. His show includes classic numbers, deeper cuts, and all the best new releases.
Steve James
Blues Café. Tuesday 11pm
I live just north of London, UK and am a lifelong musician having picked up the guitar at 12 years old. I love all genre of music and have played in many different types of bands from blues to dance to jazz to folk. Still playing in bands and love every minute of it. I have a special love of the Blues and sharing that love with you on the radio is a real privilege. My love of all music comes across in my show at the ‘Joker in the Pack’ feature where I play a tune that is not necessarily Blues but one I really love. The Blues Café is my venture into Radio
James Ross
The Greatest Hits Of Music. Wednesday 2pm
James Ross presents The Greatest Hits Of Music every week, with a focus on the biggest and best songs from through the years. Great songs that you remember, and some you’ve forgotten!
James has been broadcasting one way or another since he was a scruffy teenager. He’s been a DJ, producer, TV presenter, journalist, reporter, operations manager and distribution manager at numerous radio and TV stations in the UK and around the world. Somehow radio and TV is in his blood, and throughout his career he’s had close links with many aspects of broadcasting.
James started out in BBC Local Radio, working at BBC Radio Solent, BBC London and BBC Radio Bristol, mixed with spells at Radio Top Shop. He was then, for many years, behind the scenes at BBC Radio One, and then as a reporter at BBC Radio Two and LBC News Radio. His reporting specialty was travel shows, and for this he travelled all over the world to record radio programmes about destinations such as Barbados, Egypt, Cyprus, Hungary, Sweden, China, Japan, the U.S, and many others, an exotic and fun job which he loved perhaps not surprisingly!
James has also been lucky enough to work closely, while at the BBC, with numerous celebrities as diverse as the Pet Shop Boys, the Rolling Stones, Jeremy Clarkson, Simon Bates, Alan Freeman, Terry Wogan and many others.
With a slightly different hat on, James played key roles both in front and behind the camera at financial network Bloomberg Television in Tokyo and Hong Kong. In this role he saw at close hand the rise and fall and rise again of Asia’s economies. Back on the entertainment side James has also worked for UK broadcaster ITV working to expand shows such as Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here to a global audience.
But it’s music radio that is his first love, and in the radio world he’s also presented shows for top radio stations all over the world, including those in countries as diverse as Spain, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Thailand etc..
Rather than focus on one particular era The Greatest Hits Of Music plays the biggest and best hits from the sixties right up to today’s hits. The show is about the strength of the artistes, and the familiarity of their songs. It’s about the best-produced, and most-uplifting hits from through the years, all mixed together with occasional songs from charts around the world, music and showbiz news, and a bit of light fun and banter.
Pete Nightingale
Pete’s Pirate Radio Show, Wednesday 6pm
I have been a DJ/Radio Presenter since the 60’s where I started on Land based pirate radio stations and in disco clubs around London. In the 70’s I was still working in Disco clubs and engaged in agent work for the odd outside broadcasts for radio stations and during that time for 4 years I was doing Hospital Radio. In the late 70’s I was a DJ/Compere in a night club where the acts were groups from the 60’s & 70’s such as Gerry & The Pacemakers, Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, The Searchers, The Troggs, plus many more plus Bonnie Tyler and groups such as Paper Lace, Russ Abbot & the Black Abbots etc. I left the industry during the 80’s and returned in 2005 working for Coastal FM where I stayed for over 5 years doing the breakfast show & outside work for the station. Since 2016 I have continually done weekend shows introducing the English service on RNI and I am currently still with them. Now I present The Pete Nightingale Pirate Radio Show as they were on the 60’s Pirate stations, the shows demostrate the fun, the excitement & the mood as heard on the DLT, Kenny Everett, Tony Blackburn, TW & Dave Cash shows to name a few.
Steven Jenner
Before Offshore. Wednesday 7pm
Half of the two brothers who were the founding directors of two ILR stations covering Derbyshire’s Peak District and parts of Staffordshire, Steve claims to understand more about the listening habits of sheep than any other man alive. He spent 15 years in this role being an active presenter throughout on all the main airshifts including weekday breakfast for a three – year ‘stretch’. Before that he co-founded and presented on around twenty temporary broadcast stations and has worked as a gigging DJ since 1973 and was a University resident DJ in Scotland in the late seventies, working as compere and support DJ for many of the top touring acts of the day. He has also worked as a radio and TV ‘talking head’ for a major language campaign organisation, appearing on over 80% of BBC local radio stations at various points and paid appearances on BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Sky, CNN and Russian state TV amongst others. He’s been on the famous red BBC Breakfast sofa 5 times. Since selling the stations, he went on to present for Radio Caroline, North and Flashback for over three years, presenting a number of listener Top15s and as a guest presenter on Manx Radio on behalf of Caroline North before Caroline’s management parted company with him. He has performed 10 live shows from the Ross Revenge on five visits to the boat and pre-recorded many more for overnight transmission, and acted as occasional guide to visitors on broadcast weekend tours around it.
Since then his retirement has been disturbed by a dozen or more excellent radio stations from various parts of the world inviting him to join them, one being LV18 Radio Mi Amigo. He presents a weekly show for the station and has joined the on – board team for live ‘all vinyl 45s’ shows from the deck of the LV18, making him one of very few presenters who have presented live shows from the decks of the two boats moored around the UK coast currently still used for the purposes of broadcasting music from the offshore years. This brings him full circle, as his initial broadcasting experience was gained on a highly – rated and much – missed Nottingham city onshore pirate station. That said, he still presents early morning weekday breakfast for his local Staffordshire / Cheshire DAB station Churnet Sound, and recently was involved in the sale of a local Peak District – based online radio station he helped to set up. He never misses an opportunity to thank Ronan O’Rahilly and other commercial radio pioneers for the opportunity to make much of his living out of what he has loved doing for many years.
He circumvents the frustration of not living by the coast by owning and travelling the country on a narrowboat, his current studio premises and home being a canalside cottage in the Staffordshire Moorlands. He’s also written or co-written four books about music and radio, one of which made number 1 in the UK on Amazon’s relevant sales chart. Until recently he was a contributor to a top London – based music review website. He was invited by Derbyshire County Council’s museum service to stage an exhibition about the development of radio in the Peak District just recently and this display help the museum break footfall records for the year and Nottinghamshire County Council recently accepted many broadcasting artefacts which were in his possession into museum stock for future displays.
Married to Sue for 45 years and counting, they have grown up children and rapidly growing grandchildren. He loves music, canals, narrow boats, trains, impossible adventures in radio (motto; if it’s too bonkers, you’re too old), listeners, proper beer, a nice walk, a nice pub, football, driving an absurd open-topped car, time spent with friends and family, travel, writing and trying to reduce his business interests.
Craig Bunday
The Craig Bunday Show. Wednesday 8pm
Craig fell in love with radio presenting seven years ago and that passion started him on the road to getting on air with stations in Peterborough and Fenland. When he’s not behind the Mic, Craig runs his own publishing and graphics business and tries to relax!
Put a smile on your face as The Craig Bunday Show makes a stand against radio bland.
Lynda Law
The Lynda Law Soul Show. Wednesday 11pm
My name is Lynda Law and I am a singer, songwriter/lyricist and radio host of the weekly Lynda Law Soul Show since 2000.
I am passionate about my songs, my videos and my radio show.
As a singer I often worked with big names in the music industry.
In 2023 and 2024 George McCrae sang 2 duets with me called “Step Into My Heart” and “Gotta Have It”.
I also sang with Gino Vannelli, The Drifters, Edwin Starr, Tony Christie, The Searchers and many more. For as long as I can remember I have been writing songs and lyrics. You should check some of them out on the major music platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon…
If you like Soul music then you are at the right place.
Robin Simpkins
The Hospital Radio Show. Thursday 2pm
Middagh Goodwin
This Is Ska. Thursday 9pm
Hailing from Modesto California and with over 30 years of experience in the live music industry, Middagh Goodwin got back into radio broadcasting in November 2019. He has booked ska acts from every era such as The Skatalites, Bad Manners, English Beat, The Slackers, Sonic Boom Six, and hundreds you have probably never heard of. He released 2 CDs, a few cassettes, and several 7″ on his indie label Beat Happy Music. This is SKA is a 2 hour show featuring ska, rocksteady, 2Tone and beyond from around the world.
Todd Gordon
Todd’s Turntable. Thursday 11pm
“Todd Gordon stands as the guardian of all that is good in the music I love. I only wish there were more like him” – Sir Michael Parkinson.
Todd Gordon has established himself as “one of Britain’s most popular singers and entertainers” (Scottish Television). An avid Beatles fan until the age of eleven, his musical horizons were broadened when he first heard a Frank Sinatra album. From that moment, he collected almost every recording by Ol’ Blue Eyes and, from there, his interest expanded to jazz and swing, encompassing numerous other renowned singers and instrumentalists.
Further inspiration came in 1975 when he met Ella Fitzgerald prior to one of her shows and then, during the concert, she invited him on stage and sang specially to him. Since then, Gordon has been fortunate enough to meet many more of his idols – including Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Count Basie, Woody Herman, George Shearing and Tony Bennett, motivating him to immerse himself in the Great American Songbook genre.
“Todd strips away all the cabaret and showbiz veneer and gets to the very heart of the lyrics of the American Songbook” – David Jones, London Jazz Festival.
Gordon’s interest in music and singing was passionate, yet always private. But in 2000, he took part in a week-long vocal jazz workshop and that changed everything. His stage debut came in 2001 at Scotland’s top jazz club and from that moment on, as the cliché goes, he’s never looked back. In 2003, aged 44, he was booked to open for Dionne Warwick during her UK tour, which prompted him to give up his day job organisng exhibitions. Since then, Gordon has performed frequently at Britain’s top jazz venues, including The Pizza Express Jazz Room, The 606 in Chelsea and the world- renowned Ronnie Scott’s. He’s also performed at The Plaza and The Algonquin hotels in New York – where he even did a duet with actor Christopher Walken, singing “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.” He also features regularly at major jazz festivals and concerts. In fact, he was the first Scottish male jazz singer to be booked for the London Jazz Festival, with his first appearance at the prestigious Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
“I can’t think of a current American singer who sings better in this swing-era style” – James Gavin, acclaimed US journalist and author of the definitive biographies on Chet Baker, Lena Horne and Peggy Lee.
Todd’s audiences range from intimate jazz clubs to large-scale shows (regularly compering and performing at “Jazz on a Summer’s Day” against the backdrop of Edinburgh Castle – Britain’s biggest jazz event with an audience of 20,000-plus). He was also one of four nominees for a national music award alongside Texas and Annie Lennox.
Gordon works with the very best British musicians (Alan Barnes, Alec Dankworth, Steve Brown etc) and has also performed with top US players including Jay Leonhart, Ted Rosenthal, Joe Cohn and Butch Miles. He’s also joined forces for concerts with Curtis Stigers, Barb Jungr, Ian Shaw, Claire Martin, Janet Seidel, Clare Teal, James Tormé and, most frequently, Jacqui Dankworth.
“Doing it his way, Sinatra’s ghost lives on in the work of one of his most polished admirers” – Clive Davis, The Times.
He has released four albums with Ian Shaw in the producer’s chair: Love’s Illusions, Ballads from The Midnight Hotel (with Guy Barker and featuring a duet with Jacqui Dankworth), and Moon River to The Days of Wine and Roses – an album celebrating the work of the legendary American Songbook lyricist Johnny Mercer, with the acclaimed Mel Tormé pianist, John Colianni. Two more recent releases have followed: a big band swing album with the chart-topping Royal Air Force Squadronaires with several duets with guest singers (Clare Teal, Eddi Reader, Carol Kidd, Janet Seidel, etc) and Love dot com – an album Gordon recorded in Seoul after one of his tracks was used as the theme song in a top-rating Korean TV drama series.
“Gordon has made the great American songbook his own” – The Guardian
Further capitalizing on his passion for music, Gordon set up a concert promotion business, Jazz International, which has staged over 100 events at Scotland’s leading music venues as well as the British Vocal Jazz Festival in 2013. In addition, his smooth speaking voice is ideally suited to his engaging and accessible radio shows which are syndicated on around 25 FM and internet stations around the world – www.toddsturntable.blogspot.com – an impeccable showcase for the very best in vocal jazz, swing, blues and easy listening.
As a live performer, Gordon’s concerts appeal to a wider audience than purely jazz lovers. He has created several crowd-pulling, audience-pleasing, concert themes, which have won four- and five-star reviews. The line-up for these range from a top-flight trio to the superb BBC Big Band and award-winning Back to Basie Orchestra with his acclaimed Frank & Ella Show and a Sinatra-Basie project.
“Fantastic performer. You’re far too good for this lot!” – Sir Sean Connery
Along the way, many respected songwriters have praised Gordon’s interpretations of their songs, including the legendary Mike Stoller, the hugely successful Gilbert O’Sullivan, the co-composer of Sinatra’s “Watertown” masterpiece, Jake Holmes, as well as fêted composer, Stephen Sondheim.
Peter Kirkpatrick
50 Years Of Pop, Friday 2pm
Age, 67 From Slough. Lives in Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk since 1976 Occupation. Retired, but still working occasionally as a Funeral Celebrant, Wedding Celebrant, Wedding Chauffer, Murder Mystery Actor. Volunteer Chair at MESH Neighbourhood Board, RNLI Shop volunteer. Previous volunteer in Community Housing, Hospital Public Governor.
Hobbies, learning the guitar, photography, holidays (cruising and trips to Italy). Music, ELO, The Eagles, anything 60’s and 70’s. Films, Airplane, Pink Panther, anything spoof and funny
I’ve been presenting two live shows a week on a local FM Community Radio station in Great Yarmouth for nearly four years prior to lockdown, then producing one show a week from home since then.
Time for pastures new, taking my eclectic taste in music and my slightly different sense of humour to a new wider audience. Presenting music from 1950 to 2000, mainly pop, sometimes not, with chatter and banter in between.
Stephen ‘Carnaby Cat’ Planson
Cat-A-Go-Go. Friday 8pm
A cockney chappy, hailing from the bustling metropolis, Steve ‘Carnaby Cat’ Planson now resides in a Cattery in East Anglia called Carnaby Cat Towers.
Steve is very proud of his record collection. When asked about vinyl, he says ‘I’d never wear anything else’. He claims to have one of the largest 50s, 60’s and 70s music collections in the UK, although the claim remains unsubstantiated and is probably nonsense. He also has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things music pre 1980, (and Doctor Who, something he has watched since 1963) , which he loves to share.
Cat has been a DJ for many years and contributes to music magazines and books. So if your listening pleasure is fun, facts and frivolity,
The Cat – A – Go – Go is the place to be, catrequest@outlook.com is the place for your 50s , 60s & 70s requesty poos & Carnaby Cat is your.. err ..man (cat). Come join me why don’t you?
Al Smart & Rob Polland
Al & Rob’s Radio Sandwich. Saturday 10am
The two characters Rob Polland (on the right) and Al Smart (on the left) met whilst they were both volunteering for Carillon Radio, a hospital radio station, in 2007
Dave Marley
The Simply Series. Saturday 11am
When it comes to music, it literally rules Dave’s life. He has been DJing since the early 80s, but it wasn’t until the mid 90’s that he became interested in radio presenting.
Dave loves and respect all types of good music, right from as far back as the classic 60s through to the indie pop ’90s & 00s.
He grew up in West London listening to the radio as a young lad and started collecting vinyl at the mere age of 5 years old.
He would save up his pocket money to buy records as often as possible, and even now, 50-odd years on, he is still collect music and is now running out of space to store his massive vinyl collection.
Doug Hall
The Motown Show. Saturday 2pm
Born in a time when you kicked cans, played football in the street till it got dark. Cycled everywhere you could, go out with 10 bob and still have change to give to your mum.
I love music and still enjoy that feeling of putting a 7-inch slab of ecstasy on a record player to spin to an audience of 1 To 10000 no matter what. It’s the music in your Heart, Mind and Feet that counts, and the listening experience you get by pushing a button to hear a favourite selection of tunes.
Hobbies, football and music two of the finest. I Still enjoy Crate Digging (looking for that elusive bargain). Fave Artiste, Rod Stewart, Marvin Gaye, Levi Stubbs, David Ruffin, The Who. Favourite Decade, 60s just for the diversity of musical magic and creative geniuses that was brought to the general record buying public. And finally, my two Children Eddie and Chrissie, I say children, but they are my life.
Rupert Palmer
World Mix. Saturday 6pm
Rupert Palmer is no stranger to radio, having learnt his trade at several Hospital Radio stations in the south of the UK before moving on to Viking Radio in the 1990s under the wing of legendary broadcaster Tim Stewart. From there he travelled to West Africa, managing Sierra Leone’s first privately-run commercial radio station ABC FM 94; overseeing the station’s popularity and explosive growth.
Jim Stevens
Happy Hour. Saturday 7pm
Like many other radio presenters of a ‘certain age’, I caught the radio ‘bug’ when I listened to the pirate radio stations in the sixties on my ‘tranny’. The jingles were my favourite part and ‘Big L’ Radio London had the best ones. I never dreamed I’d have my own versions of them on my own show one day! It was all very exciting then, and it made me want to be a DJ myself. I used to practice ‘mixing’ music in my bedroom with just a Dansette record player and a small, reel-to-reel tape recorder!
In the seventies, I started broadcasting on a hospital radio station in Surrey and one of my shows won the NAHBO national competition for best hospital radio programme along with my co-presenter Steve Jarrett. Among the judges were DJ & TV presenter Noel Edmonds and newsreader Richard Baker. I also started recording interviews with many celebrities, including DJ Johnnie Walker and comedy legends Morecambe & Wise.
One of my favourite memories of hospital radio was presenting a live ‘Juke Box Jury’ in front of an audience with a celebrity panel including singers Helen Shapiro and Rob Davis of the band Mud.
In 1976, I became a Butlin’s ‘redcoat’ entertainer presenting music and chat from their Radio Butlin studio at Clacton in Essex. Great fun, but very hard work. Skipping forward to the 1990’s, I did the weekday morning show on a station called Eclipse FM which broadcast on cable TV and regular RSLs. One of our directors was DJ Dave Cash. Sadly, the station closed when we didn’t win the local radio franchise for SW London (now run by Radio Jackie.) Again, I was lucky enough to do many celebrity interviews at Eclipse including singers Marty Wilde and Bo Diddley (who I had to address as Mr Diddley!)
A few years ago, I did a spell on the weekday afternoon show of a commercial station named Seahaven FM on the East Sussex coast.
My most embarrassing moment in radio was when I interviewed the comedian Richard Digance and I got a nose-bleed halfway through our chat!
I now really enjoy presenting my weekly Happy Hour show on various British and international FM & internet radio services. They are all a very friendly bunch and they’ve got talent oozing out of their studios!
Al Smart
Al & Rob’s Radio Sandwich, Sunday 10am
Hi, I’m Al Smart, a retired BT Manager and Road Safety presenter (yes, those speed awareness courses!) based in North West Leicestershire. I’m happily married, and we share our home with a very opinionated tabby cat who graciously decided we were worthy of his companionship.
My love for radio broadcasting started with a fascination for pirate radio stations—those daring operations on ships and abandoned wartime forts. In 2007, I turned that passion into action, volunteering as a presenter, engineer, and fundraiser with Carillon Radio, a hospital radio station. Back then, recording a show meant weekly trips to the Loughborough studios—a logistical challenge while juggling self-employment. With my engineering background and a dash of curiosity, I soon discovered I could record programmes from home, and I’ve been doing so ever since. After a few years at Carillon, I took a leap into internet radio, launching my signature show, Easy Sunday. It’s a mix of music from the 1950s to today, blended with fun features designed to entertain and uplift. Now, I’m thrilled to bring Easy Sunday to Your favourite Radio Station, sharing timeless tracks and feel-good vibes to make your weekends brighter. So, tune in, sit back, and let’s take a musical journey through the decades together!
Hope you like it
Ray Oxley
The Golden Years. Sunday 12noon
Paul Charles
The Paul Charles Weekend Request Show Sunday 3pm
Paul Charles brings to Salt Towns’ Radio a unique hybrid of Steve Wright, John Peel and Alan Partridge but with decent tunes!
Paul has been DJ-ing (playing his favourite songs and talking in between them!) since September 2023.
Paul’s formative years were spent taping the charts on a TDK D-90 and cursing the DJs for talking over the music and now regularly commits that cardinal sin!
Paul’s has two claims to fame, one he once bumped into actual George Michael at Leigh Delamere services in 1983 and two he used to go to school with a Celebrity Chef.
Paul is lover of high-art, 14th century Chinese literature and sarcasm.
The Paul Charles Radio Show brings an eclectic mix of music from the past and up to the present day replete with banter, features and chaos!
From Blondie to Bowie and Abba to ZZ Top.
Go on give it a whirl your ears deserve it!
Ron Hardisty
Classics We Love. Sunday 8pm