What's your favourite radio station...

[Martyn Ward]

For me, Radio 1. started on it's way downhill when it lost/got rid of joss dickies of the calibre of "Fluff" Freeman, Daft Lav Trellis and Jimmy "as it 'appens" Saville (all bow!).

Used to listen to R2 all day when I was lorry driving, generally started with Alex Lester at about 4 am and finished with whoever was on at 8 pm, (and some people think they work long hours!).

Now it's R2 in a morning and Radio Scotland after din-dins. Have to swap over as I could quite cheerfully cut Steve Wright's heart out with a spoon!

As for Richard Allinson, bring back hanging!  

[Janos]

When driving, Radio 4 for 40% of the time, Radio 2 for 20% of the time, and homemade compilation CDs for about 40% of the time.

If you have a digital telly, then Radio 6 is well worth a listen.

Laters,
   Janos

[Ian B]

<font color='#0000FF'>Got to go with Radio4 for the Today program and the comedy slot at 6.30pm and Radio2 for Jonathon Ross on a Saturday morning. For the rest of the day its local commercial radio which seems the best for traffic news. Also I find the commercial radio stations play more music and have less chat.

[Noel Johnson]

Fiona, yep you got me. I listen to R2 in the morning as the alarm clock starts me off with Alex &quot;slap my top&quot; lester and I continue with Sarah Kennedy in the car I used to listen to the MD on the way home though as I simply cannot stand Johnny Walker and Steve wright is just shite. This leads me on to a dilemma do I:
1, fork out for a new MD player or
2, put that money toward the IANTD advanced nitrox course I've always wanted...

[Mr T.]

BBC Radio 4 (except 'The Archers'!) - and nothing else! National coverage, never need to retune the dial, and with me like a constant and familiar travelling companion. And stimulating beyond measure. Comedy, News, banter, debate and little esoteric items/packages which simply would not get airplay anywhere else in the world. Vive la Difference!!

And a shortwave to receive the BBC World Service when I'm in-country!

If I want music, then I resort to CDs of my choosing, and not the inane drivel of some inappropriately and uber-chatty, wanna-be-loved DJ. And on the long haul between Manchester and HQ, I have recourse to audio books also: 'This Sceptred Isle', 'The Surgeon of Crowthorne', 'The Diary of Samuel Pepys', and Peter Ackroyd's 'London - The Biography' was awesome!

I once had the gross error and misfortune to fiddle with the 'find' button on my car radio and alighted on something called 'Radio 1 FM'! Ye gads man! Some white chap trying to be a Rastafarian and intoning the virtues of something he referred to as &quot;The Essential Selection&quot;, before trying to regale his listeners with something called 'Drum-n-Bass', before promoting a broadside of overt gash with the nom de guerre: 'Acid Garage'?? WTF?! I thought Country &amp; Western was the death of music, and then I heard 'Rap' (a form of noise only significant for it missing the letter 'C' as its righteous prefix).

[peter k]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Martyn Ward @ Mar. 20 2004,16:48)]Jimmy &quot;as it 'appens&quot; Saville (all bow!).

He lives on Rannoch Moor. Towards the Glencoe side there's a wee white bungalow right next to the road. When Jay said about a YD competition for having your 'photo taken wearing a YD shirt next to a celeb, he was going to get a knock at the door.

Thankfully for him it never came to pass!
Peter

[Martyn Ward]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (peter k @ Mar. 21 2004,13:22)]

He lives on Rannoch Moor. Towards the Glencoe side there's a wee white bungalow right next to the road. When Jay said about a YD competition for having your 'photo taken wearing a YD shirt next to a celeb, he was going to get a knock at the door.

And even more trivially:

Apparently he had his Volks camper 'alf-inched a couple of years back whilst having a brew in the Green Welly at Tyndrum!

And to further reinforce my sad image:

He opened the new all weather &quot;sports pitch&quot; in Benderloch t'other year dressed in a two piece tartan shell suit.

Sad eh?? &nbsp;

[Noel Johnson]

Bren,

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]And stimulating beyond measure. Comedy, News, banter, debate and little esoteric items/packages

Sounds a bit like YD

[Gavin Yates]

<font color='#000F22'>People complain about the TV license fee and when I watch most of Beeb output these days I can understand why.

BUT

To me Radio 4 is worth £100 a year on its own.

[Helen F H]

<font color='#000080'>Local commercial station - Metro Radio. &nbsp;I feel such a traitor when i listen to anything else when the football is on.