Best 969media Ltd Podcasts (2024)

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S03 E23 - Paul Hayes 1:10:30

1h ago1:10:30

1:10:30

We all have those moments in our lives where we look back and think, why did I do that. In radio terms, Paul Hayes 'why did I do that' moment was HUGE. Let's just say it involved a Richard Park, Ashley Tabor and a pizza. Paul's done a decade on the mighty Magic in London, but his career has taken in big stations in the UK, Canada and UAE, so the gu…

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S03 E22 - Mark Collins 1:20:36

4d ago1:20:36

1:20:36

What? Another legend from the station formerly known as Wave 105? Ambassador, you're spoiling us. Mark Collins is another stalwart of the South Coast radio scene and still plies his trade on the mighty 105.2FM (or DAB 11B / 11C in new money), under it's new name, Great Hits Radio. You might have heard of it... But Mark had a career longer than most…

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S03 E21 - John Foster 1:18:21

11d ago1:18:21

1:18:21

Us radio folk wear the term anorak as a badge of honour. But no matter how big a radio geek you think you are, you're really not, because John Foster is the Anorak in Chief. As Foxy chats to him, he produces pieces of paraphernalia, liberated from former workplaces, each with a story attached. He also has an incredible memory for details such as ra…

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S03 E20 - James Heming 1:29:06

20d ago1:29:06

1:29:06

We've featured some presenters who are synonymous with the stations where they plied their trade for an impressive amount of time - Fresh at Beacon and Elliott Webb at BRMB for example - and there's no denying that James Heming is Mr Invicta. He spent the majority of his career at a station in Kent, somewhere he admits he couldn't have pointed to o…

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S03 E19 - Clive Dickens 1:01:37

26d ago1:01:37

1:01:37

For the two of you who don't know, Clive was one of the big guns in UK radio management. The King of Capital. The Duke of Jack. The Archbishop of Absolute. But then he went to Australia, and took a lifetime of radio knowledge and enough stories to fill your average-sized encyclopaedia with him. So very early (too early) one Sunday, when British Sum…

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S03 E18 - Simon Logan 1:05:08

2M ago1:05:08

1:05:08

On the advice of our legal team, which as regular listeners will know is a made up guy called Gary, we were advised to give this guest the chance to rebuke a serious accusation made against him by several previous guests on this podcast. So for the avoidance of doubt, SIMON LOGAN HAS NEVER THROWN A WHITEBOARD RUBBER AT ANYONE. Now that unpleasantne…

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S03E17 - Mike Toolan 1:05:27

3M ago1:05:27

1:05:27

Foxy's guest this episode is a former Whatnotter. You know, from the Saturday Whatnot on Essex Radio... No? If that's not ringing any bells, maybe you know him from his mere 26 years at Key 103 / Hits Radio. YES! That Mike Toolan! Of course he's one of the biggest names in the business and who's been on Radio Aire, BRMB and Capital, as well as an a…

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S03 E16 - Steve Power 1:06:21

3M ago1:06:21

1:06:21

Стив Пауэр любит поезда. Just a little message for anyone who can understand Russian there. That doesn't include the guest on this episode, Steve Power, who ended up accidentally studying the language. There may have been drink involved. Steve must have been one of the longest serving breakfast show jocks ever. 17 BLOOMIN' YEARS! And not your light…

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S03 E15 - Ben Jones 1:09:34

3M ago1:09:34

1:09:34

Before we started recording, Ben Jones told us he has a namesake in the radio industry and wanted to check we had the right guy. Er, yeah. We're sure. Ben was ever-present on the original Virgin Radio / Absolute Radio for a decade for goodness sake. He now plies his trade on the new Virgin Radio (amongst other pies he has his fingers in...), but it…

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S03 E14 - Dave Kelly 1:22:01

4M ago1:22:01

1:22:01

Has there ever been a more iconic evening show than Dave Kelly’s epoch-defining broadcast on Galaxy? If you were to write the recipe for the perfect evening show, you’d use all the ingredients that made Dave’s show so perfect. Daft features – Tick. Dicking about – Tick. Pushing the boundaries of what you get away with – Tick. Bangers – Tick. But wh…

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S03 E13 - Dirk Anthony 1:00:24

4M ago1:00:24

1:00:24

Dirk Anthony is one of the most famous, or for some, infamous, radio bosses there's ever been. He pretty much ran the show at GWR and then Gcap, after the merger with Capital. When you weald so much power for so long it's difficult for some to see beyond the 'big, scary boss' tag, and forget there's s real person with their own story, dealing with …

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S03 E12 - Scott Makin 1:11:37

4M ago1:11:37

1:11:37

Foxy has referenced many of his radio heroes before - Moyles, Mark & Lard, Robin Banks - but the biggest poster on teenage Foxy's bedroom wall was that of Scott Makin. It was his husky, Teesside tones and his lovely leather jacket that did it for him. But listen to the end to find out how our awe-fill presenter embarrassed himself in front of his i…

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S03 E11 - Simon Ross 1:09:38

5M ago1:09:38

1:09:38

A greased eel. The fur of a chinchilla. A babies bum. When it comes to smoothness, this lot just aren't cutting the mustard, because Rossie's voice is smoother than an otter in socks, sliding down a lubed-up iceberg. But you don't have a CV like his by simply having a great voice. His claim that he's the only person Parky never called up on the XD …

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S03 E10 - Dick Stone 1:15:56

5M ago1:15:56

1:15:56

When considering a 'radio name', you could literally choose ANYTHING. But we find out early on in this episode that Dick chose, well, Dick. To be fair, it did lead to the best named breakfast show radio have ever seen! But as he helpfully suggests, "Don't Google 'Dick Stone'". Dick is a programming stalwart, running Ram, Trent, the Hit Music Networ…

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S03 E09 - Nigel ’Fresh’ Freshman 1:14:13

5M ago1:14:13

1:14:13

The guest on this episode could be called a 'one station man'.... that is if he hadn't moved somewhere else almost exactly ten years ago! Nigel Freshman*, or Fresh to his listeners, was undeniably 'Mr Beacon' until his love affair with the station turned sour and he moved to Smooth West Midlands where he still plies his trade. So he's pretty much a…

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S03 E08 - Tim Lichfield 1:15:57

6M ago1:15:57

1:15:57

Hold on to your headphones, Tiger Tim's roaring onto Crunch & Roll, and he's grrrrrrrrrreat! (Sorry). Early on in his chat with Foxy he tells us that it is "no holes barred"... He's happy to to go through the many highs and some notable lows of his career, spanning Capital and BRMB to TFM and Minster, and plenty more besides. We've cover how he was…

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S03 E07 - Darren Daley 1:19:08

6M ago1:19:08

1:19:08

This episodes finds you just before Christmas 2023. Tis the season of good will to all men... except one former boss who features in this episode! But be assured the rest of Foxy's chat with Darren Daley is a real Christmas cracker. He's been in the game since Cliff Richard was number 1 in the charts with Saviours' Day, so has plenty of stories to …

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S03 E06 - Paul Carrington 1:52:37

7M ago1:52:37

1:52:37

Foxy calls him The Professor. You might know him as The Funster. But his passport says Paul Carrington. Paul has to be one of the most well known presenters in the north of England and is guaranteed to have worked on a station near you, if you live north of Sutton-cum-Duckmanton. Piccadilly, Signal, Viking, Buzz, Minster, Pulse - We'll let Paul tel…

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S03 E05 - Jo Russell 1:06:47

7M ago1:06:47

1:06:47

When we started this podcast, we wrote down a list of people we'd love to have on, and sitting close to the top (between the hairy cornflake and Alan Tichmarsh) was today's guest, Jo Russell. We've been pestering her to come on for ages but wasn't having any of it, until John upped the appearance fee to two bottles of Blossom Hill, then she was in!…

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S03 E04 - Paul Harper 1:03:36

7M ago1:03:36

1:03:36

We've got a few 'firsts' going on in this episode. The first first is that Paul is the first (OK, stop saying first) Scottish guest on the podcast. We'll be honest, we're not that clued-up about radio north of the border, so it was interesting to hear about the differences between it and radio 'down south'. Who needs contracts?! Second first is tha…

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S03 E03 - Elliott Webb 1:21:10

7M ago1:21:10

1:21:10

John describes Elliott as Mr BRMB, and for most people that's probably how they see him too. But there's so much more to his story. During the course of this episode you might come to regard him as Mr Sacked for Gross Misconduct; Mr Gave Moyles a Pep Talk; or Mr Told His Boss To Fuck Off. Oh, and find out all about his part in radio's most controve…

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S03 E02 - Alex Lester 1:11:47

7M ago1:11:47

1:11:47

As nicknames go, The Dark Lord is right up there. But it could have been so different for our guest if a former boss had got his way and convinced him to go with Red. Alex Lester is truly deserving of the description 'legend'. Three decades at Radio 2 for goodness sake! He's got some stories from those times, mainly involving Sir Terry, as well as …

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S03 E01 - Andy Bush 53:11

8M ago53:11

53:11

We're back with an absolute beaut of a guest: It's Andy Bush (or Andrew Buschenfeld if he's in trouble). We caught up with him just after his show one evening, shortly before he tucked into a supermarket chicken jalfrezi. Don't let anyone tell you radio isn't glamorous. He chatted to John about how he had always dreamed of being on the radio as a c…

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S02 E12 - Pat Sharp 51:52

1y ago51:52

51:52

Yeah mate. Got Pat Sharp on the pod. No biggy. We'll keep it brief as he doesn't really need much of an introduction. Find out the real story of the fabled Parky red card incident; what it was like to share a Top of the Pops dressing room with the whole Radio 1 line-up; and the tale of an awkward gig that he wasn't so keen to do. Pat's website: htt…

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S02 E11 - Neil Bentley 1:14:47

1y ago1:14:47

1:14:47

We didn't plan to have loads of former Capital FM legends on this series of Crunch & Roll - in fact we don't plan anything - but we're very pleased it turned out that way. Neil Bentley's happiest times were not at the big 95.8 though, they were at a another often featured station that, like him, were big on dance and R&B. Neil's not spoken about hi…

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S02 E10 - Chris Brooks 1:13:57

1y ago1:13:57

1:13:57

We're always interested to hear how our guests get the radio 'bug', but it's fair to say if you gave us a million guesses as to Chris Brooks' story, we wouldn't have got it. WOW. This episode is the inspiring story of Chris' single-minded determination to achieve his dream of saying "ninety-five point eight" on the radio. Along with obvious talent …

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S02 E09 - David Dixon 1:04:02

1y ago1:04:02

1:04:02

Nobody calls him David... unless he's in trouble. So from here on in, we'll use the moniker he's more commonly known by - Dixie. Dixie is one of the rare breed who are still plying their trade on the radio, after a long and successful career. He must be good! If you've not heard him on the radio before, then we reckon this episode might make you wa…

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S02 E08 - Kam Kelly 1:08:55

1+ y ago1:08:55

1:08:55

The great thing about podcasting is we can see exactly where in the world people are listening. Crunch & Roll obviously has a strong following in the UK, but we also have listeners in such far-flung places as South Africa, Indonesia and French Guiana. But we also know there's a small but perfectly formed cohort of listeners about as far away from '…

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S02 E07 - Daryl Denham 1:07:39

1+ y ago1:07:39

1:07:39

For some people having two chart hit records would constitute a great achievement. Others would be over the moon having written several successful musicals. And plenty would rest on their laurels after giving stand-up comedy a bash. Not Daryl Denham though. No, no, no. Not content with taking the charts, theatres and back-rooms of pubs by storm, he…

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S02 E06 - Martin Kelner 1:02:31

1+ y ago1:02:31

1:02:31

Listeners to Five Live's Fighting Talk will know each episode ends with the two highest scorers defending a controversial or unpopular opinion in order to win the episode. So, in that vain: Martin Kelner knows nothing about radio and deserved to be paid less than a horse. Of course he knows nothing about radio. He's only spent the best part of half…

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S02 E05 - Emma Scott 1:07:50

1+ y ago1:07:50

1:07:50

Emma Scott is not a police officer. She wanted to be but ended up on a YTS at her local radio station instead. The constabulary's loss is certainly radio's gain. We LOVED our chat with Emma. It's honest, hilarious and FULL of showbiz encounters. She certainly made her feelings about a certain red-haired, Mancunian crooner absolutely clear! So get r…

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S02 E04 - Stephanie Hirst (Part 2) 1:00:00

1+ y ago1:00:00

1:00:00

This is part two of John Fox's chat with Stephanie Hirst. Part one covered her early career, so we pick up here with her time at Galaxy 105, Hit40UK and generally taking over the radio world. She chats about leaving Viking for Galaxy ("It was all a bit of a mess"); explains the on-air magic she had with JoJo and Danny; and presenting the chart from…

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S02 E03 - Stephanie Hirst (Part 1) 48:35

1+ y ago48:35

48:35

We could write anything here and it wouldn't matter because you just want the sweet, sweet Stephanie Hirst content. But I'm duty-bound to write at least a few words on the first of two episodes featuring one of UK radio's biggest and most loved personalities. In this episode: Toolan gives a young Steph some sage advice; how she pestered her way int…

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S02 E02 - Lucio 1:00:16

1+ y ago1:00:16

1:00:16

All aboard the latest episode of Crunch & Roll! It features Lucio chatting to John Fox about his eventful radio career and what he's up to now. See if you can work it out from the subtle clues in this description... He's been on pretty much every major commercial station in Britain - XFM, Absolute, Capital, Kerrang, Galaxy... Actually, he's been on…

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S02 E01 - Joel Ross 1:08:28

1+ y ago1:08:28

1:08:28

We often get messages to Crunch & Roll Towers, suggesting guests that people would like to hear featured. And the one name that comes up more than any other is Joel Ross. Those who know him will know exactly why that is. And if you don't know him, you'll understand by the end of this episode. One person who DM'd us said "I hear a lot of Joel's stor…

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Crunch & Roll - Series 2 Preview 1:48

1+ y ago1:48

1:48

This is Crunch & Roll - a window into the dysfunctional world of the radio industry. If you loved the last series, then you'll love what's to come. If you didn't, what are you even doing here? In the coming weeks you'll hear stories about how one of our guests almost got himself, and his group PD shot; How another thought he was about to hit the bi…

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S01 E12 - Rick Houghton 56:54

1+ y ago56:54

56:54

Dear reader, it is late on a Friday evening. The 969media team are toasting the the completion of another barnstorming episode of Crunch & Roll with a dry sherry. Then comes the message. Perhaps some parts of this episode could, as the great Frank Spencer once said, get us in a little bit of trouble. Immediately our heroes spring into action, armed…

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S01 E11 - Jim Coulson 58:13

1+ y ago58:13

58:13

Have you worked at Kerrang? Jim has. Xfm? He's worked there too. Net FM? Bit niche, but he's plied his trade there too. Jim tells a great story, and he's got lots of them. Like the one about the boss who sacked him, then ended up his boss again somewhere else soon not long after. Awkward. And how collecting song requests on the critical illness war…

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S01 E10 - Simon Monk 58:55

1+ y ago58:55

58:55

Monk (noun) - a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. This one didn't get the memo. He's a radio guy who's been there, done that and got the branded bomber jacket. Simon was once Foxy's boss, so expect some "one time, at Signal" chat; along with incredible stories involving cat litte…

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S01 E09 - Shaun Tilley 48:46

1+ y ago48:46

48:46

There are some names in the radio industry that need no introduction. Shaun Tilley could be one of them, but I'm duty-bound to do one anyway. You know Shaun, of course you do. He's been on the radio in Wales, Scotland and England. And although he's already racked up four decades on the wireless, you wouldn't bet against him appearing on the Norther…

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S01 E08 - Dan Morfitt 40:21

1+ y ago40:21

40:21

Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! Dan! This week's guest is Dan Morfitt. Jurassic Park! He now resides in the good ol' US of America, but before he fled these isles, he worked at loads of big stations. Kerrang? Tick. Radio Aire? Absolutely. Key 103? Just a bit. Hallam FM? But of course. BRMB? Don't mind if I do. Foxy chats to him about t…

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S01 E07 - Caroline Martin 59:17

1+ y ago59:17

59:17

Have you ever wondered what life on a pirate radio ship was like? Well wonder no more, because in this episode, the excellent Caroline Martin reminisces about her frankly crazy experiences aboard the pirate radio ship, Ross Revenge. In her time on the high-seas she experienced a raid from the authorities, paranormal goings-on and a helicopter rescu…

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S01 E06 - Warren Moore 49:35

1+ y ago49:35

49:35

Warren Moore Moore Moore! How do we like him? A lot to be honest. Warren's been a stalwart of the industry for many years. He's known to listeners in Yorkshire, south Wales, Manchester, Birmingham and Gloucestershire. During the course of his chat with John Fox, we discover he could be the good boy of the radio industry. That's not to say he hasn't…

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S01 E05 - Graham Torrington 52:48

1+ y ago52:48

52:48

Is there any need to write anything here? It's Graham Torrington for goodness sake! Well, if you're not aware of Graham's work, let me tell you, much has changed in the time you've been in a coma... GT is the doyen of late night radio. His show, Late Night Love, was on over 40 stations in its heyday, with an audience in excess of ONE MILLION! Basic…

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S01 E04 - Emma Louise Jones 48:18

1+ y ago48:18

48:18

Foxy's guest this episode of Crunch & Roll is Emma Louise Jones. Emma is an increasingly familiar face in sports broadcasting where she can be seen at Elland Road reporting for her beloved Leeds United, and on Premier Sports covering rugby league. But it was on the radio where her star began to rise. Emma and Foxy chat about her journalistic beginn…

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S01 E03 - Jonathan Miles 59:45

1+ y ago59:45

59:45

Radio is full of big characters. And then there's Jonathan Miles. Let me tell you, there's some hefty names dropped in this episode. Chris Moyles - CLANG. Kenny Everett - CLANG. Richard Attenborough - CLANG. It's a measure of his own career that he's worked alongside some of the other greats of the industry. John Fox chats to him about how his deep…

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S01 E02 - Mark Somers 39:13

1+ y ago39:13

39:13

Mark might not be a household name like a few of the guests on Crunch & Roll, but anyone familiar with his work knows that doesn't mean he's not a great character of the industry. He was a Viking FM stalwart; plied his trade on the Hit Music Network (but didn't know what stations he was actually on); moved to Beacon, Wyvern and BRMB; all before the…

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S01 E01 - Robin Banks 1:00:06

2y ago1:00:06

1:00:06

Robin Banks is Foxy's first guest on the Crunch & Roll podcast. Most people listening will know of Robin and have listened to him on Atlantic 252, Kiss 100, Beat 106 or BRMB. He's a massive on-air presence, a creative pioneer and one of the hardest working people in radio. But as with the best presenters, he admits that he has, on occasion, been a …

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Crunch & Roll - Series 1 Preview 2:01

2y ago2:01

2:01

Need to find out how to bookend like the pros? Looking for tips on how to tease the 763rd play of the latest Ed Sheeran song in a new and exciting way? Want to find out how to be number one in the 38-41 year old, hat wearing, bi-lingual, bus driver market in Pontefract that all the advertisers are clamouring for? Well, this podcast is not for you. …

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