109: David Lloyd - Trent, Leic Sound, Lincs FM, Radio Authority, Century, Galaxy, LBC, Virgin, Orion
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This is a secret episode!
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\\nOver the course of this series, several folk have asked whether I\\u2019d (David Lloyd) ever be interviewed.\\xa0 Several luminaries kindly volunteered to interview me. Given the calibre of all the other subjects, I felt reticent. But \\u2013 with lockdown and also passing 100\\xa0 episodes - I thought I might succumb.
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\\nI invited my oldest friend, Mark Runacus MBE to pose the questions. He and I met at hospital radio and he went on to accomplish a huge amount in the ad world. Radio missed his talents. He has been a wonderful friend.
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\\nIn this hour of Radio Moments Conversations, I talk about my journey from shy anorak to radio station manager and regulator.
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\\nI open up about my childhood, the excitement of hospital radio and the glee of my first gig at Nottingham\\u2019s Radio Trent, before moving on to management at a troubled Leicester Sound. Then, walking out the door in tears to no job,\\xa0 I tell of the unexpected task of establishing Lincs FM. Equally unexpected, I was recruited to the then regulator, the Radio Authority\\xa0 where I helped both to licence and reprimand radio stations.
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\\nMoving from there to run the music and speech regional Century brand for Border TV, before crossing to Chrysalis to seize the reins of a couple of the Galaxy stations, London then beckoned and a wonderful stint at the helm of LBC, before leaving as it became part of the foundation for Global Radio. Down the road in Golden Square, I moved to programme and market Virgin Radio and help manage the brand transition to Absolute.
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\\nThe most recent chapter saw me at Orion Media, where we bought and then sold a handful of major market commercial stations including BRMB, Gem 106 and Beacon.
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\\nIn my own words \\u2013 this is my story.
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\\nThere\\u2019s a much better account of all this \\u2013 and everything that surrounds it in our mad radio world\\xa0 in my book Radio Moments: Fifty years of radio \\u2013 Life\\xa0 on the Inside.
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\\nHear the whole \\u2018Radio Moments Conversations\\u2019 series here \\u2013 and sign up for the regular podcast for this ongoing series. Music by Larry Bryant.\\xa0
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\\nOver the course of this series, several folk have asked whether I\\u2019d (David Lloyd) ever be interviewed.\\xa0 Several luminaries kindly volunteered to interview me. Given the calibre of all the other subjects, I felt reticent. But \\u2013 with lockdown and also passing 100\\xa0 episodes - I thought I might succumb.
\\n
\\nI invited my oldest friend, Mark Runacus MBE to pose the questions. He and I met at hospital radio and he went on to accomplish a huge amount in the ad world. Radio missed his talents. He has been a wonderful friend.
\\n
\\nIn this hour of Radio Moments Conversations, I talk about my journey from shy anorak to radio station manager and regulator.
\\n
\\nI open up about my childhood, the excitement of hospital radio and the glee of my first gig at Nottingham\\u2019s Radio Trent, before moving on to management at a troubled Leicester Sound. Then, walking out the door in tears to no job,\\xa0 I tell of the unexpected task of establishing Lincs FM. Equally unexpected, I was recruited to the then regulator, the Radio Authority\\xa0 where I helped both to licence and reprimand radio stations.
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\\nMoving from there to run the music and speech regional Century brand for Border TV, before crossing to Chrysalis to seize the reins of a couple of the Galaxy stations, London then beckoned and a wonderful stint at the helm of LBC, before leaving as it became part of the foundation for Global Radio. Down the road in Golden Square, I moved to programme and market Virgin Radio and help manage the brand transition to Absolute.
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\\nThe most recent chapter saw me at Orion Media, where we bought and then sold a handful of major market commercial stations including BRMB, Gem 106 and Beacon.
\\n
\\nIn my own words \\u2013 this is my story.
\\n
\\nThere\\u2019s a much better account of all this \\u2013 and everything that surrounds it in our mad radio world\\xa0 in my book Radio Moments: Fifty years of radio \\u2013 Life\\xa0 on the Inside.
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\\nHear the whole \\u2018Radio Moments Conversations\\u2019 series here \\u2013 and sign up for the regular podcast for this ongoing series. Music by Larry Bryant.\\xa0