73: Bill Bingham - Radio 1, 4, City, Trent, IRN, Saga newsreader and presenter
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From acting at Pebble Mill to reading the news on Radio 1, delivering the shipping forecast on Radio 4 and playing rude songs on Radio Trent, this is the life of velvet-voiced Bill Bingham.\\xa0
\\n\\n\\nIn this hour of #radiomoments \\u2018Conversations\\u2019, Bill tells of his early years in drama and his accidental arrival at the BBC\\u2019s new radio station in Birmingham. He relates tales of the birth of Liverpool\\u2019s Radio City and the transfer to Nottingham\\u2019s Radio Trent, where he hosted a variety of shows as the station re-invented itself. Poached by neighbouring Radio Nottingham where he was heard delivering more news and talk content, he recalls how he was quickly transferred to Radio 1\\u2019s Newsbeat.
\\n\\n\\nOnce in London, Bill was then to be heard on Radio 4 delivering the news and shipping forecast in his impeccable fashion - skills he was later to put to good use at such places as IRN, LBC and Sky News and Channel 4. As he recalls, his love for music and the arts was feasted again during his spell at Saga Radio in the West Midlands.
\\n\\n\\nBill speaks too of the challenges of the job and the costs broadcasters like him have paid \\u2013 and explains his passionate work for the Migration Museum.
\\n\\n\\nIn his own words \\u2013 this is the life of Bill Bingham.
\\n\\n\\nEnjoy the whole Conversations serieshere.\\xa0Theme music byLarry Bryant.
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