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Radio Greats

Luke Davies (or The Live Luke) has always been fascinated by Radio. In this series, he chats to some of his heroes of the airwaves about how they got into radio, the challenges they have taken and what advice would they give.

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45:34

Diana Luke

Radio Greats ·

2025/08/13

Send us a text Diana Luke hailed from Canada and started her radio journey as a Guest on Radio Hallam, before she landed a gig as the Late Night Host on Viking FM, from there she forged a career on stations that included The Superstation, Jazz FM, BBC GLR and Boom Radio. In the last in this series of Radio Greats, Diana sits down with Luke to share stories of how her love for Radio began and how a round table discussion on Hallam lead to a career on Viking FM. How she dealt with being a late ...

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104:51

Steve Randall

Radio Greats ·

2025/08/06

Send us a text For nearly four decades, Steve Randall has worked on stations around the country - from a career on stations that included Metro Radio, TFM, Fox FM, Power FM, Ocean FM, The Breeze and Spire FM, he now hosts the podcast series Radio Creators. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats - Steve sits down with Luke to share stories about his life on the radio, from getting the bug for radio and volunteering at Radio Cherwell, before sending demos off to every station in the country. How...

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45:26

Steve Jones

Radio Greats ·

2025/07/28

Send us a text For five decades - Steve Jones has enjoyed a National portfolio in both television and radio. Having Presented the successful "Pyramid Game" on ITV, he has enjoyed a radio career from BBC Radio 1 and 2, Radio Clyde, LBC and Talksport. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Steve sits down with Luke to talk about his five decade career on the radio, from a career in music, before landing a job at BBC Radio 1. How he got rejected from Capital, but went onto be a launch presenter ...

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46:46

Howard Pressman

Radio Greats ·

2025/07/02

Send us a text Howard Pressman has been one of South Yorkshire most recognisable presenters for nearly four decades in the world of Radio, having presented shows on Hallam FM, Magic AM and a near 20 year career on BBC Radio Sheffield. More recently he has been presenting Sunday Mornings on Radio Essentials Sheffield. In this weeks edition, Howard reflects back on his four decade career from getting the bug at a young age, before getting the job on Radio Hallam and presenting shows including B...

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44:30

Graham Bannerman

Radio Greats ·

2025/06/28

Send us a text You may have heard his voice on commercials and introducing television programmes - but before he began his career as a Television Announcer and voice artist, Graham Bannerman began his career in radio, having presented shows on stations that included Radio Orwell in Ipswich and Essex Radio. He also achieved National recognition, presenting show for BBC Radio 1 for a six month period. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Graham sits down with Luke to share his Radio journey -...

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46:28

Toni McDonald

Radio Greats ·

2025/06/19

Send us a text After winning a contest to be a Radio DJ on BRMB back in 1993, Toni McDonald has gone onto achieve a career in radio across the Midlands and the South of England in both presentation and production - working for stations including Southern FM, Heart 107, Severn Sound and BBC Local Radio. In this weeks edition, Toni sits down with Luke to share stories from her three decade journey in the radio world, from getting work at BRMB, to working in research for both Capital and Chrysil...

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81:24

Declan Meehan

Radio Greats ·

2025/06/11

Send us a text Having enjoyed half a century in Radio across Ireland and the UK, Declan Meehan has earned the title of a Radio Great, from a career in both Pirate Radio, National Radio and Local Radio he has worked on some flagship stations including RTE 2FM, Capital Radio and East Coast FM, where he has hosted the Mid-Morning show for 31 years. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Declan sits down with Luke to share his radio journey, from getting the bug listening to Radio Caroline, BBC L...

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65:29

Steve Power

Radio Greats ·

2025/06/04

Send us a text Steve Power has recently celebrated four decades in the radio business, in both presentation and management, from a career that has included Devonair, Southern Sound, Chiltern, Power FM, Wave 105 and Nation Radio. This time, Steve sits down with Luke to share his radio journey over the last four decades - from developing the bug for radio, joining Devonair and how he had a dream to work for either Capital or Radio 1. Managing presenters on Chiltern, Southern and Power FM. Joini...

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83:23

Paul Bromley

Radio Greats ·

2025/05/28

Send us a text A pioneer and expert in Audio of the wireless. Paul Bromley has enjoyed four decades in the radio business, presenting shows on Pennine FM, Viking FM, Signal, Ridings FM and Dearne FM. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Paul sits down with Luke to share stories about Radio, Trains and Astronomy. From getting the Radio bug from listening to Pennine and Radio Aire, before joining Hospital Radio - where he learned his crafts, before joining Pennine FM to help out, before getti...

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69:27

MaryEllen O'Brien

Radio Greats ·

2025/05/21

Send us a text From Radio in the USA, to presenting on the longwave in the UK on 252. MaryEllen O'Brien was one of the founding presenters of Atlantic 252, but before that had enjoyed a decade long career working on stations across the United States, which include WBLM in Portland and 93 Rock in California. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, MaryEllen shares stories about growing up and taking in American Radio, before getting a licence to join WBLM in Boston - becoming one of the f...

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57:59

Liam Quigley: Part 1

Radio Greats ·

2025/05/07

Send us a text Liam Quigley has enjoyed the best part of four decades in the radio business, having worked in Pirate Radio and both Irish and UK radio, including launching stations such as Radio Nova, Century Radio and Heart 106.2. In the first of two parts, Liam sits down with Luke to share his stories about growing up in Ireland, and how the radio convinced him to give up his dreams of becoming an actor and what pirate radio was really like in Ireland. Moving over to the UK to work for Inst...

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52:11

Liam Quigley: Part 2

Radio Greats ·

2025/05/07

Send us a text Liam Quigley has enjoyed the best part of four decades in the radio business, having worked in Pirate Radio and both Irish and UK radio, including launching stations such as Radio Nova, Century Radio and Heart 106.2. In the second of two parts - Liam continues to share his radio journey with Luke, sharing stories of moving over to 98FM, before getting a call to come to London to launch Heart 106.2, returning back to Dublin for the launch of Lite 102 and taking on Breakfast. How...

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74:34

Julian Wharam

Radio Greats ·

2025/05/01

Send us a text Julian Wharam has enjoyed four decades on radio stations across the country. These have included stints on Radio Aire, Red Dragon, BRMB, Heart Radio, Real Radio and Radio Wyvern. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Julian sits down with Luke to share stories of the stations he worked on and the people he worked with. This includes invaluable advice from Carl Kingston, working with Bruno Brookes and presenting shows for Radio Aire, to how a chat with Mark Franklin at a Cran...

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41:25

Mike Wyer

Radio Greats ·

2025/04/23

Send us a text A familiar voice on radio across the Midlands - Mike Wyer has enjoyed four decades in the radio world. Having started out in Pirate radio, he went onto a career on stations that included WABC, Saga Radio East Midlands, BBC Hereford and Worcestershire - before coming out of early retirement to join Boom Radio. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Mike sits down with Luke, to share his stories of the radio world - from getting the bug at a young age, to starting his career in H...

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69:44

Muff Murfin

Radio Greats ·

2025/04/16

The man behind the creation of jingles of many heritage ILR Stations, kicks off the new series of Radio Greats. But who is the real Muff Murfin? The man behind the sounds of many stations. Well in this episode of Radio Greats, Muff sits down with Luke to reflect on his life and career in the music industry, how he got into creating radio jingles and how he would pitch jingles to potential stations. How a Capital jingle lead to him creating the theme music to Gladiators before moving on to run...

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84:30

Les Ross

Radio Greats ·

2024/12/19

For the past 55 years Les Ross has been one of Birmingham's most recognised radio presenters, presenting Breakfast on BRMB for over 26 years, as well as a career on BBC Radio Birmingham, Radio Tees, XTRA AM and Boom Radio.In the last episode of the season - Les sits down with Luke to reflect on the past 55 Years, from getting the bug for Radio - to winning a DJ event. How he an advert in the paper lead to him joining BBC Radio Birmingham - before launching Radio Tees in Stockton. Returning to...

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56:10

Vicki Blight

Radio Greats ·

2024/12/12

For the past 20 years, Vicki Blight has used her skills on the radio to the fullest - launching stations such as Heart 106 in Nottingham and Virgin Radio Pride, becoming a talk jock on Century 106 and BBC Radio Wales and presenting at National Level on BBC Radio 1.In this weeks edition, Vicki sits down with Luke to reflect on her 20 year career and how she built contacts within the industry - from getting her big break on Red Dragon, before moving to Nottingham to join Century 106 and becomin...

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60:00

Peter Dickson

Radio Greats ·

2024/12/05

Regarded as the country and the worlds most recognised Voice Over Artists, Peter Dickson has entertained the country for over five decades with his voice being recognisable on programmes including The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and All Star Family Fortune, but prior to that he enjoyed a successful career on the radio, presenting shows for BBC Radio 2, Melody FM and Star 106.6This time round Peter sits down with Luke to share stories about his five decade career - from reading the news and...

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43:33

Stuart Freeman

Radio Greats ·

2024/11/21

Having began his radio journey with Forces Radio, Stuart Freeman has gone onto forge an international career in the radio world, working for Swansea Sound, 2CR and Radio Essex in his native UK, but in recent years has enjoyed a 30 year career on Austrian Radio stations that include Blue Danube and FM4.In this weeks edition, Stuart sits down with Luke and shares stories of the past 50 years in the business, from getting the bug - listening to the last day of Caroline. Landing the job on Swanse...

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78:38

Willie Morgan

Radio Greats ·

2024/11/14

Willie Morgan began his career as a record plugger - which lead to him making contacts with many radio professionals in the industry. From this he secured positions working as a presenter for stations that included Coast AM, SuperGold, Oasis FM, Radio 106 and ever national work with BBC Radio 2.This time round Willie sits down Luke to share stories of his five decade career across the radio industry from plugging records, to landing a show on Super Gold presenting the Elvis Hour from the laun...

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