The GF Radio Thread

[Bjornebye]

Radio x currently counting down the top 100 british songs of all time as voted by listeners over the last month. Some unreal tunes. 

[Paul]

Two really good things on Radio 4 back to back this morning:

 

Howzat for Hollywood about the Hollywood cricket club:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08skhyr

 

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson on Corbyn, the youth vote, how social media is transforming the election and how polling is changing.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08skhyt

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Jenny Lee Summers does a surprisingly eclectic afternoon show on Radio Merseyside and she's not annoying.  This is all I ask for.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Do any of the owl arses of my generation remember 25 Years of Rock on Radio 1?

 

It was a weekly show in 1980 (Sunday evening, I think).  Each week they would play music and news reports from a single year, from 1955 to 1979. The format is commonplace on radio and telly now, but it was groundbreaking back then. For me, it was particularly eye-opening to hear reports of the civil rights struggles, the anti-war movement, campaigns against nuclear arms, etc. and to hear that they all had a brilliant soundtrack.  It gave me my first introduction to a lot of the music I still love today.  

 

Superb stuff.

 

(I've just seen something about it being repeated on Radio 6.)

[Chip Butty]

30 years since that summer of love and BBC Radio 6 have a full day of ravey/danceytriup ye tits of classics on, all day.

 

 

 

 

The rave scene saved my life back then, as Liverpool where just about to go fucking shite. 

[Bjornebye]

30 years since that summer of love and BBC Radio 6 have a full day of ravey/danceytriup ye tits of classics on, all day.

 

 

 

 

The rave scene saved my life back then, as Liverpool where just about to go fucking shite.

They should bring back live from the paradox on a Saturday night on city fm

[Dougie Do'ins]

Radio Garden allows you to listen to thousands of live radio stations world wide by rotating the globe. Every green dot represents a city or town. Tap on it to tune into the radio stations broadcasting from that city.

 

https://radio.garden/

[Guest Pistonbroke]

1 hour ago, Dougie Do'ins said:

Radio Garden allows you to listen to thousands of live radio stations world wide by rotating the globe. Every green dot represents a city or town. Tap on it to tune into the radio stations broadcasting from that city.

 

https://radio.garden/

 

Cheers Mick, cool. Like how the stations just automatically play when you land the cross hair on them. 

[Paul]

The Dead Ringers Election Specials were brilliant.  

[Rico1304]

I’ve got tickets for the Infinite Monkey Cage on 20th Jan. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

8 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

I’ve got tickets for the Infinite Monkey Cage on 20th Jan. 

I'll listen out for an audience member going "Haha. I love this place!"

[Champ]

Anyone else catch Ian Wright on Desert Island Discs? I challenge you

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fdxw

 

 

 

[Bjornebye]

48 minutes ago, Champ said:

Anyone else catch Ian Wright on Desert Island Discs? I challenge you

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fdxw

 

 

 

I think Lifey put something on Facebook about desert island disks earlier. He then shot a few potatoes with a rocket propelled grenade. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

This is a handy website for seeing playlists for each and every radio station, both past and what is due to come. 

 

https://onlineradiobox.com/uk/broadgreen/playlist/?cs=uk.broadgreen

[Epsomred]

Bush and Richie drive time show on Absolute is pretty good. 4pm to 7pm. 

[Paulie Dangerously]

Just got an internet radio. It's sound. We're exploding stations at the minute and have two good stations:

On classic rock. German station playing nothing but brilliant songs with about 1 DJ interruption per hour for about 10 seconds. 

 

Big blue swing. Old jazz, swing and blues. Really good background music. 

 

Anyone have any recommendations? Specifically looking for a country station that plays some modern hits too e.g. Luke Combs

[Mudface]

38 minutes ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

Just got an internet radio. It's sound. We're exploding stations at the minute and have two good stations:

On classic rock. German station playing nothing but brilliant songs with about 1 DJ interruption per hour for about 10 seconds. 

 

Big blue swing. Old jazz, swing and blues. Really good background music. 

 

Anyone have any recommendations? Specifically looking for a country station that plays some modern hits too e.g. Luke Combs

Could you blow up LBC when Farage is on next, please.

[Champ]

35 minutes ago, Mudface said:

Could you blow up LBC when Farage is on next, please.

Were you watching that weird programme last night about Trump that had him on it last night?

[Mudface]

2 minutes ago, Champ said:

Were you watching that weird programme last night about Trump that had him on it last night?

No, what was that? Just in case I accidentally stumble across it...

[Champ]

15 minutes ago, Mudface said:

No, what was that? Just in case I accidentally stumble across it...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08svdkn

 

No commentary, no analysis. Just talking heads, sometimes without explanation of who they are/were. Farage featured a few times early on. It was vomit inducing

[Mudface]

8 minutes ago, Champ said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08svdkn

 

No commentary, no analysis. Just talking heads, sometimes without explanation of who they are/were. Farage featured a few times early on. It was vomit inducing

Thanks, think I'll give that a wide berth then.

[Bjornebye]

1 hour ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

Just got an internet radio. It's sound. We're exploding stations at the minute and have two good stations:

On classic rock. German station playing nothing but brilliant songs with about 1 DJ interruption per hour for about 10 seconds. 

 

Big blue swing. Old jazz, swing and blues. Really good background music. 

 

Anyone have any recommendations? Specifically looking for a country station that plays some modern hits too e.g. Luke Combs

I found a superb radio station in the car when driving round Italy. Very little talking and just tune after tune from 90s dance to rock music. very few Italian songs but even they were brilliant. Personal favourite moment was driving through the hills of Tuscany in my mates convertable with Korns version of Another Brick in the Wall blaring out. One of them "I could cry and crash right now and go out a happy man" moments. 

[Bjornebye]

I'm half laughing half pissed off myself here. My dad was ranting about Zoe Ball on Radio 2 in the mornings to me a while back saying the music she plays isn't what Radio 2 is about, especially in the mornings. 

 

Got it on now and she's playing Played A-Live (The Bongo Song) by Safri Duo

 

This:

 

 

Jesus fucking wept , Radio 2! 

[Stouffer]

CHFI 98.1 is where its at.

[Bjornebye]

14 minutes ago, Stouffer said:

CHFI 98.1 is where its at.

She has Chris Evans on Virgin radio on in the morning upstairs and thats miles better than Radio 2 until Ken Bruce comes on but alas..... Ken is off this week so it's all gone to shit and I'll be writing to my local MP.