Dale Langford
@dalemcr.bsky.social
Previously on another platform mostly sharing BBC radio history stuff
Pop into Europe sounds fun way to see in the new year! Sing Something Simple should only be allowed on Sundays at teatime; the Cliff Adams Singers will have the Radio 2 audience asleep by 9.30!
December 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Pop into Europe sounds fun way to see in the new year! Sing Something Simple should only be allowed on Sundays at teatime; the Cliff Adams Singers will have the Radio 2 audience asleep by 9.30!
Steve Wright and Janice Long's Edwardian Christmas Eve party seems an unlikely concept! Hubert Gregg on Radio 2 would be my pick of the day.
December 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Steve Wright and Janice Long's Edwardian Christmas Eve party seems an unlikely concept! Hubert Gregg on Radio 2 would be my pick of the day.
A great logo plus a transmitter map - they are spoiling us!
August 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
A great logo plus a transmitter map - they are spoiling us!
I remember Alyn Ainsworth conducting for the UK entry at Eurovision in 1990 and alas he was dead just 5 months later :-(
July 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I remember Alyn Ainsworth conducting for the UK entry at Eurovision in 1990 and alas he was dead just 5 months later :-(
My favourite entry from 1968 and not even because of his orange suit. I wish I'd known about the restaurant!
May 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
My favourite entry from 1968 and not even because of his orange suit. I wish I'd known about the restaurant!
Very retro - as logos go, this one is like a text box in Word!
February 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Very retro - as logos go, this one is like a text box in Word!
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Your national radio listening (BBC Radios 1-4) 40 years ago on Christmas Day 1984
December 25, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Your national radio listening (BBC Radios 1-4) 40 years ago on Christmas Day 1984
All 58 Christmas mornings on BBC Radio 2, including 25 festive editions of #JuniorChoice, firstly with Ed Stewart, then Anneka Rice took up the challenge from 2017. The Rev Kate Bottley is up early to say Good Morning Christmas for the 7th time.
December 25, 2024 at 8:12 AM
All 58 Christmas mornings on BBC Radio 2, including 25 festive editions of #JuniorChoice, firstly with Ed Stewart, then Anneka Rice took up the challenge from 2017. The Rev Kate Bottley is up early to say Good Morning Christmas for the 7th time.
Everyone's favourite Portuguese cookery channel 24Kitchen Portugal is showing three Nigella specials on the afternoon of 18 December! www.24kitchen.pt/programacao/...
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December 14, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Everyone's favourite Portuguese cookery channel 24Kitchen Portugal is showing three Nigella specials on the afternoon of 18 December! www.24kitchen.pt/programacao/...
Liking this even though I'm disappointed to see that it's a year off for Greater Manchester!
December 13, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Liking this even though I'm disappointed to see that it's a year off for Greater Manchester!
Marking 60 years of Jazz Record Requests, starting on 12 December 1964 on the BBC Third Programme with Humphrey Lyttelton - and now a Sunday afternoon fixture on BBC Radio 3. 52 years of requests have been played by just three presenters: Peter Clayton, Geoffrey Smith and now Alyn Shipton.
December 8, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Marking 60 years of Jazz Record Requests, starting on 12 December 1964 on the BBC Third Programme with Humphrey Lyttelton - and now a Sunday afternoon fixture on BBC Radio 3. 52 years of requests have been played by just three presenters: Peter Clayton, Geoffrey Smith and now Alyn Shipton.
Scott Mills has presented afternoons on BBC Radio 2 since 31 October 2022, filling the big shoes of Steve Wright's Big Show. With Scott's final programme before moving to breakfast coming up tomorrow, here is how 57 years' worth of Radio 2 in the afternoon looks.
December 3, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Scott Mills has presented afternoons on BBC Radio 2 since 31 October 2022, filling the big shoes of Steve Wright's Big Show. With Scott's final programme before moving to breakfast coming up tomorrow, here is how 57 years' worth of Radio 2 in the afternoon looks.
Not sure I've ever seen that logo before!
November 27, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Not sure I've ever seen that logo before!
All the breakfast shows on BBC Radio 2 from 1967 to 2024, including 30 years of Terry Wogan, 9 years of Chris Evans, 6 years of Derek Jameson and (since 14 January 2019) the last 6 years of Zoe Ball
November 19, 2024 at 9:31 AM
All the breakfast shows on BBC Radio 2 from 1967 to 2024, including 30 years of Terry Wogan, 9 years of Chris Evans, 6 years of Derek Jameson and (since 14 January 2019) the last 6 years of Zoe Ball
I had only heard the word before as it's the name of a political party in Southend!
November 14, 2024 at 7:53 AM
I had only heard the word before as it's the name of a political party in Southend!
Always a joy to see Broadcasting House, with a bus kindly covering up some unsightly building work
November 20, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Always a joy to see Broadcasting House, with a bus kindly covering up some unsightly building work
Michael Parkinson's Sunday Supplement ran on @BBCRadio2 from 31 March 1996 to 2 December 2007. He first presented shows on Radio 2 in 1971.
November 20, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Michael Parkinson's Sunday Supplement ran on @BBCRadio2 from 31 March 1996 to 2 December 2007. He first presented shows on Radio 2 in 1971.
Good luck to @vernonkay, the new voice for @BBCRadio2 from 9.30 to 12:00, promising to bring big tunes, big names and big laughs to weekday mornings. Here's the lineup on Radio 2 in this timeslot for each year since the station started.
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Good luck to @vernonkay, the new voice for @BBCRadio2 from 9.30 to 12:00, promising to bring big tunes, big names and big laughs to weekday mornings. Here's the lineup on Radio 2 in this timeslot for each year since the station started.
Here's BBC Radio's (domestic) schedule for three coronations, as described in the contemporary editions of the @RadioTimes. For 2023, @Marthakearney and @EllyOldroyd are leading the coverage, bringing the historic events to life for millions of listeners #Coronation
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Here's BBC Radio's (domestic) schedule for three coronations, as described in the contemporary editions of the @RadioTimes. For 2023, @Marthakearney and @EllyOldroyd are leading the coverage, bringing the historic events to life for millions of listeners #Coronation
For 50+ years You and Yours has championed consumer affairs on @BBCRadio4. Here's the schedule between 12 and 1 on Wednesdays in April since Radio 4 started, including a selection of past #youandyours presenters and the guaranteed long-lasting @wrobinson101 & Peter White
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 PM
For 50+ years You and Yours has championed consumer affairs on @BBCRadio4. Here's the schedule between 12 and 1 on Wednesdays in April since Radio 4 started, including a selection of past #youandyours presenters and the guaranteed long-lasting @wrobinson101 & Peter White
As @BBCRadio2 announce @Rylan + @scott_mills as commentators for the Eurovision 2023 grand final (and @bbcpaddy for the semis), here are all the Eurovision commentators on Radio 2 since Cliff Richard sang Congratulations #eurovision2023
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 PM
As @BBCRadio2 announce @Rylan + @scott_mills as commentators for the Eurovision 2023 grand final (and @bbcpaddy for the semis), here are all the Eurovision commentators on Radio 2 since Cliff Richard sang Congratulations #eurovision2023
Happy silver anniversary to Broadcasting House, @BBCRadio4's flagship Sunday morning news programme, since 19 April 1998 - courteously presented by @bbcpaddy since 2006. Here's the 9-10am Sunday schedule since the start of Radio 4 (no.2 in a series of Radio 4 timelines) #BBCBH
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Happy silver anniversary to Broadcasting House, @BBCRadio4's flagship Sunday morning news programme, since 19 April 1998 - courteously presented by @bbcpaddy since 2006. Here's the 9-10am Sunday schedule since the start of Radio 4 (no.2 in a series of Radio 4 timelines) #BBCBH
Fridays from 7pm, @michellevisage brings the party to you on @BBCRadio2 with a handpicked playlist of bangers! Here's the schedule in this slot every year since the start of Radio 2 in 1967, featuring just a few decades of Friday Night is Music Night
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Fridays from 7pm, @michellevisage brings the party to you on @BBCRadio2 with a handpicked playlist of bangers! Here's the schedule in this slot every year since the start of Radio 2 in 1967, featuring just a few decades of Friday Night is Music Night
25 years of @BBCFrontRow, @BBCRadio4's showcase of creativity since 6 April 1998, now presented by @tds153 & @SamiraAhmedUK. Here's the Thursday schedule 7-8pm in April since the start of Radio 4, including of course @BBCTheArchers (no.1 in a series of Radio 4 timelines)
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 PM
25 years of @BBCFrontRow, @BBCRadio4's showcase of creativity since 6 April 1998, now presented by @tds153 & @SamiraAhmedUK. Here's the Thursday schedule 7-8pm in April since the start of Radio 4, including of course @BBCTheArchers (no.1 in a series of Radio 4 timelines)
Since 4 April 2011 (12 years today) @jowhiley has been handpicking music from across the musical spectrum for the discerning @BBCRadio2 audience, now Mon-Thu 7-9pm. Here's how the Tuesday evening schedule has looked in April over time. (no.30 in a series on Radio 2 timelines)
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Since 4 April 2011 (12 years today) @jowhiley has been handpicking music from across the musical spectrum for the discerning @BBCRadio2 audience, now Mon-Thu 7-9pm. Here's how the Tuesday evening schedule has looked in April over time. (no.30 in a series on Radio 2 timelines)