Paul Rowley
@paulrowleyradio.com
Freelance Journalist / Broadcaster.
Ex BBC Political Correspondent. Radio documentary maker, Wigan Athletic reporter. Ex IRN, LBC, ITN, Radio City, Bootle Times, Southport Visiter.
Twitter/X: @PaulRowleyRadio
Ex BBC Political Correspondent. Radio documentary maker, Wigan Athletic reporter. Ex IRN, LBC, ITN, Radio City, Bootle Times, Southport Visiter.
Twitter/X: @PaulRowleyRadio
Happy 100th birthday to a radio giant Pete Murray, who I had the pleasure of working with at LBC/IRN in the late 80s/early 90s. A pioneer on Luxy, 6.5 Special, the Light Programme, TOTP and R1/2 he was one of the nicest people in the business. And he still has that amazing quiff!
September 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Happy 100th birthday to a radio giant Pete Murray, who I had the pleasure of working with at LBC/IRN in the late 80s/early 90s. A pioneer on Luxy, 6.5 Special, the Light Programme, TOTP and R1/2 he was one of the nicest people in the business. And he still has that amazing quiff!
On this day 58 years ago the Marine Offences Act outlawed Britain’s offshore radio stations. At 3 o’clock on August 14, 1967 this 12-year-old was in tears as Radio London closed down. Radio Caroline continued for 7 more months but without the pirates we wouldn’t have had Radio 1 or commercial radio.
August 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
On this day 58 years ago the Marine Offences Act outlawed Britain’s offshore radio stations. At 3 o’clock on August 14, 1967 this 12-year-old was in tears as Radio London closed down. Radio Caroline continued for 7 more months but without the pirates we wouldn’t have had Radio 1 or commercial radio.
Wigan Athletic begin their 48th season since being elected to the Football League, half of them (24) in the 3rd tier (Third Division, Division 2, now League One), with 8 seasons apiece in the Premier League, the 2nd tier and the 4th. Plus 40 years in non-league. Is League 1 #wafc’s “natural home”?
August 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Wigan Athletic begin their 48th season since being elected to the Football League, half of them (24) in the 3rd tier (Third Division, Division 2, now League One), with 8 seasons apiece in the Premier League, the 2nd tier and the 4th. Plus 40 years in non-league. Is League 1 #wafc’s “natural home”?
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Yesterday’s goalless draw with Wrexham was Wigan Athletic’s 8th 0-0 of the season, a joint club record in both 2000/01 (reached Division 2 play-offs) + 2016/17 in the Championship (relegated). Another 0-0 in the remaining 5 games of this season will be an outright #wafc record in league + non-league
April 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Yesterday’s goalless draw with Wrexham was Wigan Athletic’s 8th 0-0 of the season, a joint club record in both 2000/01 (reached Division 2 play-offs) + 2016/17 in the Championship (relegated). Another 0-0 in the remaining 5 games of this season will be an outright #wafc record in league + non-league
Yesterday’s goalless draw with Wrexham was Wigan Athletic’s 8th 0-0 of the season, a joint club record in both 2000/01 (reached Division 2 play-offs) + 2016/17 in the Championship (relegated). Another 0-0 in the remaining 5 games of this season will be an outright #wafc record in league + non-league
April 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Yesterday’s goalless draw with Wrexham was Wigan Athletic’s 8th 0-0 of the season, a joint club record in both 2000/01 (reached Division 2 play-offs) + 2016/17 in the Championship (relegated). Another 0-0 in the remaining 5 games of this season will be an outright #wafc record in league + non-league
Richard Attenborough started it at the opening of Capital Radio in 1973 followed by Terry Smith at Radio City (Liverpool) in 1974, Graham Dene at Boom Radio 4 years ago today, then Nicky. All saying “for the VERY first time”. Tautological. A redundant word. Just saying. I’m a journalistic pedant.
"This, for the very first time, is Boom Rock." This day last year @nickyhorne.bsky.social launches Boom Rock from @boomradio.co.uk with the time-honoured words for opening a new station
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14 February 2024 - Boom Rock Launch
YouTube video by On this Day in Radio
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February 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Richard Attenborough started it at the opening of Capital Radio in 1973 followed by Terry Smith at Radio City (Liverpool) in 1974, Graham Dene at Boom Radio 4 years ago today, then Nicky. All saying “for the VERY first time”. Tautological. A redundant word. Just saying. I’m a journalistic pedant.
Thank you, Matt. Much appreciated.
February 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Thank you, Matt. Much appreciated.
Fascinating statistics, Matt. Do you have the top half of the table i.e. the top 50. I can roughly work out the top dozen from the Rajar stats, but I’d appreciate seeing the full table for London or showing me where I (and others) can access it.
Of the 92 stations (I think) are available in London, Fun Kids is #57! And 15+ isn't even our target audience!
February 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Fascinating statistics, Matt. Do you have the top half of the table i.e. the top 50. I can roughly work out the top dozen from the Rajar stats, but I’d appreciate seeing the full table for London or showing me where I (and others) can access it.
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Wigan Athletic’s 1st double of the season after 4-0 away win in Sept. James Carragher’s 1st career goal in his 17th league appearance for #wafc. Dad Jamie managed just 3 goals in 508 Premier League apps for Liverpool though the 1st was in his 2nd game in 3-0 win over Aston Villa this month in 1997.
January 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Wigan Athletic’s 1st double of the season after 4-0 away win in Sept. James Carragher’s 1st career goal in his 17th league appearance for #wafc. Dad Jamie managed just 3 goals in 508 Premier League apps for Liverpool though the 1st was in his 2nd game in 3-0 win over Aston Villa this month in 1997.
Wigan Athletic’s 1st double of the season after 4-0 away win in Sept. James Carragher’s 1st career goal in his 17th league appearance for #wafc. Dad Jamie managed just 3 goals in 508 Premier League apps for Liverpool though the 1st was in his 2nd game in 3-0 win over Aston Villa this month in 1997.
January 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Wigan Athletic’s 1st double of the season after 4-0 away win in Sept. James Carragher’s 1st career goal in his 17th league appearance for #wafc. Dad Jamie managed just 3 goals in 508 Premier League apps for Liverpool though the 1st was in his 2nd game in 3-0 win over Aston Villa this month in 1997.
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Wigan Athletic’s 2-1 victory at Stevenage means they’ve now beaten EVERY team they’ve met in the Football League and the Premier League, 105 teams in total. Stevenage did the double over #wafc last season, and drew 0-0 at the Brick in September.
January 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Wigan Athletic’s 2-1 victory at Stevenage means they’ve now beaten EVERY team they’ve met in the Football League and the Premier League, 105 teams in total. Stevenage did the double over #wafc last season, and drew 0-0 at the Brick in September.
Wigan Athletic’s 2-1 victory at Stevenage means they’ve now beaten EVERY team they’ve met in the Football League and the Premier League, 105 teams in total. Stevenage did the double over #wafc last season, and drew 0-0 at the Brick in September.
January 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Wigan Athletic’s 2-1 victory at Stevenage means they’ve now beaten EVERY team they’ve met in the Football League and the Premier League, 105 teams in total. Stevenage did the double over #wafc last season, and drew 0-0 at the Brick in September.
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I worked with Denis on Match Time + Match Night on Granada TV between 1981-83. A brilliant footballer but unlike today’s pundits he didn’t like publicly criticising other players, most of whom weren’t as good as him. A true gent. RIP The Lawman. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Denis Law: The squinting kid who grew into giant of global game
The Scotland and Manchester United legend had elegance, charisma and courage. He was a playmaker and a goalscorer, a total footballer, adored by his team-mates and a giant of the game, writes Tom Engl...
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January 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I worked with Denis on Match Time + Match Night on Granada TV between 1981-83. A brilliant footballer but unlike today’s pundits he didn’t like publicly criticising other players, most of whom weren’t as good as him. A true gent. RIP The Lawman. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
I worked with Denis on Match Time + Match Night on Granada TV between 1981-83. A brilliant footballer but unlike today’s pundits he didn’t like publicly criticising other players, most of whom weren’t as good as him. A true gent. RIP The Lawman. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Denis Law: The squinting kid who grew into giant of global game
The Scotland and Manchester United legend had elegance, charisma and courage. He was a playmaker and a goalscorer, a total footballer, adored by his team-mates and a giant of the game, writes Tom Engl...
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I worked with Denis on Match Time + Match Night on Granada TV between 1981-83. A brilliant footballer but unlike today’s pundits he didn’t like publicly criticising other players, most of whom weren’t as good as him. A true gent. RIP The Lawman. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Thank you to whoever recommended the Kenny Everett Radio Bristol shows on BBC Sounds. Bloody Kenny, making me snigger out loud on the bus
January 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Thank you to whoever recommended the Kenny Everett Radio Bristol shows on BBC Sounds. Bloody Kenny, making me snigger out loud on the bus
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This Kenny Everett Show on Radio Bristol has been cleaned up and it’s a really good listen. No radio station would allow a show like this now. (Also, I didn’t know ‘Puppet Man’ by Tom Jones, but instantly realised that Corduroy had lifted it for ‘London, England’.) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Kenny Everett on BBC Radio Bristol - 12/06/1971 - BBC Sounds
The wireless wizard’s first BBC Local Radio show in 1971 after Radio 1 fired him.
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January 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This Kenny Everett Show on Radio Bristol has been cleaned up and it’s a really good listen. No radio station would allow a show like this now. (Also, I didn’t know ‘Puppet Man’ by Tom Jones, but instantly realised that Corduroy had lifted it for ‘London, England’.) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Johnnie Walker, the DJ who continued broadcasting aboard Radio Caroline Sputv on August 14,1967 defying the Marine Offences Act which outlawed pirate radio, leaving this 12-year old in tears. Half a century later I thanked him at the Offshore 50 reunion. “For no man will ever forget … “ RIP JW
December 31, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Johnnie Walker, the DJ who continued broadcasting aboard Radio Caroline Sputv on August 14,1967 defying the Marine Offences Act which outlawed pirate radio, leaving this 12-year old in tears. Half a century later I thanked him at the Offshore 50 reunion. “For no man will ever forget … “ RIP JW
Johnnie Walker, the DJ who continued broadcasting aboard Radio Caroline Sputv on August 14,1967 defying the Marine Offences Act which outlawed pirate radio, leaving this 12-year old in tears. Half a century later I thanked him at the Offshore 50 reunion. “For no man will ever forget … “ RIP JW
December 31, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Johnnie Walker, the DJ who continued broadcasting aboard Radio Caroline Sputv on August 14,1967 defying the Marine Offences Act which outlawed pirate radio, leaving this 12-year old in tears. Half a century later I thanked him at the Offshore 50 reunion. “For no man will ever forget … “ RIP JW
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Required listening! Just how clever was this guy? No-one comes near to his presentation skills.Much missed
December 30, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Required listening! Just how clever was this guy? No-one comes near to his presentation skills.Much missed
If you missed the 3 Kenny Everett shows from Radio Bristol from 1971, broadcast during Christmas week on Radio 4 Extra, they’re now in one place on BBC Sounds. Also available, my two Cuddly Ken documentaries : “The BBC Local Radio Years” + “Happy Birthday Maurice Cole”. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
BBC Sounds - Kenny Everett on BBC Radio Bristol - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Kenny Everett on BBC Radio Bristol on BBC Sounds.
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December 30, 2024 at 11:14 AM
If you missed the 3 Kenny Everett shows from Radio Bristol from 1971, broadcast during Christmas week on Radio 4 Extra, they’re now in one place on BBC Sounds. Also available, my two Cuddly Ken documentaries : “The BBC Local Radio Years” + “Happy Birthday Maurice Cole”. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
37-year old Steven Fletcher’s stoppage-time winner for @Wrexham_AFC is his 8th goal v Wigan Athletic for 5 clubs over 15 years, having previously scored for Burnley (1) Wolves (2) + Sunderland (3) in the Premier League + Sheffield Wednesday (1) in the Championship. #wafc.
December 29, 2024 at 6:33 PM
37-year old Steven Fletcher’s stoppage-time winner for @Wrexham_AFC is his 8th goal v Wigan Athletic for 5 clubs over 15 years, having previously scored for Burnley (1) Wolves (2) + Sunderland (3) in the Premier League + Sheffield Wednesday (1) in the Championship. #wafc.
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These are glorious (thanks for the nod, @maxtundra.com)
I’ve digitally remastered another of Kenny Everett’s Radio Bristol programmes, being broadcast today on Radio 4 Extra at 1000, 1600 + midnight. It’s a work of art + includes an interview with John Lennon not heard since it went out on July 3, 1971. Now on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Kenny Everett on BBC Radio Bristol - 03/07/1971 - BBC Sounds
Kenny Everett is joined by Beatle John Lennon on local radio. From July 1971.
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December 28, 2024 at 1:01 PM
These are glorious (thanks for the nod, @maxtundra.com)
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Lift Up Your Hearts. Jack De Manio. Daily Service. Alvar Lidell. Music and Movement. William Hardcastle. Afternoon Theatre. Anona Winn. Listen With Mother. Gale Pedrick. Workers’ Playtime. Home This Afternoon. Toytown. John Ebdon. In Town Tonight. Twenty Questions. David Dunhill : “What’s Radio 4?”
Today BBC Radio 4 Extra goes back 60 years as Wes Butters introduces programmes you'd have heard on the BBC Home Service in December 1964. Latest blog post on Home Service Day bit.ly/40aUNL2
December 28, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Lift Up Your Hearts. Jack De Manio. Daily Service. Alvar Lidell. Music and Movement. William Hardcastle. Afternoon Theatre. Anona Winn. Listen With Mother. Gale Pedrick. Workers’ Playtime. Home This Afternoon. Toytown. John Ebdon. In Town Tonight. Twenty Questions. David Dunhill : “What’s Radio 4?”
Lift Up Your Hearts. Jack De Manio. Daily Service. Alvar Lidell. Music and Movement. William Hardcastle. Afternoon Theatre. Anona Winn. Listen With Mother. Gale Pedrick. Workers’ Playtime. Home This Afternoon. Toytown. John Ebdon. In Town Tonight. Twenty Questions. David Dunhill : “What’s Radio 4?”
Today BBC Radio 4 Extra goes back 60 years as Wes Butters introduces programmes you'd have heard on the BBC Home Service in December 1964. Latest blog post on Home Service Day bit.ly/40aUNL2
December 28, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Lift Up Your Hearts. Jack De Manio. Daily Service. Alvar Lidell. Music and Movement. William Hardcastle. Afternoon Theatre. Anona Winn. Listen With Mother. Gale Pedrick. Workers’ Playtime. Home This Afternoon. Toytown. John Ebdon. In Town Tonight. Twenty Questions. David Dunhill : “What’s Radio 4?”
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BBCR4 has been playing some of Kenny Everett's radio shows from the 1970s. (www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... from 47:30).
Everett plays "It Don't Matter To Me" by Bread. Listening to it, I thought the song was sincere, but now I'm realizing I missed the irony and sarcasm. Sincerely ironic?
Everett plays "It Don't Matter To Me" by Bread. Listening to it, I thought the song was sincere, but now I'm realizing I missed the irony and sarcasm. Sincerely ironic?
December 28, 2024 at 4:16 AM
BBCR4 has been playing some of Kenny Everett's radio shows from the 1970s. (www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... from 47:30).
Everett plays "It Don't Matter To Me" by Bread. Listening to it, I thought the song was sincere, but now I'm realizing I missed the irony and sarcasm. Sincerely ironic?
Everett plays "It Don't Matter To Me" by Bread. Listening to it, I thought the song was sincere, but now I'm realizing I missed the irony and sarcasm. Sincerely ironic?