Steve Martin
@mediasteve.bsky.social
International man of media
Ranting caller: "...are you listening to me Brian?"
Hayes: "yes - that's why it's quiet this end"
Hayes: "yes - that's why it's quiet this end"
Brian Hayes, the broadcaster known for shaping early phone-in radio at LBC and later hosting shows on BBC Radio 2, has died
Former LBC and Radio 2 presenter Brian Hayes dies aged 87
Brian Hayes, the broadcaster known for shaping early phone-in radio at LBC and later hosting shows on BBC Radio 2, has died
radiotoday.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Ranting caller: "...are you listening to me Brian?"
Hayes: "yes - that's why it's quiet this end"
Hayes: "yes - that's why it's quiet this end"
whoever wrote the liners on WSQK I love you. Also, "Mindy Flare". 😃 www.globalplayer.com/live/wsqk/uk/
November 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
whoever wrote the liners on WSQK I love you. Also, "Mindy Flare". 😃 www.globalplayer.com/live/wsqk/uk/
if you want to appreciate the genius of Tom Stoppard read his radio plays. He adored the medium and subverted its conventions playfully. www.amazon.co.uk/Stoppard-Pla...
Stoppard: Plays for Radio 1964-1991
Buy Stoppard: Plays for Radio 1964-1991 Subsequent by Stoppard, Tom (ISBN: 9780571172085) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
if you want to appreciate the genius of Tom Stoppard read his radio plays. He adored the medium and subverted its conventions playfully. www.amazon.co.uk/Stoppard-Pla...
it's a long time since I read a news bulletin. Cover today for our town's community radio station. It's great to hear so many young voices contributing to the service. omny.fm/shows/peters...
Local news for Monday 24th November - Petersfield's Shine Radio
Today's local news and information update from Petersfield's Shine Radio.
Proposals to close Petersfield’s Rowan Ward go to a scrutiny committee tomorrow
It was mixed fortunes for our local sports tea...
omny.fm
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
it's a long time since I read a news bulletin. Cover today for our town's community radio station. It's great to hear so many young voices contributing to the service. omny.fm/shows/peters...
@davidlloydradio.bsky.social what was it you wrote about hotel rooms matching the frequencies of stations you've worked on?
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
@davidlloydradio.bsky.social what was it you wrote about hotel rooms matching the frequencies of stations you've worked on?
Love Eurovision? Now you can represent it all year round. ebujobs.teamtailor.com/jobs/6744915...
Commercial Partnership Manager - EBU
Drive creative global partnerships that celebrate music, diversity, and innovation across broadcast, digital, and live experiences!
ebujobs.teamtailor.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Love Eurovision? Now you can represent it all year round. ebujobs.teamtailor.com/jobs/6744915...
Just in case someone tried to pass-off another random territory as France
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Just in case someone tried to pass-off another random territory as France
The exoteric interference is strong
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The exoteric interference is strong
why wear bluetooth headphones while trying to listen to a boombox? Am I overthinking this?!
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
why wear bluetooth headphones while trying to listen to a boombox? Am I overthinking this?!
Until today I have never used the phrase "mini-mart".
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Until today I have never used the phrase "mini-mart".
Not a great look for Waitrose. Utterly off-brand behaviour.
Waitrose-rejected autistic worker gets Asda offer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Waitrose-rejected autistic volunteer receives job offer from Asda
Tom Boyd's mum says she is
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Not a great look for Waitrose. Utterly off-brand behaviour.
Worst YouTube thumbnail?
October 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Worst YouTube thumbnail?
Underrated: airing cupboards.
October 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Underrated: airing cupboards.
The map on Down Detector basically just shows where people live.
October 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The map on Down Detector basically just shows where people live.
My little dehydrated urine-coloured radio was quite the companion in Ghana this week. And that says a lot given the exalted company there. Check @james.crid.land's review at james.cridland.net/blog/2025/re...
October 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
My little dehydrated urine-coloured radio was quite the companion in Ghana this week. And that says a lot given the exalted company there. Check @james.crid.land's review at james.cridland.net/blog/2025/re...
It's customer service week. Shouldn't that be every week?
October 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It's customer service week. Shouldn't that be every week?
my daughter just asked me to call her at another time because she and all her student friends are about to watch Traitors together. Anecdote is never the singular of data but I reckon the BBC has a hit show there.
October 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
my daughter just asked me to call her at another time because she and all her student friends are about to watch Traitors together. Anecdote is never the singular of data but I reckon the BBC has a hit show there.
A shocker...
I fear the AI slop ads in the Evening Post might be getting to the point where they could kill vulnerable people.
October 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A shocker...
A radio review from James. I'm about to take mine to Accra. Ghana's media regulator says the country has more licensed FM stations per head of population than anywhere in the world. This could be the perfect device for listening to them.
Thank you to @mediasteve.bsky.social I've reviewed my ridiculously geeky radio over here. It's quite the device! Now to add DAB+ to it...
james.cridland.net/blog/2025/re...
james.cridland.net/blog/2025/re...
Review: Deepelec DP-666 radio receiver
The most geeky radio there is
james.cridland.net
October 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
A radio review from James. I'm about to take mine to Accra. Ghana's media regulator says the country has more licensed FM stations per head of population than anywhere in the world. This could be the perfect device for listening to them.
Surprising? I know five people who have tested +ve for Covid in the last three weeks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Covid cases rising with new variants 'Nimbus' and 'Stratus'
Unwell with a bad throat and temperature? You may have one of the new Covid strains circulating this autumn.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Surprising? I know five people who have tested +ve for Covid in the last three weeks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tylenol eh? So that's why I can never find paracetamol in Walgreens.
September 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Tylenol eh? So that's why I can never find paracetamol in Walgreens.
are you too having trouble with a Roberts internet radio today? Might the @airable.bsky.social database be down perhaps?
September 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
are you too having trouble with a Roberts internet radio today? Might the @airable.bsky.social database be down perhaps?
Disappointed that Sudan's national TV channel is not called Khartoum Network.
August 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Disappointed that Sudan's national TV channel is not called Khartoum Network.
if you could drive a truck would you volunteer for this experiment? www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Watch: World's tallest bridge completes key load-bearing test
Some 96 trucks were driven on China's Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in a test ahead of the scheduled opening next month.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
if you could drive a truck would you volunteer for this experiment? www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...