AUDIO
An archive of audio clips, production and other
weird and wonderful sounds from the station.
If you have any recordings off the air or other audio memories
you’d like to share get in touch here.
Station Launch, September 1st 1989
How it all began! Gary King launches the station on the 1st of September 1989.
Listen to the launch sequence and the first song played, ‘Sowing The Seeds of Love’ by Tears For Fears.
Hollywood Haze – December 1994
Test Transmissions
Test transmission promos played early on 1st September 1989, the day the station launched across the UK and Ireland.
Kevin and Andrew in the Morning
One of the stations most fondly remembered pairings at breakfast time, Kevin Palmer and Andrew Turner play the hits and have fun in the 6 ’til 10 slot in 1994.
Hollywood Haze January 1996
Hollywood Haze plays the hits in January 1996.
Jim Merkel Station Production
Voiceover Jim Merkel was the primary station voice for several years in the mid 1990s.
He’d read several pages of liners each week and it was then up to the production team to fashion the liners, promos and stagers heard on the station each day.
Henry Owens and Simon Nicks December 1993
The Late Henry Owens, one of the key figures behind the success of the station in the 90’s, plays the hits on Christmas Eve 1993. Includes a spin of the legendary 252 Christmas song ‘Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer’!
Followed by the late Simon Nicks with the monring edition of the ‘Loveshack’.
Two hours of the station, October 1997
There are plenty of recordings of the station to listen to online, but how did it sound on the average day?
Here are a couple of hours from October 1997, taken from the on-air snoop cassette machine.
Featuring Hollywood Haze and Beverley Hills presenting the ‘Hold The Black Pudding’ breakfast show, with special guest Natalie Imbruglia.
Plus some bonus Nails Mahoney on mid-mornings.
Top Seven at Seven music bed
The introduction to the nightly ‘Top Seven at Seven’ which featured the most requested songs of the day.
Voiceover provided by classically trained actor Paul Bacon
OMC ‘How Bizarre’ song parody
Parody of the song ‘How Bizarre’ to promote the morning crew, August 1996.
Featuring Dan Francisco and guest vocals from legendary station cleaner Rosie O’Reilly!
Listener Promo
Listener endorsements and soundbites were a massively important part of the station’s on-air sound.
If you called in for a request or a chat, it should have come as no surprise if you ended up in a promo or liner for the station.
Voiceover by the late Henry Owens
On Location Music Bed
On Location was the station’s showbiz roundup, airing at 11.20, 3.20 and 7.20 each day.
Here’s the music bed based on U2’s ‘Desire’, it was played thousands of times throughout it’s run in the 1990’s.
Voiceover by Bumper Morgan
Promo for the ‘925 Magnificent 7’
Promotional trail for the ‘925 Magnificent 7’ promotion, which involved cash giveaways at 9, 2 and 5 each weekday.
Ring in when you hear the cash track and you could win…
Voiceover by the late Henry Owens
Al Dunne March 1995
One of the longest serving jocks on the station as well as a station manager in the mid to late 90’s, Al Dunne plays the hits in March 1995.
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