Glasgow's
Radio City went on the air on New Year's Eve, 1973. I was taken on in
1978 by James Gordon, the Managing Director, and when the following ratings
came out, I'd achieved the the highest half-hours outside breakfast that
the station had ever had, ... not bad for the token Sassennach. I've still
got the JICRAR book (sad!), but no airchecks.I loved working there and the audience was amazingly warm, intelligent and quick-witted. When I moved to the afternoon show and got landed with most of the station's daytime "meaningful speech" output, there was a great opportunity to meet loads of local characters and go to some fascinating places. By now, I was also presenting weekly Midnight Rock show. Great fun! Unfortunately, when I told them of my impending move to the BBC in Manchester, I got the graveyard shift to work out my notice. The Falklands War had just started and we played a nightly game of 'Battleships & Cruisers'. No-one moaned about 'being offended' in those days: we just had jammed switchboards at 3am with prospective contestants! |