This will bring back memories for some of my Red Rose Radio colleagues. It’s a clip from a live outside broadcast covering the Red Rose Half Marathon in 1984. 

Legendary broadcaster Keith Macklin providing live commentary from the streets of Preston, while strapped to the top of the station’s Land Rover driven by commercial producer Jerry Rowlands. Phil Sayer was in the studio linking it all together.

The whole thing was a brilliant team effort with various presenters and journalists joining in the fun along the route. Dave Cochran’s engineering team did an amazing job using the technology available at the time, as did Programme Controller Mike Henfield and Senior Producer Mike Green.

Many thanks to Red Rose Radio listener Stephen Foxcroft who recorded the entire event on cassette tape as it happenned. He’s just sent me 8 CD audio discs of the broadcast which I hope to make available for you to hear. 

In the meantime here’s how it all began, as presenter Sally Moon fired the starter pistol.

Red Rose Half Marathon clip 1984.mp3

Archive recording of Stuart Ellis on Century 105 taking a call from David Bowie

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Radio Whiston commentary from the 150th Rainhill Steam Cavalcade 25th May 1980.
With Dave Gornall and Derek Webster

RAINHILL STEAM CAVALCADE 25th May 1980

On February 28th 2020 former colleagues of Red Rose Radio and 97.4 Rock FM gathered for one last time at St Paul's Church, Preston, home of Lancashire's first commercial radio station since 1982.

FAREWELL TO ST PAUL'S

Matt Mason from Accrington tells Burnley College Radio about plans to row from New York’s Brooklyn Bridge to London’s Tower Bridge.

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