One from the archives - when your co-host suffers laryngitis - simply turn your breakfast travel bulletin into the style of a late night chat line. 

Tower FM Jingle © IQ Beats.

Radio Travel News - Laryngitis Style

A montage of the main cuts in the 1999 JAM jingle package for Manchester radio station 1458 Lite AM (now 'Gold')

1458 Lite AM - Jingle Montage - JAM - 1999

From the archives - Tower FM Breakfast circa 2008. Trying to promote Bolton 'Wish You Were Here' style... before comparing Judith Chalmers' co-host, John Carter's hair, to the tale of a semiaquatic rodent...

Don't Google "Beaver" live on air

Why I recorded these off air as a kid, I have no idea (probably because Simon Mayo was my radio hero and inspired me to follow a career in broadcasting). So here's a little Radio One nostalgia from 1988 - when Mayo had just taken over breakfast and instigated the top of hour 'huh'. Adrian John, Mark Goodier and Sybil Ruscoe can also be heard here.

BBC Radio 1 - Simon Mayo Breakfast Show - Top of Hour "Huhs" - 1988

Montage of jingles for the BBC North Night Network taken from studio carts in 1992

BBC North - Night Network Jingle Montage - Century 21 - 1992

Montage of the 1992 BBC GMR (Manchester, UK) Jingle package by Airforce - taken from studio carts

BBC GMR - 1992 Jingle Package Montage - Airforce

Montage of the 2008 jingle package for Bolton and Bury's Tower FM by IQ Beats in Seattle

Tower FM - 2008 Jingle Package Montage by IQ Beats

A snapshot of BBC Radio One airchecks from late summer 1989 - beginning with Mark Goodier's top 40 rundown from 20th August and ending with Bruno's chart on 10th September. In between - lots of stuff, including the Roadshow, Gary Davies, Mike Read, Steve Wright... and even Doctor Fish Filleter!

BBC Radio One - Summer 1989 Aircheck Snapshot

"The new station for the new millennium" - Imagine FM's launch jingle package from the year 2000 by Vibe Music Imaging.

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