Copyright resides with Pete Simpkin, no reproduction without permission. Here is a podcast from presenter and producer Pete Simpkin reminiscing on diverse experiences of working over Christmas on Radio Birmingham and Radio WM. Andy Walters left the following comment on the Facebook page: ‘It’s not that much different today. This years WM Carol service was [...]
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Copyright resides with the original holders, no reproduction without permission. Radio Birmingham producer/presenter Pete Simpkin has three cartoons of himself from when he worked at Pebble Mill. The first relates to an OB he did for the Afternoon show ‘Good Company’, from the Saddlers Centre, Walsall. The second was drawn by Rolf Harris whilst Pete interviewed him, [...]
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Photos by Philip Morgan, no reproduction without permission. Here are some photos by Philip Morgan of Radio WM, taken in November 2004, at the viewing before the auction to sell off all the Pebble Mill fixtures and fittings, before the building was demolished. I particularly like the sign for ‘Radio Birmingham 206′ pinned up by [...]
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Copyright resides with Pete Simpkin, no reproduction without permission. This audio slideshow of 1970s and ’80s photographs, was produced by Pete Simpkin, and used when he gave talks about the work of Radio Birmingham ‘Heart of the Nation’. It dates from the time when Pete presented the Breakfast programme, and illustrates the daily routine of [...]
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Copyright resides with the original holder, no reproduction without permission. This photo is of Maggy Whitehouse, who was a BBC Radio WM breakfast presenter back in 1983. She presented the Breakfast show for a year and then a lunchtime interview show for two years.
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