BY NICHOLAS ENGERT When I was growing up in the 1960’s there stood in the corner of our sitting room a magnificent Grundig wireless set. This was radio as furniture – a statement. A polished mahogany cabinet with a facia comprising a loudspeaker grille, below which was the backlit glass “dial” which listed the radio stations from around the world. To either side of the … Continue reading Radio Days
BY ROGER WATSON I have no doubt that many readers of CSM will already be familiar with the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Ed Reardon’s Week. I write this in the hope that I can point some others towards this excellent programme, which began in 2005 and ran its 16th series this year. The eponymous star, played by co-creator Christopher Douglas, is a grumpy, slightly misanthropic failed writer. He … Continue reading Ed Reardon’s Week
BY JOHN MUSGRAVE Britain’s first rock and roll radio station, Radio Caroline, started transmissions this weekend 60 years ago. Despite our country’s role as the world’s leading democracy, free speech has had a tough time of it in Britain. Back in the 60s the establishment loathed the idea of free radio. It couldn’t be controlled and playing rock and roll was considered unwholesome. Nevertheless, Caroline … Continue reading The Importance of Radio Caroline
BY NICK PEARCE After Momentum got annoyed with our Editor for happening to overhear their election strategy on a train, Country Squire Magazine decided the only civilised course of action was to cultivate a source inside Momentum for the duration of this General Election. Momentum are licking their wounds at the moment – fresh from their run-in with the Electoral Commission and after their leader’s embarrassing … Continue reading Momentum Radio
