Back in January 1998, I did my first ever ‘voice track’ show. I had recently arrived from Paisley’s Qfm and was the new Programme Director of Scot FM where one of my jobs was to take on the Late Night … Continue reading
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February 23, 2021
by johnco
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World Radio Day 2021
I wrote this on 13th February on Facebook, just a wee post to mark World Radio Day. It got a ridiculous number of likes and kind comments, so I thought I’d post it here for posterity! Back in 1977, 14 … Continue reading
January 22, 2018
by johnco
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A teen finally finds the studio
I had the radio bug. Listening wasn’t enough. I needed to understand how all the parts went together. The shows were impossibly sexy sounding. Dave Marshall on breakfast on Clyde sounded like he was high up a tower looking down … Continue reading
January 7, 2018
by johnco
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An unlikely start
I was born in 1963. That’s the year the pirate stations started broadcasting from just outside territorial waters, but in the town of Grangemouth in central Scotland there was no such challenge. Life was pretty simple. Mum was a teacher, … Continue reading
January 17, 2017
by johnco
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Doing The DAB
I’m taking part in this event next month, asking lots of pertinent question of the great and the good after the lovely Stuart Barrie gets the evening going. Ay questions you want me to ask? Glasgow’s dynamic and thriving … Continue reading
January 11, 2017
by johnco
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Hello again, world!
About a year ago at the end of 2015 my blog went off line. It turns out it was hacked via the comments section of the site and was being used by bad guys to send spam. My ISP and … Continue reading
December 14, 2014
by johnco
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While Air Traffic Wasn’t, LBC Was Soaring
I was driving home on Friday afternoon, listening to Julia Hartley Brewer on LBC. It was a fairly ordinary phone in about (I think) immigration or a similar topic that gets the phones lighting up at an otherwise slow time. … Continue reading
December 11, 2014
by johnco
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While The Radio Academy Circles The Drain
I think I’ve calmed down a bit since last night when I followed the Radio Academy’s AGM on twitter and then read a few blogs. Two things stuck with me. Firstly the fact that while the need for change is … Continue reading
November 23, 2014
by johnco
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Live & Local v. Real & Relevant
Years ago, in a meeting with Ross MacFadyen at the RNIB’s wonderful Insight Radio in Glasgow I heard a phrase for the first time. “Yes we’re a community station, but what we serve is a community of interest”. He was making … Continue reading
October 27, 2014
by johnco
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Radio Hero: Jimmy Mack
Ten years since his passing, I’ve realised that the more I worked with Jimmy Mack, the more I admired him. I first met him in the mid 80s but had already listened for years to his show on BBC Radio … Continue reading