Well, well, well—what a turnaround. Not so long ago, the BBC decided that its older audience was no longer part of its grand vision. It let go of its most seasoned presenters, revamped Radio 2 to chase a younger demographic, and effectively told millions of loyal listeners: weContinue reading “David Hamilton responds to BBC Radio’s decision to the launch of Radio Two Extra”
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David Hamilton celebrates Sixty years on!
Listeners tuning in their radio sets to the BBC Light Programme on a cold January lunchtime in 1963 would have been treated to Workers Playtime and Listen With Mother. Sandwiched between them was The Beat Show, featuring the Northern Dance Orchestra and famous guest stars, recorded at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester. That show wasContinue reading “David Hamilton celebrates Sixty years on!”
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David Hamilton says ageism is the only acceptable form of discrimination at the BBC ‘Britain’s fat cats’ slammed by David Hamilton over pay disparity ‘In my long life I’ve never seen this country in such a mess as it is now’ Modern music is ‘depressing
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National DJ comes a cropper from Local farmer – bringing a furrow to Diddy David’s brow!
Disaster struck today as Boom Radio’s David Hamilton was taken off air by his local farmer. Living in West Sussex, David broadcasts his Boom Radio Show from home – that is until his local farmer cut through the all-important fibre broadband, leaving him with no connection to the hundreds of thousand listeners. At 83 yearsContinue reading “National DJ comes a cropper from Local farmer – bringing a furrow to Diddy David’s brow!”