| Author: | Kym Frederick | ISBN: | 1230001760842 |
| Publisher: | Kym Frederick | Publication: | July 11, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kym Frederick |
| ISBN: | 1230001760842 |
| Publisher: | Kym Frederick |
| Publication: | July 11, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Aberfernando is a small, ex-mining town, situated in South Wales. Yet, mining is not what the town is famous for. No - it is known as the home of the iconic Radio 69. Well, perhaps iconic is a little out of date: Radio 69 is well past it’s glory days of the 70s, 80s & 90s. Now, sadly, Radio 69 is just a small community radio station, struggling to survive.
The local people are still proud of their radio station but unless you are of a certain age or interested in the history of broadcasting, there is a good chance that you will never have heard of Barbara Moon and the rest of the presenters at this small quirky radio station.
Fortunately, there is always a queue of current artists who have not only heard anecdotes about Radio 69 in it’s heyday but are impressed enough to want to visit and see where so many broadcasters’ glittering careers began: where global superstars were given their first air-time. Most days, the radio station has a well-known visitor: perhaps a rising star, keen to be photographed in Barbara Moon’s famous purple chair or an ageing rocker who remembers the good old days and wants to reminisce over a cup of tea and a chocolate chip cookie.
For almost three decades from 1969, Radio 69 thrived. Summer roadshows and Christmas TV specials with the biggest stars of the day were normal. Then, something happened in the late 1990s to turn the nation’s second favourite radio station upside down: something which Barbara, the stations's longest serving presenter cannot forgive or forget.
Is it possible that Radio 69 could rise to glory again?
Aberfernando is a small, ex-mining town, situated in South Wales. Yet, mining is not what the town is famous for. No - it is known as the home of the iconic Radio 69. Well, perhaps iconic is a little out of date: Radio 69 is well past it’s glory days of the 70s, 80s & 90s. Now, sadly, Radio 69 is just a small community radio station, struggling to survive.
The local people are still proud of their radio station but unless you are of a certain age or interested in the history of broadcasting, there is a good chance that you will never have heard of Barbara Moon and the rest of the presenters at this small quirky radio station.
Fortunately, there is always a queue of current artists who have not only heard anecdotes about Radio 69 in it’s heyday but are impressed enough to want to visit and see where so many broadcasters’ glittering careers began: where global superstars were given their first air-time. Most days, the radio station has a well-known visitor: perhaps a rising star, keen to be photographed in Barbara Moon’s famous purple chair or an ageing rocker who remembers the good old days and wants to reminisce over a cup of tea and a chocolate chip cookie.
For almost three decades from 1969, Radio 69 thrived. Summer roadshows and Christmas TV specials with the biggest stars of the day were normal. Then, something happened in the late 1990s to turn the nation’s second favourite radio station upside down: something which Barbara, the stations's longest serving presenter cannot forgive or forget.
Is it possible that Radio 69 could rise to glory again?
