by Dave Porter | 23rd May 2013
The irony of it is not lost on me. Just a couple of weeks ago Helen and I went to a party for my good friend Paddy MacDee, to celebrate his forty years in the radio industry in the North East. The great and the good, and the not so good, of North East broadcasting...
by Dave Porter | 21st May 2013
The demise of British radio is very sad, but perhaps it’s had its day. I feel lucky to have worked in the radio industry during the ‘good days’. The 1970’s – 1990’s were the good days when radio was vibrant, fun and creative. In the...
by Dave Porter | 15th April 2013
So, the official chart is out and the song that people have been buying in the aftermath of the death of Margaret Thatcher, has failed to make it to number one. As I said in my last post on this subject, it now takes very little to get into the single chart in the UK....
by Dave Porter | 13th April 2013
In the 1960’s there was only one way to buy music, you had to go to a ‘record shop’ and hand over your money. A ‘single’ in those days cost six shillings and eight pence, you could therefore buy three for a pound. I remember once as a boy...
by Dave Porter | 27th December 2012
I like to read, it’s relaxing, informative and entertaining. I’ll read all sorts of book, I’ve just read a book by a woman I met not so long ago. It’s called ‘I’m Still Standing’ by Mel Carnegie. It’s the harrowing story...
by Dave Porter | 18th December 2012
I am disappointed that I am again having to blog about gun control in America. I last blogged about this in September when police shot nine people on the streets of New York. But following the terrible tragedy at Newtown, Connecticut, I agree with President Obama,...
