Lyndon Neil
I first became involved in RHB. back in 1999. I was lucky as the
Station had only just relocated from Park Lee Hospital to its new base of
2 studios and 1 office at the Queens Park Hospital now called the Royal
Blackburn Hospital.
I had always wanted to work in radio since listening to David Jenson and
John Peel on Radio One in the 1980’s. I thought how great it must be to play
new bands for the first time and help break new talent into the charts.
My first 3 months were spent training, library work and request collecting
which I carried on doing for a year. It is important to meet the patients, they
are your listeners and captive audience, and I enjoyed hearing what they
had to say, even the relatives.
My first programmes were “Requestline” and “The Double Act” with Graham
Wilbraham on Thursday nights. We played new chart music, comedy
sketches and I read showbiz and football news along with crazy verbal
contributions and impressions. This was followed by my attempts at presenting
And pushing the buttons for Requestline. I was quite confident as I had some
experience on my media degree course (I specialised in radio), but there
have been gaffes and technical errors over the years.
In 2002 I took on the roll of producer for the Saturday afternoon sports shows
featuring all home games at Ewood Park involving Blackburn Rovers. I have
to drive the desk and ensure the live link is running to our commentary team
and give breaking sports news down the line in their headphones.
The following year I was voted in as treasurer on the RHB committee. By this
time I was also presenting my own solo shows:
i) Band Night - Had interviews, tracks & live sessions with local musicians.
ii) The Sunday Alternative - A classic rock and alternative music show which
ran from 2002 to winter 2005, including features such as, Rocks lost highway,
bands that had disappeared without much fame and unearthed obscure Indie
tracks.
iii) I also presented the short lived Random Show - Who’s listeners could
phone in and pick a CD number from the vast RHB collection, my catchphrase
Was “You’ll get what you don’t expect”.
I currently present the Classic Punk and Alternative Music, Sports and The
Indie Zone on Saturday afternoons. Happy listening.
Station had only just relocated from Park Lee Hospital to its new base of
2 studios and 1 office at the Queens Park Hospital now called the Royal
Blackburn Hospital.
I had always wanted to work in radio since listening to David Jenson and
John Peel on Radio One in the 1980’s. I thought how great it must be to play
new bands for the first time and help break new talent into the charts.
My first 3 months were spent training, library work and request collecting
which I carried on doing for a year. It is important to meet the patients, they
are your listeners and captive audience, and I enjoyed hearing what they
had to say, even the relatives.
My first programmes were “Requestline” and “The Double Act” with Graham
Wilbraham on Thursday nights. We played new chart music, comedy
sketches and I read showbiz and football news along with crazy verbal
contributions and impressions. This was followed by my attempts at presenting
And pushing the buttons for Requestline. I was quite confident as I had some
experience on my media degree course (I specialised in radio), but there
have been gaffes and technical errors over the years.
In 2002 I took on the roll of producer for the Saturday afternoon sports shows
featuring all home games at Ewood Park involving Blackburn Rovers. I have
to drive the desk and ensure the live link is running to our commentary team
and give breaking sports news down the line in their headphones.
The following year I was voted in as treasurer on the RHB committee. By this
time I was also presenting my own solo shows:
i) Band Night -
bands that had disappeared without much fame and unearthed obscure Indie
tracks.
iii) I also presented the short lived Random Show -
Was “You’ll get what you don’t expect”.
I currently present the Classic Punk and Alternative Music, Sports and The
Indie Zone on Saturday afternoons. Happy listening.