Written at the start of 4 hours of insomnia - 05/01/06
I was just thinking about deceased radio personalities: namely, John Peel and Tommy Vance - both people I thought interesting and likeable for being so unlike the average over 60s, yet I only ever heard Peel's show a handful of times due to its time-slot (and the fact that I abandoned Radio 1 when I was old enough to be up at that time). In Vance's case, I only ever saw him on two appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
Both have made me fear for the life of Terry Wogan - Master of Radio 2. His infinitely-running breakfast show is on too early (ie, it's on in the morning) for me to ever be a regular listener, but the times I have heard it were post-modern genius*. I watch the Eurovision Song Contest just to hear Wogan, like most people (certainly not for the music). This once a year chance to hear Wogan (except for 1998 when he was hosting it and we could see him) makes me feel the clock's ticking for him - I need more Wogan whilst he's still alive! IIRC, he's retiring from radio in 2007 - so I make my (only ever) New Year's resolution to listen to his show through the BBC's Listen Again feature when I'm not listening to anything.
*I don't know why it's post-modern, perhaps it's the lack of sleep...
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