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Hello Friends .... further to my previous post about the loss of Roy Beagley's late night shows. As Roy is on holiday ne...
10/04/2025

Hello Friends .... further to my previous post about the loss of Roy Beagley's late night shows. As Roy is on holiday next week I have set the same two shows to run at the proper times next Tuesday night. I hope that's okay.

Apologies for the problem with the Roy Beagley programme last night. I got a phone call at 11.15 but it took half an hou...
09/04/2025

Apologies for the problem with the Roy Beagley programme last night. I got a phone call at 11.15 but it took half an hour to get to the studio. I managed to get Roy on-air at midnight.

I don't come on Facebook much these days, but while I'm here I'd like to thank yesterday's guests. Ian from the Emsworth Concert Band and Claire & Julia from Rowlands Castle WI .... here are their photos -

Another chance to hear 'Remembering Ian Horner' today at noon. Hopefully we'll hear the entire show without the technica...
25/02/2025

Another chance to hear 'Remembering Ian Horner' today at noon. Hopefully we'll hear the entire show without the technical troubles of a couple of weeks ago.
(Photo: Ian in his garden)

Good morning Chums, Chris has just finished adding up yesterday evening's Pay-to-Play pledges and adding them to the pre...
19/02/2025

Good morning Chums, Chris has just finished adding up yesterday evening's Pay-to-Play pledges and adding them to the previous running total. So, as of 10am today the rolling total is £3,158:43 .... which is fabulous, especially as I organised it at very short notice and only had 2 or 3 days to publicise it.
A huge thank you to all who took part and all who donated.
Best wishes
Tony

Another update on our Pay-to-Play running total. At 3pm it's now £1,377.50Super ... thank you.
18/02/2025

Another update on our Pay-to-Play running total. At 3pm it's now £1,377.50
Super ... thank you.

Lovely to hear from so many of you on today's Pay-to-Play Day. The running total at 1pm was £906.50p.Thank you so much.T...
18/02/2025

Lovely to hear from so many of you on today's Pay-to-Play Day. The running total at 1pm was £906.50p.
Thank you so much.
Tony & the Team

Our Pay-to-Play Day will be from 8am until midnight on Tuesday 18th February. We look forward to hearing your requests o...
16/02/2025

Our Pay-to-Play Day will be from 8am until midnight on Tuesday 18th February. We look forward to hearing your requests on 0800 014 1955 and [email protected]
8.00 PAY-to-PLAY BREAKFAST BUSTLE – Tony
9.00 Mark & Josie
11.00 Vic
12.00 Bob Hind & Bob Sevier
1.00 Roy Beagley
3.00 Pete & Jason
6.00 Big Col & Lesley
8.00 David
12.00 STARDUST THROUGH THE NIGHT

News of the passing of another 'Angel' ... Margaret Leigh Morgan.Margaret joined Angel Radio to work as receptionist for...
30/01/2025

News of the passing of another 'Angel' ... Margaret Leigh Morgan.
Margaret joined Angel Radio to work as receptionist for the presenter Mister Nigel, but was soon coaxed on-air and became the UK's oldest radio presenter. She appeared on the BBC News red sofa with Charley Stayt and Louise Minchin. A couple of years ago Margaret moved into Bere Grove Care Home in Horndean where I chatted to her in her 100th year. Margaret enjoyed a long, healthy, and eventful life. She was 102 years young.

I'm very sad to announce the passing of one of our longest serving presenters yesterday, 28th January. Ian Horner was on...
29/01/2025

I'm very sad to announce the passing of one of our longest serving presenters yesterday, 28th January. Ian Horner was one of Angel Radio's most knowledgeable presenters on the subject of 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s music.
Ian met his life partner, Ron, in the 1940s. They lived in Ashburton, Devon. Ron passed away a few years ago.
Ian Horner died age 97 after a short illness.

Hot off the press... Angel Radio will be added to Basingstoke's DAB multiplex later tonight. A huge thank you to Ash Elf...
24/01/2025

Hot off the press... Angel Radio will be added to Basingstoke's DAB multiplex later tonight. A huge thank you to Ash Elford for this.

08/01/2025

1.30pm on 8th January we have a BT outage at the studio. No Internet. No phones. Angel Radio and Swinging Radio 60s both off-air.

TUNEIN ..... After 163 emails from me to TuneIn over the past weeks, and dozens more emails from our listeners, Angel Ra...
06/01/2025

TUNEIN ..... After 163 emails from me to TuneIn over the past weeks, and dozens more emails from our listeners, Angel Radio is finally back on TuneIn, which means we should also be back on your smart speakers and internet radios.
We are now helping Gateway 97.8 to get back on TuneIn.

Good morning chums .... we have just a skeleton crew working over New Years Eve and New Years Day. Several of our team a...
31/12/2024

Good morning chums .... we have just a skeleton crew working over New Years Eve and New Years Day. Several of our team are taking well-earned breaks. So I have edited archive shows to fill the gaps.
Roy will be live on-air today (Tuesday) and so will Pete Cross, but other shows will have been especially recorded for the occasion, or from our archives.
Tomorrow, (Wednesday) Sandy will be live on-air and there will be a request show at 7.35pm.
Hopefully we'll soon be back to full strength.

Tuesday - 31st December

7.35 GOOD MORNING - David
8.00 BREAKFAST BUSTLE - Tony
9.00 LATE BREAKFAST – Tony
9.20 BEST IN COUNTRY MUSIC – Ted Laker
9.50 COFFEE TIME EXERCISES
10.00 ROY BEAGLEY LIVE FROM THE USA
12.00 IRIS – LISTEN TO MY MUSIC
2.00 WIRELESS WAFFLE – Pete Cross
4.00 THEO BAKKER
5.00 DAVID’S DOUBLE
5.30 TEA DANCE – Peter Clarke
6.00 THE DANCE BAND DAYS – Tony Bradley
6.30 LIFE WITH THE LYONS
7.00 LIGHT & EASY – Bill Davis
8.00 NEW YEARS EVE WITH DAVID
11.00 BEAGLEY’S NEW YEAR – Roy Beagley

Wednesday 1st January

2.00 DAVE GAMBLEN’S 60s
3.00 THE LONDON AMERICAN LABEL – Henry Turtle
4.00 RICHARD’S NOVELTY NOSTALGIA
4.30 ANYTHING GOES – Richard Stevens
5.30 GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY
5.35 JAZZ GREATS – Ian Horner
6.05 CLASSICS WE LOVE – Rod Hardisty
7.05 DANCE BAND DAYS – Tony Bradley
7.30 GOOD MORNING – Bubbles
8.00 BREAKFAST BUSTLE – Tony
9.00 SNAP & CRACKLE – Sharon
9.55 EXERCISES
11.00 SANDY’S YESTERDAYS
12.30 ALL OVER THE PLACE – DAB Dave
1.30 PORTRAIT – Arthur Askey
2.00 HOLGER’S WORLD OF MUSIC
3.00 ANGEL GOES TO THE MUSICALS – Pete Pitman
4.00 BRIAN'S MAGICAL MEMORIES
6.00 THE FAB 50s – Les Peckham
7.00 BOB SEVIER – Gems from the Vaults
7.35 MIDWEEK REQUESTS –
10.05 HOT PIPES – Steve Ashley - theatre organ
10.35 GEOFF PORTER – Light Music
11.10 THE NATIONAL GUARD SHOW - Henry Mancini
11.25 SPOTLIGHT ON JIMMY YOUNG – Jeannie
12.15 WILLIE SPINS THE 60s
1.20 GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY
1.25 PAT'S MOVIES & MUSICALS
3.40 AUDREY’S CHATS & TUNES
4.35 ANNE’S 1930s
5.30 SHEP WOOLLEY’S SUITCASE
7.25 GOOD MORNING – Sean
8.00 BREAKFAST BUSTLE – Tony

Problems with TuneIn .... as many of you will know, TuneIn have removed Angel Radio from their internet streams, which m...
31/12/2024

Problems with TuneIn .... as many of you will know, TuneIn have removed Angel Radio from their internet streams, which means we have disappeared from Alexa, Google smart speakers, and internet radios. Over the past week I have sent and/or received 81 emails to TuneIn. I have completed their "Change of Service" forms 6-times. TuneIn have now blocked my emails. So I can do no more.
I have answered dozens of emails from Alexa users and have pointed them to the Amazon page that enables Alexa users to bypass TuneIn https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nation-Broadcasting-Limited-Angel-Radio/dp/B0887Y2TX9 but that doesn't work for Google smart speakers. However, asking Google speakers to find Angel Radio in a different way has worked for some people, but not everyone.
If you use Google smart speakers, and have discovered a way of receiving Angel Radio, please add your method to this post.
Thank you.

Angel Radio

Hello Chums .... A few changes to our normal schedule on Christmas Eve -7.35 GOOD MORNING - David8.00 BREAKFAST BUSTLE -...
23/12/2024

Hello Chums .... A few changes to our normal schedule on Christmas Eve -
7.35 GOOD MORNING - David
8.00 BREAKFAST BUSTLE - Tony
9.00 LATE BREAKFAST – Tony
9.20 BEST IN COUNTRY MUSIC – Ted Laker
9.50 COFFEE TIME EXERCISES
10.00 ROY BEAGLEY NOT LIVE FROM THE USA
12.00 WILLIE SPINS CHRISTMAS
1.00 WIRELESS WAFFLE – Pete & Percy
4.00 THEO BAKKER
5.00 DAVID’S DOUBLE
5.30 TEA DANCE – Peter Clarke
6.00 THE DANCE BAND DAYS – Tony Bradley
6.30 LIFE WITH THE LYONS
7.00 LIGHT & EASY – Bill Davis
8.00 TUESDAY REQUESTS WITH DAVID
10.30 PAT – WHERE OR WHEN
11.00 BEAGLEY AT CHRISTMAS – Roy Beagley
2.00 DAVE GAMBLEN’S 60s
2.55 THE LONDON AMERICAN LABEL – Henry Turtle
3.50 RICHARD’S NOVELTY NOSTALGIA
4.25 ANYTHING GOES – Richard Stevens
5.25 GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY
5.30 JAZZ GREATS – Ian Horner
5.55 CLASSICS WE LOVE – Rod Hardisty
6.55 DANCE BAND DAYS – Tony Bradley
7.25 GOOD MORNING – Bubbles
7.55 BREAKFAST BUSTLE – Tony
8.50 CHRISTMAS MORNING SERVICE – Bob Mason
9.30 SNAP & CRACKLE – Sharon

Good morning chums. Trouble at t'mill this morning. Vic was due to present the Breakfast Bustle this morning, followed b...
19/12/2024

Good morning chums. Trouble at t'mill this morning. Vic was due to present the Breakfast Bustle this morning, followed by his New to Me show. Lesley emailed me last night to say Vic was ill. I emailed Ivan to ask if he could do the shows, but he has to work today. So I have put on two recorded shows to fill the spaces.
Lesley will be on-air at 11am and will explain further. I have also done the diary and programme schedule for her, which she will read out on her show. I am now at the airport awaiting a flight home and will be back to bring you Friday morning's Breakfast Bustle.
My holiday seems doomed this year.

Tuesday 10th December: Good morning chums. Several things to tell you. I was planning on doing this morning's Breakfast ...
10/12/2024

Tuesday 10th December: Good morning chums. Several things to tell you. I was planning on doing this morning's Breakfast Bustle but unfortunately the hotel wi-fi here has been quite dreadful this morning. So I have had to put a substitute programme on instead. It is one from our archives of about 7-years ago, GI Jive with Johnny Zero. To cover the Late Breakfast I have put on one of the 'mock concerts' I produced many years ago, this one featuring Winifred Atwell. Here is the full schedule -
7.35 GOOD MORNING - David
8.00 GI JIVE - Johnny Zero
9.00 LATE BREAKFAST – Winifred Atwell
9.20 BEST IN COUNTRY MUSIC – Ted Laker
9.50 COFFEE TIME EXERCISES
10.00 ROY BEAGLEY LIVE FROM THE USA
12.00 IRIS - LISTEN TO MY MUSIC
2.00 WIRELESS WAFFLE – Pete Cross
4.00 THEO BAKKER
5.00 DAVID’S DOUBLE
5.30 TEA DANCE – Peter Clarke
6.00 THE DANCE BAND DAYS – Tony Bradley
6.30 LIFE WITH THE LYONS
7.00 LIGHT & EASY – Bill Davis
8.00 TUESDAY REQUESTS WITH DAVID
10.30 PAT – SWINGING DOWN MEMORY LANE
11.00 AFTER HOURS – Cool Jazz with Roy Beagley
12.00 BEAGLEY AT NIGHT – Roy Beagley from his home in the USA
2.00 DAVE GAMBLEN’S 60s
2.55 THE LONDON AMERICAN LABEL – Henry Turtle
3.50 RICHARD’S NOVELTY NOSTALGIA
4.15 MAGIC OF MANTOVANI
4.35 BREAKAWAY – Richard Stevens
5.30 GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY
5.35 JAZZ GREATS – Ian Horner
6.05 CLASSICS WE LOVE – Rod Hardisty
7.05 DANCE BAND DAYS – Tony Bradley
7.30 GOOD MORNING – Bubbles
8.00 BREAKFAST BUSTLE – Tony
For those chums who have lost us off Alexa, yet again this is the fault of that bunch of incompetents at TuneIn and is out of our control. Our tech-guy Ash, and several listeners, have been in contact with TuneIn, but the term 'hitting your head against a brick wall' is the one which best describes the situation.
If you have an Alexa device you can bypass TuneIn by going to -
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nation.../dp/B0887Y2TX9
Click the ENABLE button, and then say "Alexa play Angel Radio"

Friday 6th December: Good morning chums. I have 5 members of our staff away today, so things will sound a little bit dif...
06/12/2024

Friday 6th December: Good morning chums. I have 5 members of our staff away today, so things will sound a little bit different to usual Fridays. Ivan will bring you the Breakfast Bustle. The Late Breakfast at 9am will be listener's voices from the answerphone and the records they have requested. At 10.30 we have an extended version of Journey into Space, which means our Lunchtime Concert will start at 11.15am. Vic is sitting in for Mark & Josie at 1pm to play your requests. Rich is celebrating his anniversary, so the 4 o'clock rock will be Dave Gamblen. Big Col and Lesley are at a works party, so there will be an archive Big Col show instead. Ted Nunn will be back next Friday, but tonight's show is from our archives.
All back to normal tomorrow.
Tony: Station Manager

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ANGEL RADIO

Angel Radio was the brainchild of electrician, art & design technician and former pirate radio operator, Tony Smith. This unique station, Angel Radio, was launched in 1999 to bring music and memories into the homes of older people at a time when most other radio stations were concentrating on much younger listeners. It was also Tony Smith’s ambition to provide an opportunity for older people to participate in the running of the station, including the creation and presenting of programmes. Tony himself is 65 and visually impaired as a result of several strokes. He has demonstrated that despite some of the effects of ageing, it is still possible to learn new skills and enjoy being part of a friendly community, whether in person or through the airwaves.

Angel Radio began as a temporary broadcaster in Portsmouth with a licence of just a few days. It was designed as a 24-hour a day ‘memory box’ with presenters playing music from the 1920s to the early 1960s and providing friendly, informal, memory-jogging chit-chat. The first broadcast proved so popular that several further short-term licences enabled the station to become more established. Its unique nature gained national publicity, including a dedicated leader column in The Times newspaper, a five-minute news feature on BBC Radio 4, and Portsmouth City Primary Care Trust awarding Angel Radio ‘Most Effective Public Information Project 2001’.

At that time, temporary 28-day licences were the only way a small community group could broadcast. The radio waves were primarily under the ownership of the BBC or large commercial stations. However, in 2002 the Radio Authority (now part of Ofcom) invited Angel to run on a full-time licence, as an experiment to test the feasibility and viability of a small group of volunteers running their own community radio service. After Angel, and several other ‘Access’ stations had run, non-stop, for four years, the experiment was judged successful, with one of Ofcom’s leading figures, Kevin Carey, stating “Angel Radio is fabulously offbeat but it has the potential to be a national brand”. The all-round social benefits for Angel’s team of volunteers and regular listeners to the station had proved substantial. Responses from both clearly indicated a rise in self-esteem and a positive effect on reducing both the sense of, and the reality of social isolation. Local charities spotlighted by the station had shown an increase in those taking advantage of their services, listeners and local organisations were contributing to a regular weekly calendar of local events and activities, and the station was providing information and advice on a variety of listener concerns such as scams and cold-callers. In 2006 Ofcom announced that they would be issuing the first full-time community radio licences. There are currently around 240 community radio stations serving small communities of interest around the UK. Having been on air continuously since February 2002, Angel Radio is the longest running community licensee and is still unique in both the music it plays and its aim to offer mental and physical stimulation to older people, provided by older people, in a relaxed, informal atmosphere, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Whilst Angel’s uniqueness continued to attract national TV and radio news and documentaries, until 2010 it was still only broadcasting to an area of about 15 miles on FM. There was plenty of feedback from potential listeners living outside the broadcast area, who had read or heard about the station. So, in 2010, Angel Radio began broadcasting on a regional digital (DAB) network covering West Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Initially, this cost many thousands of £££s per year, but the huge rise in listener numbers and their donations offset a major amount of the expense. Although Angel continues to seek financial support from a variety of sources, the largest part of Angel’s funding has always been listener donations. In 2014 Angel Radio attempted to take over Portsmouth’s commercial broadcaster, The Breeze, which would have enabled Angel Radio’s FM signal to be considerably stronger, raising its potential FM audience by tens of thousands. Although the bid failed, Ofcom advertised another community licencence for the Portsmouth & Havant area, which Angel applied for using the mass of positive information originally collected for the bid for The Breeze. Ofcom were impressed by the quality of Angel Radio’s proposals and they granted the station the new FM broadcast licence which provided the extended FM coverage that the Breeze takeover would have provided. FM is often still the radio of choice for older people. Angel Radio is currently seeking Ofcom’s permission for a further expansion of its coverage to include the city of Chichester. In 2015 the increased income from listener donations, and income from Angel Radio’s experimental Small Scale DAB transmissions, enabled further expansion of Angel’s DAB coverage too. For those with digital radios, Angel Radio currently broadcasts to London, Glasgow, Birmingham, Norwich, Brighton, Aldershot, Cambridge and Woking, in addition to West Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. This expansion is due to the groundbreaking work of Angel Radio’s Digital Development Manager, Ash Elford.