I have to say how brilliant the The Rest Is History pod is. I just marvel at Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland. Little wonder it’s huge. It’s perfect.

This Day: 1986. 'Morning, morning!'. Changes at BBC Radio 2 under Controller Frances Line. Derek Jameson takes over from Ken Bruce on the breakfast show. #radiomoments

This Day: 1941. The BBC European Service moved to Bush House in Aldwych - where it remained (as part of the @BBCWorldService) until 2012. It had been based temporarily at a disused skating rink in Maida Vale after the bombing of Broadcasting House in 1940. #radiomoments

The Hits Radio rebrands at 6am all started with the same sequence. Here's how it sounded for listeners in Liverpool with JOEL ROSS & Leanne Campbell

How France does a radio station re-brand...

Farewell, Free Radio. It was a wild ride. The initial strap-line was as true off-air as on. We did some things exceptionally well. Best of luck with the new strategy.

Farewell, Lincs FM. We started, survived, grew and thrived - against the odds. I was there when there were three of us, a landline phone and a notepad. Au revoir. Good luck to all involved in radio's next chapter. I trust all wore ties on the farewell day.

This Day: This Day: 2006. Ed Stewart’s last regular show on BBC Radio 2. He’d been there off and on since 1968 #radiomoments

This Day: 1970. In an unprecedented move, the popular pirate station Radio NorthSea International (RNI) was jammed under Government orders with a 'drooling sound'. RNI transmitters were said to be causing interference in Italy and Norway audioboom.com/posts/1328024-… #radiomoments

This Day: 1990. Isle of Wight Radio launched - poetically. On AM at launch, switched to FM 8 years later @IWightRadio audioboom.com/posts/511820-i… #radiomoments

NEW BLOG POST- In Praise Of Stephanie Hirst.(Stephanie Hirst)

'The rich tapestry of radio is all the richer for Stephanie Hirst being in it, and the legacy of her work which has inspired many in their own careers in the medium.'

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Agreed. That’s the way to do it.

This Day: 2013. A chart dilemma - when 'Ding Dong the Witch is Dead' reached Number 2 - following Mrs Thatcher's death - but radio charts decided not to play it, but to explain the background to its popularity. audioboom.com/posts/1326753-… #radiomoments

This Day: 1958. The BBC Radiophonic Workshop opened in the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, creating sounds for BBC drama, jingles & sig tunes - with a £2,000 budget. Salute, Daphne Oram, Desmond Briscoe - and the great Delia Derbyshire. soundonsound.com/people/story-b… #radiomoments

This is my last ever post about parkrun UK - as I won't ever beat today's result. It's downhill all the way now (unlike the Forest Rec parkrun course!). But I'm chuffed with a 22'07' PB this morning. That would shock my old green track-suited PE teacher.

This Day: 1956. The singles chart - published by the NME - was extended further to become a Top 30. #radiomoments

This Day: 2000. Capital - then the UK's largest commercial radio company - bought Border (TV + Century Radio), fighting off bids from Scottish Radio Holdings. Another day that marked out today's radio ownership map. #radiomoments

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This Day: 1998. The first edition of the excellent ‘Home Truths’ on BBC Radio 4 with John Peel. It built on an earlier evening programme called 'Offspring'. 'Home Truths' ended in 2006, two years after John's death. audioboom.com/posts/747413-h… #radiomoments

This Day: 1961: 'Children’s Hour' changed to a ‘Junior Time’ programme of a sometimes shorter duration. #radiomoments