S03 E10 - Dick Stone

01/22/24 • 75 min

When considering a 'radio name', you could literally choose ANYTHING. But we find out early on in this episode that Dick chose, well, Dick. To be fair, it did lead to the best named breakfast show radio have ever seen! But as he helpfully suggests, "Don't Google 'Dick Stone'".

Dick is a programming stalwart, running Ram, Trent, the Hit Music Network, Capital East Mids and the Smooth network. Most people reading this will probably have worked for him for goodness sake!

But we also find out about his days before he was the boss, when he had to mimic another presenter to get his first professional gig.

We also find out that he once took some presenters hostage in his office. Kind of.

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Read Dick's insightful and sage radio blog here: https://dick-stone.com/blog/

And follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DickStone

Dick is a programming stalwart, running Ram, Trent, the Hit Music Network, Capital East Mids and the Smooth network. Most people reading this will probably have worked for him for goodness sake!

But we also find out about his days before he was the boss, when he had to mimic another presenter to get his first professional gig.

We also find out that he once took some presenters hostage in his office. Kind of.

If you're enjoying Crunch & Roll, please give us a nice review on your podcast app.

And subscribe / follow us, so you get every new episode as soon as they drop.

We're also on Ko-Fi if you'd like to buy us a coffee (or radio station mugs off Ebay) - Just click here: https://ko-fi.com/crunchandroll

Read Dick's insightful and sage radio blog here: https://dick-stone.com/blog/

And follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DickStone

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S03 E09 - Nigel ’Fresh’ Freshman

The guest on this episode could be called a 'one station man'.... that is if he hadn't moved somewhere else almost exactly ten years ago!

Nigel Freshman*, or Fresh to his listeners, was undeniably 'Mr Beacon' until his love affair with the station turned sour and he moved to Smooth West Midlands where he still plies his trade.

So he's pretty much a legend in the West Midlands and can’t walk down Bilston high street without getting mobbed!

It's another episode full of tremendous stories and brutal honesty. Well, life would be boring if we all thought the same things...

He tells us about a recent medical diagnosis, the crazy times with a former co-presenter, how his fancy car put him in a new bosses bad books, his part in what is now the most cited case in media law... and his thoughts on his final couple of years at Beacon, in which Foxy admits to never being so awkward...

You can hear Fresh on the Smooth Radio West Midlands Breakfast Show, weekdays 6-10: https://www.smoothradio.com/westmids/

And Aircheck Downloads have a couple of clips from back in the Beacon days: https://www.aircheckdownloads.com/audio-search?term=fresh&sort_bef_combine=relevance_DESC

And follow Fresh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nigelfreshman

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*Listen after the credits to find out the real story of his name.

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S03 E11 - Simon Ross

A greased eel. The fur of a chinchilla. A babies bum.

When it comes to smoothness, this lot just aren't cutting the mustard, because Rossie's voice is smoother than an otter in socks, sliding down a lubed-up iceberg.

But you don't have a CV like his by simply having a great voice. His claim that he's the only person Parky never called up on the XD to give the hairdryer treatment to is probably testament to that.

He's had stints working at Radio City, Radio Aire and imperial phase Capital, but now hosts one of the biggest shows around, breakfast on Greatest Hits Radio.

And with such an accomplished CV it makes sense that he's a brilliant story teller with brilliant stories to tell.

Like the time he pinched a celebs booze stash at Party in the Park; how he almost didn't do his first show at Capital thanks to nerves; and an unfortunate (but hilarious) selfie incident.

And did we mention his voice..?

Catch Rossie on Great Hits Radio Breakfast: https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/west-midlands/

There's TONS of classic Rossie on Aircheck Downloads: https://www.aircheckdownloads.com/audio-search?term=simon+ross&sort_bef_combine=relevance_DESC

And here he is on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rossie7dj