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BRMB
RADIO
THE AUDIO FILES
Audio Clips and Jingles
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Presented below is a selection of audio
recordings that I made and collected on compact cassettes
from the 1970's to the 1990's. I hope you enjoy them!
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IF YOU HAVE
ANY RECORDINGS FROM BRMB in the 1970's and 1980's or the RADIO ACOCKS
GREEN spoof, or know of anyone else that might have some of BRMB's
historic programmes recorded on tape...
We'd
certainly like to hear more of Radio Acocks Green and any vintage
recodings of MERCIA SOUND would also be gratefully received. Thank You !
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Here
are
the
amazing
BRMB
Pantomimes
from
1985
and
1986.
I
have
to
say
that
as
I
was
converting
them
from
the
old
original cassette recordings
to MP3 files that the tears were streaming down my face. Many of the
lines and references are 'in jokes' that would be very well recognized
by regular BRMB listeners - but even if you weren't a BRMB enthusiast
I'm sure that it will still be extremely amusing. This is CLASSIC BRMB
so here are some 'Must
Listens' :-
 Click the Pudding to
hear "SLEEPING BEAUTY" - the 1985 BRMB CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME
[56
kps]
Click
the
Pudding
to
hear
"HUMBUG"
-
the
1986
BRMB
CHRISTMAS
PANTOMIME
-
Part 1
[56kps]
Click
the
Pudding
to
hear
"HUMBUG"
-
the
1986
BRMB
CHRISTMAS
PANTOMIME
-
Part 2
[56kps]
BRMB Sound
News with Brian Sheppard (courtesy
Frazer
Sheppard)
If you were a regular BRMB listener in the 1970's and 1980's
I am absolutely certain that you will now miss the unique programmes
that were heard on the station at that time. Here is a chance
to experience a flavour of BRMB's unique and excellent style from that
era. Choose some BRMB Audio below:-
LOTS
OF
OTHER
BRMB
AUDIO:
IBA
Engineering Test Transmissions in 1974 on Medium Wave [64kps]
IBA
Engineering
Test
Transmissions
from
0535 19th February 1974 on VHF
[80k] courtesy John Crump
BRMB - Station Launch with Kevin
Morrison 0600 19th February 1974 [80kps] courtesy John
Crump
BRMB - Launch Day continues (1) with Kevin
Morrison 19th February 1974 [80kps] courtesy John Crump
BRMB - Launch Day continues (2) with Kevin
Morrison 19th February 1974 [80kps] courtesy John
Crump
BRMB - Launch Day continues with Peter
Windows 19th February 1974 [80kps] courtesy John Crump  January 9th 2011
Short Clip of one of the first
moments of BRMB with Brian Sheppard in 1974 courtesy
Frazer Shepperd [128kps]
One of BRMB's first jingles in 1974
[128kps]
BRMB - 'Savin and Scott' plus Ed Doolan - 10:40hrs 4th March 1974 - 1151kHz / 261 metres recorded in Hertfordshire (!) [48kps] October 12th 2011
courtesy Richard Tucker.
Due to the long distance, out of area reception, the signal is weak
& there is some interference on the programme. This 1974 recording
made in Hertfordshire on 1151 kHz is remarkably readable considering
the distance and interference conditions! This recording would have
been made before the then recently launched ILR news station in London,
LBC, moved from its initial, temporary frequency of 719kHz (417 metres)
to its permanent 1151 kHz (261 metres) allocation. Once using 1151 kHz,
LBC would have almost certainly swamped the reception of BRMB in
Hertfordshire - so all in all a remarkable and quite historic find!
BRMB - Adrian Juste station & programme trailers incl Soul Show + Ed Doolan and George Ferguson [64kps] courtesy Keith Brown December 7th 2011
BRMB - Nicky Steele with Soul and Funk & part of the BRMB News with John Rogers 21:03 6th March 1976 [48kps] October 12th 2011
courtesy Richard Tucker
BRMB - Around The World
clip and commercials from summer/september 1979 [64k]
courtesy Julian Watson
Classic BRMB from 1979 - RADIO ACOCKS GREEN
with Jasper Carrott, Ed Doolan, Brian Savin & Adrian Juste,
produced by Phil Dawson [32kps]
TONY
BUTLER's Theme Music for 'BRMB Sport' as used in the 1970's and 1980's
[128kbs]
[By Hurricane Smith -
"Theme From An Unmade Silent Movie" 1972]
Some BRMB jingles and commercials from Red
Stripe Lager, Cadbury's Wispa & Carling Black Label from 1983
[64kps]
The
"BECAUSE'
jingles
-
THE
MASKED
DJ
promo
-
PHIL
HOLDEN
-
JOHN
SLATER
-
NICK MEANWELL ident's, a clip of LES ROSS reading the weather
on
the Breakfast Show in 1986 [64kbs]
Short clips of
Nicky Steele and Phil Holden and BRMB radio commercials from 1986 -
(recorded while mobile) [80kbps] courtesy Julian Watson
BRMB HIGHLIGHTS 1986 -
PART 1 - Brendan talks to his BRMB colleagues about some favourite
moments [32kbs]
BRMB
HIGHLIGHTS 1986 - PART 2 -
Brendan talks to his BRMB colleagues about some favourite
moments. Includes a few more FAVOURITE RADIO BLOOPERS
[32kbs]
BRMB's 13th
BIRTHDAY 1987 - Brendan talks to his fellow BRMB presenters about the
previous 13 years at BRMB [56kbs]
BRENDAN KEARNEY presents
some favourite RADIO BLOOPERS [32kbs]
BRENDAN
KEARNEY presents a hilarious classic Funny Phone Call
[64kbs]
BRENDAN
KEARNEY presents another one of his famous Funny Phone Calls [56kbs]
BRMB FREQUENCY CHANGE - Les
Ross oversees the move from
94.8 to
96.4 and then take listeners' confused reactions on the
phone. [32 kbs]
The FM
Surgery (Part 1) - Brendan Kearney, Mike Owen and Dave Wood discuss the
frequency change from 94.8 to 96.4 - explaining the reasons
and
taking listeners questions [32kbs]
The FM
Surgery (Part 2) - Brendan Kearney, Mike Owen and Dave Wood discuss the
frequency change from 94.8 to 96.4, explaining the reasons and taking
listeners questions [32kbs]
JOHN SLATER -
Hear
some clips of John Slater on the evening specialist music show plus
some of his jingles and idents [32kbs]
JOHN
SLATER a short extract of an interview with MEAT LOAF on a
visit to Birmingham's NEC [48kbs]
GEORGE GAVIN on
the Football Phone In and JOHN SLATER on the evening music programme
[48kbs]
GEORGE GAVIN
and
TOM ROSS with BRMB's SATURDAY SPORT - Hear Aston Villa thrash "poor
little Port Vale" [56kbs]
'Big
City' Jingles and Announcement by Robin Valk about the AM / FM split in
1989 [64kbs]
Nick Meanwell's Late Show
- 1 - "Above Top Secret" - UFO's & Aliens
with Tim Good
[40 kps]
Nick
Meanwell's Late Show - 2 - "Visions Of The Future"-
Premonitions & Lucid Dreaming with Dr Keith
Hearne [48kps]
Nick Meanwell's Late Show
- 3 - "Perspectives" with John Spencer - Alien Abduction &
UFO Theories - 1990
[40kps]
BRMB Snow Desk with George
Gavin from winter 1990 - local power cuts and even the BRMB transmitter
goes off air [64kps]
BRENDAN
KEARNEY returns to BRMB to present The Breakfast Show in 1990 after a
three year break. Includes one of Brendan's FUNNY PHONE CALLS [64kbs]
BRENDAN KEARNEY presents
more RADIO BLOOPERS on his Christmas morning
show in 1990 where he also talks to fellow presenter Andy Hollins and
news man John Hawkins [48kbs]
CELEBRITY
SPORTS
FORUM
with
snooker's
STEVE
DAVIS
-
at
the
Cubbington
Social
Club
with
George
Gavin
& Tom Ross [40kbs]
PHIL
HOLDEN
-
his
unique
wit
and
wisdom
and
his
now
infamous
POP
QUIZ!
[40kbs]
Clips of PHIL HOLDEN on the BRMB
LATE SHOW in 1991 [64kbs]
BRENDAN KEARNEY and ANDY
HOLLINS with the HOLLINS AND KEARNEY Sunday
show - includes the on-air 'bust up' between the two presenters
[64kbs]
The
BRMB
REVIEW
Of
1991
-
broadcast
at
Christmas
1991 [56
kps]
The BRMB news review of 1991 added to this page in November 2009, war
in the Middle East, bankers under fire and Britain in recession.
Nothing seems to change!
BOB LAWRENCE - Last Show on
BRMB - Late Night on July 18th 1993 [80kbs]
LES
ROSS back on BRMB FM in 1993 with the Christmas morning show
[64kbs]
LES
ROSS
-
Last
BRMB
Breakfast
Show
from
Birmingham
International
Railway
Station
on
27/09/2002
-
part
1 [64kbs]
LES
ROSS
-
Last
BRMB
Breakfast
Show
from
Birmingham
International
Railway
Station
on
27/09/2002
-
part
2 [64kbs]
GEORGE GAVIN
- BRMB Sport - 1 - some classic George Gavin & Tom Ross
[100kps] Edited
highlights
-
courtesy
Paul
Tang
GEORGE
GAVIN
-
BRMB
Sport - 2 - some classic
George Gavin & Tom Ross [100kps] Edited
highlights - courtesy Paul Tang
GEORGE
GAVIN
-
BRMB
Sport - 3 - some classic
George Gavin & Tom Ross [100kps] Edited
highlights - courtesy Paul Tang
GEORGE
GAVIN
-
BRMB
Sport
-
4
-
some
classic
George
Gavin
&
Tom
Ross [100kps]
Edited
highlights
-
courtesy
Paul
Tang
GEORGE
GAVIN
-
BRMB
Sport - 5 - some classic
George Gavin & Tom Ross [100kps] Edited
highlights - courtesy Paul Tang
GEORGE
GAVIN
-
BRMB
Sport
-
6
-
some
classic
George
Gavin
&
Tom
Ross [100kps]
Edited
highlights
-
courtesy
Paul
Tang
GEORGE
GAVIN
-
BRMB
Sport
-
7
-
some
classic
George
Gavin
&
Tom
Ross [100kps]
Edited
highlights
-
courtesy
Paul
Tang
Here is a
clip for listeners of Radio Mercury and Southern Sound who were fans of
Timbo in the 1980's. Timbo (Tim Lloyd) sat in for Nick Meanwell
on BRMB in July 1989. The zany madcap style of show was quite different
to
BRMB's usual style which was a little more understated.After one of
Timbo's
repeated comments in this show, did he
ever
work on commercial radio again? Of course he went on to work for BBC
local radio!
TIMBO sitting in for Nick
Meanwell on the Late Show on BRMB in July 1989 [48kps]
BRMB
Presents Sixty Years Of Radio - Transmitted in 1982 - A
fascinating documentary commemorating the start of general radio
broadcasting in Britain in 1922. Produced by David Gilby and
Dennis Rookard of sister ILR station Essex Radio Presented by Steve
Wood and back announced on BRMB by Phil Riley. [48kps]
BRMB
television
advert
in
1994 [64kps]
The
Other Side Of LES ROSS -
Interview by Ed Doolan on BBC Radio WM in 2005 [64kps]
The
Other Side Of TONY BUTLER -
Interview by Ed Doolan on BBC Radio WM in 2003 [64kps]
Long Distance BRMB reception ("DX") - Received on the island of Oland in south east Sweden by Kjell Tunsater in the year 2000 on 96.4 MHz, but who is the presenter?
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RADIO ACOCKS
GREEN
- EVERYONE'S MUSIC SCENE -
Radio
Acocks Green was a very amusing spoof on local radio at the time.
Broadcast in April and on Boxing Day in 1979. Radio Acocks Green
performers include
Birmingham's
funnienst funny-man Jasper Carrott with BRMB's Ed Doolan, Adrian Juste
and Brian Savin with production by Phil Dawson. Almost incredibly Radio
Acocks Green lampooned local
radio and even some of BRMB's own programmes and presenters - the
spoofs included Tony Waiter, a take off of BRMB's legendary sports
presenter Tony Butler, spoof commercials, "Open Line" with Brian Nunn
(rather than BRMB's Alan
Nin) and "Tradio" where Radio
Acocks
Green listeners could sell their unwanted goods, as long as they cost
no more than 5 pence! More about Radio
Acocks Green here >
PLAY : RADIO
ACOCKS GREEN
- 40 minute version [32k]
New upload -
40m extended version - added
March 4th 2010
Keith Burson very kindly sent us this more
extended version.
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IF YOU HAVE
ANY RECORDINGS FROM BRMB in the 1970's and 1980's or the RADIO ACOCKS
GREEN spoof, or know of anyone else that might have some of BRMB's
historic programmes recorded on tape...
We'd
certainly like to hear more of Radio Acocks Green and any vintage
recodings of MERCIA SOUND would also be gratefully received. Thank You !
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Credits:
We sincerely thank John Crump,
Frazer
Sheppard, Julian Watson, Keith Burson, Paul Tang for submitting the
audio recordings identified above, and to everyone else who has
assisted with the BRMB History and Audio section.
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