Radiostation Stories

70 Stories

Sit-in here in limbo : 1986 : Community Service Volunteers & Radio Thamesmead by grantgoddard
Sit-in here in limbo : 1986 : Comm...by Grant Goddard
"It's just like the multinational pharmaceutical businesses deliberately designing toothpaste tubes so that you cannot squeeze out the last bit of toothpaste,"...
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Watch out! Watch out! There's a Houdini about : 1980 : Metro Radio by grantgoddard
Watch out! Watch out! There's a Ho...by Grant Goddard
Do you believe in destiny? Not the Bardot-like Angels squadron leader Destiny who battled evil-ised Captain Black and the mysterious Mysterons. No, destiny as in fate. T...
A little radio knowledge is dangerous : 2003 : Neil Romain, Radio Authority by grantgoddard
A little radio knowledge is danger...by Grant Goddard
It was a hostage situation. I was sat on a chair in a large, empty room. An angry man was pacing in circles around me, shouting questions: "What have you done?"...
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My life as a seadog : 1985 : The Voice of Peace, Tel Aviv by grantgoddard
My life as a seadog : 1985 : The V...by Grant Goddard
The prostitute was perched on the edge of my bed. Using the elementary Hebrew I had learned from children's television, we chatted about her young daughter and the disas...
The invisible manager : 1993 : Bud Stiker, Radio Juventus, Hungary by grantgoddard
The invisible manager : 1993 : Bud...by Grant Goddard
Nazi soldiers were everywhere. Battalions of Nazis marching down wide boulevards. Nazis standing on convoys of tanks, waving flags. Row upon row of Nazis saluting speech...
From Russia with lawlessness : 1994 : Metromedia, Park Place, Moscow by grantgoddard
From Russia with lawlessness : 199...by Grant Goddard
"I am a paediatric doctor," said the young woman cleaning the toilet bowl in the bathroom of my apartment. "I work at the hospital during the day but I ca...
The radio station (analog horror)  by Pinkprecurefan
The radio station (analog horror) by McKenzie Cooley
The analog horror adaptation of the 2021 chilla's art horror game of the same name.
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One small step for radio, a giant leap for black music : 1990 : KISS FM launch by grantgoddard
One small step for radio, a giant...by Grant Goddard
The final few days before KISS FM's official launch were a blur of frenetic activity and outright panic. It was only at this late date that construction of the three stu...
Don't play that song for me : 2004 : unusual FM radio formats, Phnom Penh by grantgoddard
Don't play that song for me : 2004...by Grant Goddard
Here in Phnom Penh, there are seventeen radio stations on the FM dial, even though Cambodia's capital city has a population of less than a million. But you are more like...
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Baby, we were bored to death : 2000 : FM radio station market, Toronto by grantgoddard
Baby, we were bored to death : 200...by Grant Goddard
Why does Toronto have such insipid and boring radio? Our city is vibrant, artistic, culturally diverse and entertaining, so why is none of that reflected in our uninspir...
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Why are Canadian radio station audience data a state secret? : 2000 : BBM Canada by grantgoddard
Why are Canadian radio station aud...by Grant Goddard
Letters to the Editors, Marketing Magazine, Toronto Dear Sirs I am a radio programming consultant based in Toronto with twenty years' experience in the industry. My work...
The great brains robber fearful his collar... : 1991 : Gordon McNamee, KISS FM by grantgoddard
The great brains robber fearful hi...by Grant Goddard
"If this gets out, we're screwed," my boss told me. Actually, I have paraphrased because at least one expletive was guaranteed in this man's every sentence. He...
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I can't dance to that music you're playin' : 1970 : Emperor Rosko, Paris Theatre by grantgoddard
I can't dance to that music you're...by Grant Goddard
"Would you like to dance?" the girl asked. I was dumbfounded. Nobody had ever asked me to dance. Particularly a girl! "Er, no thanks," I mumbled path...
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Knock me down with a mugger : 1986 : Share A Capital Christmas, Capital Radio by grantgoddard
Knock me down with a mugger : 1986...by Grant Goddard
Blam!! A sudden force on my back knocked me over in a second. No time to figure out what had just happened. I was sprawled front-down on the floor with a weight on my ba...
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One good turn deserves a cold shoulder? : 2004 : BBC World Service, Phnom Penh by grantgoddard
One good turn deserves a cold shou...by Grant Goddard
"I understand you're an expert in messaging," said the woman sat behind the desk. I looked blank. I had absolutely no idea what she was talking about. If she m...
One little indie music show : 1980-1981 : Saturday night 10 to 12, Metro Radio by grantgoddard
One little indie music show : 1980...by Grant Goddard
"You will present a weekly two-hour rock music show on Saturday night," my manager informed me. No if's or but's. No offer over which to mull. No demo tape to...
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Health & safety & death in the workplace : 2004 : BBC World Service, Phnom Penh by grantgoddard
Health & safety & death in the wor...by Grant Goddard
We were standing in a concert hall designed like a futuristic room on the 'Discovery One' spaceship in the film '2001'. Every feature was brilliant white. White plastic...
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See no evil, hear no evil, speak no regulation: 2003: Dumfries, Radio Authority by grantgoddard
See no evil, hear no evil, speak n...by Grant Goddard
When my wife took a job at the United Biscuits factory in Harlesden, she understood she would be making 'Digestives' ... and she was correct. When I took a job at The Ra...
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Land of a thousand cockroaches : 1986-1987 : Deptford Housing Co-op, London by grantgoddard
Land of a thousand cockroaches : 1...by Grant Goddard
"Gimme your money!" he shouted, pointing a pistol at me. He had jumped out from behind some bushes. It was a dark winter evening. I was alone. Nobody was about...
Stoking the star-maker machinery : 1980 : Kate Bush, EMI Records & Metro Radio by grantgoddard
Stoking the star-maker machinery :...by Grant Goddard
"I'm SO sorry," I grovelled to the petite musician on whose foot I had just accidentally trodden. We were stood side-by-side in the record library - my 'office...
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