Who was your favourite Radio 1 DJ as a kid?

Odd konnection korner: Phil Cornwell was the impressionist guy on wright's show. He was also the DJ that Partridge hands over to on I'm Alan Partridge. ("Hello Camp David, what did you have for your tea last night?" "OOooo, mince!" "ha ha")

I never listened to Radio One as a child (Capital roXORed back then - then I moved on to the late lamented GLR) and hence was in the bizarre situation of thinking that Steven Wright (deadpan comedian) was Steve Wright for at least ten seconds when I was twelve.

Jacqui Brambles was very nice to me when she worked for Capital and helped me win a stereo - even if she did insinuate that I had a thing for Belinda Carlisle which was untrue. I just admired her cheekbones.

(The following is by that twat Sean Rowley from his sleevenotes to Dion and Spector's magnificent 'Born To Be With You' alb:

"Every school day afternoon I'd have my portable transistor pressed up to my ear from 3:45pm (school closing time) to 7:00pm (the end of the show). I was fourteen years old and my hero was Roger Scott, Capital Radio's drive time DJ. He played a record by a singer I had begun to idolise, produced by a man who made records that were like pocket symphonies. The record was five minutes forty seconds long and when it finished he played it again in its entirety.

The record was BORN TO BE WITH YOU by Dion, produced by Phil Spector, and Roger Scott was right."

What was that story that DLT used to do on a weekend morning, called something like "bang gotcha junction" that was well odd. I used to like John Waters on radio one on saturday lunchtimes too.

What's a warranty? It's what rabbits have at four o'clock.

There are always lots of Mexicans working in carpet shops. You can hear them running round shouting "Underlay! Underlay!"

Going into territory that not many people will be able to help me with here, but I'll ask anyway: on another forum I read of a strange DJ on some late night slot on a station broadcasting to Liverpool, called "Cousin Matty". Apparently he sounded like a cross between Chris Morris and The League Against Tedium, only this was in 1990, about four years before either of those two became well known. Spoke in deep reverb, jingles were taken from strange US educational films sped up and fucked around with. Often abused callers in a very odd way. Never actually heard it myself, but if you have, can you tell us more about it?

"What I'm doing is not taking a dig at gays or blacks, I'm actually sending up the people that do. The whole thing is a double-double flam if you like - I mean racial prejudice is ridiculous and in a sense the prejudice against gay people, erm, I know black people, I know gay people. I had a guy write to me, he said 'I'm gay actually but I think Gervaise the hairdresser is fantastic'. Well, fine." - Steve Wright, September 1985.

I love the way he weasels out immediately after daring to mention "the prejudice against gay people" ...

And to answer the question - I'm not sure whether I should admit this, but for about a year when I was being educated at home, I *lived* for the Gary Davies show (his later years when he'd dropped the "young, free and single" schtick, largely because it applied no longer): it was a vital part of my daily pattern of life and the definitive break between morning and afternoon work. There are still records I listen to regularly and instantly think back to it (Scritti Politti's "She's A Woman", the KLF's "Last Train To Trancentral"). I also have an incredibly vivid memory of Mark Goodier playing "Iceblink Luck" by the Cocteau Twins as his record of the week on the teatime show: everyone forgets how good he was back then.

Janice Long is still good, even though she's often reduced to giving Bruno Brookes 1994-style shout-outs to truckers on the Radio 2 graveyard shift.

DG = 100% correkt abt steeeeeve lamacq. I wish he'd just FUX0R OFF F0R3VER.

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My memories of him may well be affected by time spent doing news stories for him at NME and a great big mob of us piling into Helen's (his aforementioned ex) Mini to go to shows together. I used to tease him mercilessly about being into Carter USM and still do tease him because he dresses exclusively in promo merchandise.

The strange thing is that I have ABSOLUTELY NEVER doubted what Suzy says about his own personal niceness and amenability. That doesn't, however, necessarily imply great taste in music or great radio, and that is where the problem lies for me. Anyone remember (probably not) when he and Jo Whiley co-presented TOTP and he was amusingly forced to introduce a Bon Jovi video?

Nick calls her Whispering Roberta Harris which I totally agree with.

Radio 1 DJs

Radio 1 programmes ...and relive the horror that was the Radio 1 christmas party.

I don't think I've heard this Suzy. What records did he pick? You're not thinking of the 'My Top Ten' (with Timi Yuro, the Shirelles et al.) that Johnnie Walker did, are you?

Never liked this guy but, oof, that's gotta hurt:

Mike Read forced to sell £1m record collection

Read is, of course, a Tory buffoon, but at least he loved music unlike the vast majority of his erstwhile colleagues.

Surprised. I thought you (mIke) had more savvy than failing to pay taxes. Knew tou years ago. Remember Glenoe the house in Walton ? (I do mean that and not Glencoe which would have made more sense) Mike? Remember that American bloke who wanted us to do bloopers? I do,.Gawd so long ago. we were all so young. Sorry to hear that you are hitting bad times. But why Colchester? All the time we knoew you, you always lived in Surrey?

- Carolyn, Ontario Canada, 30/9/2009 02:57

"Remember that American bloke who wanted us to do bloopers?"

To dip their nuts in his soup?

What ever happened to John Peel's record collection anyway?

Vernon Kay and Reggie Yates are to leave Radio 1, the station has said.

Radio 1 has been under pressure to lower the age of its audience but bosses said the departures were not related to that strategy.