Podcast: BBC Radio Shropshire’s Eric Smith on 25 years on-air

This week BBC Radio Shropshire’s breakfast presenter Eric Smith talks to RadioToday about his 25 years on the show, and what BBC Local Radio was like when he started back in 1972.

Also – Stuart Clarkson and Roy Martin look at the big stories in UK radio this week; and David Lloyd’s RadioMoments include the departures of Tony Blackburn and Peter Powell from Radio 1, the arrival of CD-quality sound on DAB and the return of Chris Moyles on Radio X.

Processing by Ian Deeley. Voiceover by Hannah Patterson. Original music by Mcasso.

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