SEVENS

Tonight my studio guests were a band called SEVEN. Check them out at
www.myspace.com/seven06 and see what you think. We chatted about their music as well as their new video they have just made on West Shore Beach at Earnsey Bay. The lads played live in the studio as well as playing tracks from their CD. Double click the images to see full size view

The interview is available for download at www.billclarkontheradio.co.uk

Top 20

Starting on 16th April at 11pm we will count down a retro top 20 and ask you to identify the year and the month and if you are very clever then maybe you know what the number one song was.

Heres where you get your chance to re-live those great years of musical memories and you are invited to email me your favorite memorable month and year and listen out at 11pm Monday-Thursdays as we count down the top 20 singles from the year you chose.

Email your chosen date together with your name and any other comments to bill@abbeyfm.co.uk
or call 01229 808 222 and leave your details on my voicebank

Furness Model Railway Exhibition

I went down to the model railway exhibition this weekend at the Forum 28 and interviewed the event co-ordinater and the chairman of the club. Visit http://audio.billclarkontheradio.co.uk and scroll down to near the bottom to download the audio.

Jon Byrne - Folk Musician

On Monday 2nd April my guest was Jon Byrne. Jon describes himself as a Folk Musician and came on the show to talk about this as well as promote his new upcoming album called "Them at No.10".

He played guitar and sang live in the studio.

Jon can be contacted via his website at www.myspace.com/jonbyrnemusic
and the interview is available for download at http://audio.billclarkontheradio.co.uk


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The Dead Letters

On Tuesday the 27th March 2007 my guests in the studio were called "The Dead Letters". They played six of their songs and chatted about their music and their influences and they also got the chance to promote themselves on the radio. www.myspace.com/wearethedeadletters is their
website address and they can be contacted from the website.

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The interview is available for download from http://audio.billclarkontheradio.co.uk

Richard Durrant - Classical and acoustic

I had great pleasure in meeting renowned guitarist Richard Durrant who has just completed his Cumbrian Tour. He has played his guitar not only in front of audiences but also on television.

Richard is currently touring the UK and I travelled to Millom to meet the man behind the guitar and talk to him about his passion for acoustic and classical music.

The interview is available for download and can be found at http://audio.billclarkontheradio.co.uk and more info on Richard Durrant can be found at his website at www.richard-durrant.com

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Its a Dogs Life

Now and again I will bring my dog with me into the studio. She is a purebred border collie and very intelligent. I wondered if this intelligence would lead to her being a good radio presenter.

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Hits and Memories

Monday to Thursday between 11 and midnight I play an hour of music from one particular year and give clues to the news and listeners can reminisce on this and phone, email or text in their answers just for a bit of fun.......

Well, things are about to change. What will happen is that the hits and memories will be as it always was but somewhere during that part of the show a song will be played that is NOT from the particular year being played and talked about. The challenge will be not only to guess the year but also name the odd song out.

keep tuned to 107.3 Abbey FM or listen on-line

Web site reviews

Due to reasons explained earlier, there have been no website reviews this week and hope to resume next Monday.

If you know of any good websites that you would like to hear reviewed on the air then please get in touch bill@abbeyfm.co.uk

This week

Its been a really wierd week this week, I lost my password to update the blog so hence the lack of updates this week. The week started for me on Monday morning when my hard drive on my main PC decided it wasnt going to function properly anymore. Luckily I had everything I needed backed up on another hard drive with the exception of a few passwords for various sites.

For security reasons I don`t use the same password more than once and have a list of then for various sites. I hadnt backed up the details for the Abbey FM website. the myspace website and this blog. After many emails back and forth to various places I finally got my passwords reset so I can get back to normal now.

Chapter 5

Monday Nights guest was Dave McGerty from 1960s eight piece Barrow Band "Chapter 5". We talked about the artistes they have worked with which include Ike and Tina Turner, The Hollies, Manfred Mann, Billy Fury, The Kinks, Freddie and The Dreamers and a whole host of other bands as well as taking a trip down memory lane discussing live music of the 60s and 70s in the Furness Peninsula and playing their music both past and present. [Double click the images to view full size]




Check http://audio.billclarkontheradio.co.uk for an audio download of the interview which is available for you to freely download.

Valentines Night on Abbey FM.

Tonight we played an hour of love songs between 10pm and 11pm during "Abbey Acoustic" and combined this with Acoustic music to bring you "ACOUSTIC LOVE". An hour of love songs sung acoustically.

For-Play

Dom and Floss from For-Play joined me in the studio playing their own brand of acoustic music. They played 5 tracks and talked to me about their love of music as well as their influences and their drummer, Tom, joined us on the phone for a chat about the band. Feel free to visit their website at www.myspace.com/forplaymusic also
check out http://audio.billclarkontheradio.co.uk for more info and to download the interview and photos [Double click a photo to view enlarged version]

Lovers of the Arctic Circle

THURSDAY 1st FEBRUARY 2007 saw me talking to Mark and Sarah from "Lovers of the Arctic Circle". They came into the studio and talked about their music, their influences and their love of the music they write and play. Check them out at www.myspace.com/loversofthearcticcircle . The interview is available for download and can be found at http://audio.billclarkontheradio.co.uk
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GEMMA JOHNSON

On Wednesday 31st January 2007 I talked to Karen Carpenter soundalike "Gemma Johnson" Gemma came on the show and discussed her musical talent and we played her new song and found out more about Gemma and her music. Check out Gemma at www.myspace.com/calmingsounds

I can just envisage it now. TV Stardom... "And tonight Gemma who are you going to be"..... "Tonight I`m going to be Karen Carpenter"

Excellent, you deserve to win it


The Interview can be downloaded along with others at http://audio.billclarkontheradio.co.uk

Wind Ups

I have finally got round to updating the audio site at www.billclarkontheradio.co.uk The site now contains old interviews from various radio stations and includes some of the wind up phone calls I have done. Feel free to download them, listen, then come back here and leave a comment.

Barrington Mozart on Abbey FM

Barrington Mozart was back on the radio on Monday 8th January 2007 and was interviewed by me. He first appeared on the late evening show in November and played live on the air using an acoustic guitar. He came back by popular demand and played more of his own material. The interview is available for download at http://audio.billclarkontheradio.co.uk

Free Promotion on the radio

Are you a guitarist. Can you play acoustically. Would you like to come into the studio and talk about what you do. You can either play live on the air or we can play a CD with your work on it.

It doesnt have to be your own work and can be cover versions of anything. We will chat on the air about what you do and play some of your talent as well as giving you the chance to promote yourself FREE of charge on Abbey FM.

If you are interested then please email bill@abbeyfm.co.uk and we will get back to you and you could be getting FREE promotion on Abbey FM.

Barrington Mozart and Friend

Barrington Mozart and friend will be back on the radio on Monday 8th January 2007 from just after 10pm. They were interviewed on my program in November and played live on the air using an acoustic guitar. They are back by popular demand and will play acoustic music and chat between 10 and 11pm on 107.3 Abbey FM.

Abbey FM News Team reports on Morecambe Bay Tragedy

A tragedy occurred in Morecambe Bay on Wednesday Evening and as soon as we heard about it the Abbey FM news team sprang into action to obtain as much information as possible and report on it live from the studios.

I was on air at the time and the news team and myself co-ordinated live reporting as it happened. Telephones were ringing and we were making calls to all sorts of sources to gather information and deal with the situation efficiently. Rosie from the News Team as well as myself sourced as much information as we could and Colin Yare [Programme Controller] kept listeners up to date by displaying information first hand on our website. The team worked together to bring the local people the news live as it happened.

It goes to show that smaller stations can cover major events as much as bigger stations and lets face it, a local station bringing the listener local news live as it happens just goes to show how dedicated Abbey FM is to the people of the Furness Peninsula.

Personally I would like to thank Rosie Hillman [News] and Colin Yare [P.C.] for job well done, especially liaising with myself and emergency services to bring the news direct to the listeners.

At the time of writing this one person is still missing and six bodies have been recovered from the site where the helicopter crashed on it's way to a gas rig in Morecambe Bay from Blackpool airport.