Tenpole Tudor

How many people remember the band Tenpole Tudor from the 80s. The lead singer joins me in the studio on Thursday night to promote his upcoming gig at The nines on Friday 6th July.

John Byrne will be back in the studio discussing his music and playing live acoustically on air and Joihn will be supporting Ed Tudorpole at the Nines.

Tune in from 10pm Thursday 28th June 2007

The Way We Worked

Anyone reading the Evening Mail or reading their website at www.nwemail.co.uk will have noticed in the memories column that 2 new CDs are available as well as a new memories Book called "The Way We Worked 2".

Very soon I will be giving away a copy of this book on the website forum so watch out for details on that one and this Tuesday 12th June I will be chatting to the author of the book, Bill Myers live on the radio between 11pm and midnight and giving away the new book or CDs on the show.

To be in with a chance to win on Tuesdays show just listen to Abbey FM either on 107.3FM or online at www.abbeyfm.co.uk to the Late Evening Show from 11pm. Find out more info in Mondays Evening Mail memories pages.

Paul and his Guide Dog

Paul Laing joined me in the studio Thursday 7th June at 11pm to talk about his own little world. Paul has been blind since birth and visualises everyday things in his own perception.
The show was busy with textxs and calls coming in from listeners for Paul and he enjoyed himself on the radio talking about life the way he visualises it.

Gwen Hechle - Local Songwriter

Gwen Hechle played acoustically on the radio on Monday 4th June 2007. Gwen is an older lady who got a guitar for her 48th birthday taught herself to play and started writing songs 18 months ago. Check her out at her own website at www.myspace.com/gwenhechle

Click the photo for full size view. The interview is available for download in the audio files section. Please visit http://audio.billclarkontheradio.co.uk and scroll down to the interview you want to download.

Alternatively there is a direct link to the Gwen Hechle interview by clicking HERE

Feel free to leave any comments about the interviews on the blog

Late Nights on Abbey FM

From 10pm its Abbey Acoustic so if you want to promote your band and have the chance to come in the studio and play live on the radio as long as its acoustic then get in touch. Details below.

From 11pm its late night interactive radio. Have your say on any issue. If you are interested in coming into the studio for a late night chat on the radio then please get in touch. Also at 11.15 and 12.15 we are visited by the Bradshaws with their comedy sketches as well as the website review of the day now moved to 11.30pm. If you fancy a chat on the radio and get to chose your own music then please get in touch,

From midnight, its the big jukebox where you choose the music.

If you are interested in appearing on the show for some late night radio between 11pm and midnight then get in touch by emailing bill@abbeyfm.co.uk or by telephoning 01229 808 222

Russell - Barrows Dog Walking Legend

Russell Thomson is one of Barrows Characters and is known by most of the locals as a legend in the town as he is seem all over the place at various times of day and night and is always walking someones dog. He now has a website up at www.myspace.com/russ_dog_walker which was put together by someone for him.

The website mentions the dogs that he walks and mentions the recent photo shoot that he did for charity as well as a whole host of things to do with dogs.

The Bradshaws

The Bradshaws are now part of Abbey FMs Late Evening Show, make sure you put the kettle on and tune in Monday - Thursday at 11.15pm and 12.15am and listen to the antics of Alf, Audrey and little Billy Bradshaw in a time of pounds, shillings and pence somewhere up north in a 2 up 2 down terraced house. Complete with tin bath, outside toilet and a coal fire.

Take a trip back in time with Abbey FM and The Bradshaws.


For more info or to buy any Cd's or merchandise then call them on 0161 351 1321 or visit their website at www.thebradshaws.biz. The more of you buy it, the greater the chance Audrey getting a little extra in the housekeeping! and it keeps shoes on the boy.

Late Night interactive radio

Starting Monday 4th June 2007, late night interactive radio with guests and chat. I`m looking for anyone who is interested in coming into the studio between 11pm and midnight as a guest to chat about any aspect of the Furness area (It has to be this as that's what the radio station is about) and inviting callers to call in and put their views across.

At first there wont be many calls as it would need to get established but it gives the listener the chance to interact and gives you guest the chance to go on the radio. To start with the show will be a mixture of music and chat until it builds up and the guest will also choose the music to a degree

If anyone is interested in being a guest on the late night show and would like to be in the studio with me between 11pm and midnight Mondays to Thursdays then please get in touch with me direct at the following:

Phone and leave your details on 01229 808222
email me direct bill@abbeyfm.co.uk
or write to me at the address below

The sort of people I am looking for is people who have any standing in the area, some of Furness characters, people who have lived here all their lives., in fact, anyone who has a story to tell about the area is welcome to be a guest.

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.