Born and raised In Liverpool, England, Our Kid was discovered by Francis Davis, who first saw them singing individually in talent shows. He teamed up the lads and got them working on their own brand of four-part point harmony. Whilst…
Brothers Martin and Adrian Welham started playing folk music with their friend Dez (Derek) Allenby while still schoolboys in Grimsby (Lincolnshire). Moving to the tiny village of Walesby near Market Rasen in the mid-60s, they initially named themselves The Foresters…
Jimmy Webb’s debut album Words and Music (1970) was a formative exercise in multi-tracking and overdubbing, with almost every sound on the LP made by Webb or his studio cohort, Fred Tackett. But its pioneering thunder was largely stolen by…
Anthony Peter Hatch was born in Pinner, North London, in 1939. Growing up in the 1940s, he took up the piano at the age of four and was in the school choir by the age of ten, discovering Mantovani at…
These days the late Rosemary Clooney is probably most famous for being George Clooney’s auntie. But in the 1950s, she was briefly one of the most popular female vocalists in the world. One of her hits – Mambo Italiano (#1…
Belgian singer/songwriter Jacques Brel wrote intensely poetic songs about love and friendship, but also about his homeland, death, misogyny and the bourgeoisie. He refused to write in English and only ever gave two performances to the English-speaking world, and it…
1 9 9 1 – 1 9 9 2 (USA) 13 x 30 minute episodes Veteran police detective Bob Ballard (Robert Guillaume) is reassigned to Pacific Station in Venice, California – something of an exile for the police force’s most oddball…
Bob Mitchell (Robert Cummings), an American playboy who recently arrived in Hong Kong, finds himself the recipient of a strange written message delivered by Inspector Chiao of the local police (Roy Chiao). The note was taken from the lifeless body…
1 9 7 3 – 1 9 7 8 (UK) 1 9 8 6 – 1 9 8 8 (UK) 60 minute episodes As the title suggests, New Faces was intended to give up-and-coming acts who had never appeared on television…
1 9 8 2 (UK) 9 x 50 minute episodes In 1946, Jack Ruskin (Roy Marsden), demobbed after World War II but with flying still in his blood, struggled to find work with civilian airlines and so chanced his arm by…
1 9 6 4 – 1 9 8 8 (UK) 2 0 0 1 – 2 0 0 3 (UK) 4510 x 30 minute episodes Crossroads was created by Lew Grade’s ATV company and was only scheduled to run for 13 weeks.…
1 9 7 6 (UK) 7 x 60 minute episodes 1 9 7 7 (UK) 2 x 60 minute episodes In 1976, Johnnie Hamp – the executive producer for light entertainment at Granada Television – came up with a novel…
1 9 7 5 – 1 9 7 8 (UK) 53 x 50 minute episodes 2 x 90 minute movies “Get yer trousers on – you’re nicked!” The Sweeney was the top-rated British police series of the 1970s, bringing a new…
1 9 8 0 – 1 9 8 5 (UK) 1 9 8 8 (UK) 30 minute episodes Hosted by curly-headed former Magpie star Mick Robertson, this ITV series aired on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the school holidays, with the…
1 9 8 1 – 1 9 8 5 (UK) 65 x 25 minute episodes Premiering on 30 July 1981, this ITV series from Harlech TV consisted of traditional folk tales from all over the world – stories handed down from…
1 9 6 1 – 1 9 6 2 31 x 30 minute episodes Top Cat, the indisputable leader of a gang of New York City alley cats was a feline cartoon version of Sergeant Bilko from The Phil Silvers Show.…
For many aspiring singers and bands, the one-off hit can be a bitter-sweet affair. A really big hit can transform lives in uplifting, positive (and financially rewarding) ways. New careers, exciting opportunities and a Rock & Roll pension can follow.…
Sandra Alfred showed a talent for entertaining at an early age and by the age of ten, she was enrolled in the Aida Foster stage school. During the 1950s she appeared on the British radio programme Educating Archie, on television…
Formed in 1962, female vocal trio The Breakaways became Britain’s premiere session vocalists throughout the 1960s, also recording a handful of little-known girl group singles. The original members were Vicki Haseman (who later married Joe Brown), Margot Quantrell, Barbara Moore (who was…
One of the premier groups from the mid-60s Merseybeat explosion. Having previously backed Liverpool singer Johnny Sandon, they broke away and took their new name from the 1956 John Ford western. In 1962, they appeared in Hamburg, and after sending a demo tape, they…
Born John Bertram Lynton in Shepperton, Middlesex on 27 February 1940, Jackie first began singing in the choir at Shepperton Church School. As a teenager, he was persuaded by club proprietor Dennis Cordet to enter a talent competition. He won…
Originally known as The Vampires, The Sheffields formed in Sheffield, Yorkshire (where else?) in 1963 and won a ‘battle of the bands’ contest at the City Hall in September of that year. Signing to Pye Records, they released three Tony…
Vivien Foreman was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, on 12 July 1946 and relocated as a small child to Cape Town (South Africa) with her family. The family eventually returned to England after four-and-a-half years, where she attended the Italia Conti…
Formed in Wolverhampton (England) in 1964, The Montanas never found significant success in their home country but had one moderate hit in the United States. Signing to Pye Records – with several of their early releases written by Tony Hatch…
17-year-old Joanna Sorrin (South African actress Geneviève Waïte), a wide-eyed and fanciful country girl, goes to London for a fashion design course. There, she dresses in chic fashions, comes into contact with the capital’s young jet set, indulges in the…
“How much blacker could it be? None, none more black.” Documentary maker Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) goes on the road with ageing British heavy metal band Spinal Tap and sees them lose drummers, purpose and all sense of self-respect. The…
Before the diminutive one preferred people to draw rather than spell his name, he made this 1984 film which is essentially an extended music video. Its soundtrack album sold a million copies in the first week of release, and it…
Paul Schrader’s 1987 movie starred ‘Girl Elvis’ Joan Jett as Patti Rasnick, an ambitious young rock chick who is determined to make her rock band, The Barbusters, succeed. Michael J Fox co-starred as her rocking brother, Joe, who sings the self-penned…
Director Michael Curtiz was originally slated to make this film with James Dean in the title role. Inheriting Elvis Presley instead, he told the King to cut his hair and lose weight, hoping to provoke a tantrum which would lead…
The Neil Diamond/Laurence Olivier version of The Jazz Singer isn’t actually about a jazz singer at all, but about a sensitive Jewish singer/songwriter who performs a few half-decent songs (including Love On The Rocks) and manages not to wince whenever…
Can’t Stop the Music was produced by Allan Carr – who was also responsible for the mega-musical Grease (1978) – as a vehicle to promote the Village People. It’s a vibrant and uplifting musical . . . and probably the longest…
In April 1965, when Bob Dylan arrived for a two-week tour of Britain, director D.A. Pennebaker followed his entourage around, filming him in concert, in hotel rooms, in cars and trains: always surrounded by friends and hangers-on, and only alone…
During the early 1960s, the most prevalent image in London was of the Union Jack, which found its way onto every kind of accessory, from mugs to badges to shopping bags. A group of Surbiton typists began it all in…
For eight years, if you were into Northern Soul, there was only one place you wanted to go: Wigan Casino. At 2.00 am on Sunday 23 September 1973, the doors of the Wigan Casino opened to the Northern Soul all-nighter…
In 1973, West German journalist Gerd Heidemann bought Hermann Göring’s yacht, the Carin II, after being assigned to write a story about it by Stern magazine. During the course of its restoration, he had a brief affair with Göring’s daughter…
There is one group who were omnipresent and pivotal during the poppiest years of the 1970s in Britain. One group who were always there, who never missed a beat. One group who were always on Top Of The Pops. One…
The main job of British movie dolly birds in the 60s and 70s was to be passive objects for the likes of Sid James or Robin Askwith to “phwooaar” all over or to scream helplessly and faint when Christopher Lee…
Wendy Emerton – later to take the stage name Richard – was born in Middlesbrough on 20 July 1943. Later, her parents moved to London to manage a Mayfair pub, and she attended St George’s school in Mount Street. Her…
Maurice Harold Macmillan was half-American by parentage, the son of a publisher who had raised the family from a humble background. Chelsea-born, he was educated at Eton and later at Balliol College, Oxford, where he excelled. He was wounded three…
Smash Hits was a pop music magazine aimed at teenagers and young adults, featuring lyrics, photographs, interviews and news related to music acts in the UK (Later offshoots arrived in the US and Australia). Ex-NME editor Nick Logan came up with…
The Australian TV Week King of Pop awards began in 1967 as an extension of the Go-Set Awards, named after the weekly pop newspaper of the day. When Normie Rowe was voted most popular performer by Go-Set’s readers in 1967,…
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Swindon Daleks will go on display after being stolen in 2004
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Originally made for Children in Need, the replica Doctor Who Daleks are back with their creator.
Vale Illya Kuryakin. RIP David McCallum.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. star David McCallum dies
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McCallum was known for his roles in films and TV series including The Great Escape, Mosquito Squadron and NCIS.
Tonight's test schedule on NC Radio:
20:00 (GMT)/13:00 (CDT)/05:00 (Sydney) - 1960s Cavalcade (1 hour)
21:00 (GMT)/15:00 (CDT)/06:00 (Sydney) - 1980s Rewind (2 hours)
23.00 (GMT)/17:00 (CDT)/08:00 (Sydney) - Power Pop Hour (1 hour)
00:00 (GMT)/18:00 (CDT)/09:00 (Sydney) - Sunshine Pop (1 hour)
01:00 (GMT)/19:00 (CDT)/10:00 (Sydney) - Aussie Flashback (2 hours)
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Be there - or be somewhere else 🙂
Tonight we're repeating some of the most popular recent shows on NC Radio.
The Boy Looked at Johnny - favourite punk rock tracks from the late 70s/early 80s
00:00 (GMT)/16:00 (PDT)/19:00 (EDT)/09:00 (Sydney)
Yacht Rock . . . very smooth!
01:00 (GMT)/17:00 (PDT)/20:00 (EDT)/10:00 (Sydney)
1980s Rewind
02:00 (GMT)/18:00 (PDT)/21:00 (EDT)/11:00 (Sydney)
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Be there - or be somewhere else 🙂
Today's NC Radio schedule - if you fancy tuning in 👍
All times are GMT.
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We're testing the scheduling software today, so coming up on NC Radio tonight:
6.30 pm : 1960s cavalcade
7.30 pm: 1980s Rewind
8.30 pm: The Boy Looked at Johnny - 1970s Punk Rock
9:30 pm: Rad Venture LIVE playing the best of vintage Pub Rock & Powerpop
10.30 pm: Return to the 60s
11.30 pm: 1950s Flashback
01:00 am: Classic Albums - Led Zeppelin IV
All times are GMT. Be there or don't. I'm not getting paid anyway 😉
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NC Radio is now broadcasting 24/7 as part of our bandwidth and capacity tests, so please let me know if you ever tune in and the signal/quality is meh!
The special scheduled "themed" shows are still few and far between atm (and I'll post them here and on the nostalgiacentral.com page), but there will be *something* nostalgic to listen to any time of the day or night.
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Standalone player coming soon! 😎
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“No one is going in there to make pork chops and applesauce in that kitchen. ” 😆
HGTV sells ‘Brady Bunch’ house for $3.2M — ‘nobody is going to live in it’
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A lovely lady fan has purchased the Studio City, California home that famously served as the exterior for a famed family’s house on “The Brady Bunch.”Sighhhh
I wouldn't.
NC Radio presents "Sunday Night Seventies" at 6:00 pm tonight (GMT). A test broadcast featuring four and a half hours of nostalgia-tastic classics from the 1970s.
That's 10.00 am (PDT), 12:00 noon (CDT) and 1:00 pm (EDT)
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Another one of the 70s British TV greats is gone 🙁
RIP MIke Yarwood.
Mike Yarwood, comedian and impersonator, dies aged 82
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Comedian Mike Yarwood, whose TV impressions made him a household name, dies aged 82.
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