 Radio Aire 1987 - 1990
In 1987 Radio Aire introduced a fresh new logo and jingle package, produced by MMI (Standard Sound). The station started to play more music, with a mix of songs from the pop charts, together with the best tunes from the previous 2 decades. The station strapline was still 'The County's Number One' and the Bill Mitchell voice overs continued to be used, although the presenters had new name checks with 'acapella' and 'shout' idents as well.
Radio Aire 1987 - Sound of the Station Promo
Radio Aire 1987 - Sound of the Station.mp3The schedule from 1987 was...
06:00 Ross Dickinson
09:00 Jon Hammond
12:00 Ray Stroud
15:00 Peter Tait
17:30 Radio Aire Reports
18:00 Non-Stop Top 20
19:00 Carl Kingston
21:00 (Mon) Mikey Dreadlocks
22:00 James Whale
02:00 Paul Stead
In 1987, Ross Dickinson returned from Pennine Radio to present the Breakfast Show after leaving Radio Aire three years earlier. James Whale subsequently moved back to his famous Late Night Phone-in slot.
Weekend & extra presenters included Mickey Laing, Bob Preedy, Adrian Greene, Keri Jones, Barry Glanville and Gerry Raynor with his Fabulous Fifties programme. Networked presenters included Paul Gambaccini with the American Countdown Show and David Jensen with the Network Chart Show.
The station had a 30 minute news programme named 'Radio Aire Reports' at 5:30pm on weeknights. A 15 minute lunchtime edition of the programme at 12:45pm was later added to the schedule. The programmes were usually presented by Christa Ackroyd, John Shires or Clive Settle.
Radio Aire also covered local sporting fixtures on their specialist programme, Sportstime. Broadcast on Saturday afternoons, it was covered by various presenters such as Peter Hutton and Paul Stead.
During this period, Radio Aire held many frequent party nights, which proved to be very successful:
Carl Kingston and Mickey Laing hosted 'Soul Connection Nights', featuring artists such as Adeva and Steve Silk Hurley'.
Peter Tait and Ray Stroud hosted 'Solid Gold Party Nights', featuring older acts such as The Three Degrees, Odyssey, Bobby Vee and Mud.
1987 Radio Aire Jingles
1987 Radio Aire Jingle Montage.mp3Radio Aire Reports Theme
Radio Aire Reports Theme.mp3Radio Aire Sportstime Theme
Radio Aire Sportstime Theme.mp31987 Presenter Profiles
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Ross Dickinson
Ross Dickinson Air Check.mp3
Jon Hammond
Jon Hammond Air Check.mp3
Ray Stroud
Ray Stroud Air Check 1.mp3
Peter Tait
Peter Tait Air Check 1.mp3
Carl Kingston
Carl Kingston Air Check.mp3
James Whale
James Whale Air Check 1.mp3
Paul Stead
Paul Stead Air Check.mp3
Mickey Laing
Mickey Laing Air Check.mp3In 1988 Peter Tait took over Breakfast and Ross Dickinson moved to Drive, while Overnights was split into 2 shows presented by Adrian Greene and Paul Stead. Later in the year, new presenters Gary Rogers and Andy Siddell joined the weekend schedule.Â
Also a new classical music programme hosted by Carl Gresham was added to the schedule on Sunday evenings, replacing Gerry Raynor’s Fabulous Fifties show.Â
There was little change to the schedule in 1989, except for the arrival of Duncan Larkin, who hosted the late show on a weekend and to cover James Whale in his absence.
The schedule from 1989 was....
06:00 Peter Tait
09:00 Ray Stroud
12:45 Radio Aire Reports
13:00 Jon Hammond (later Paul Stead)
15:00 Ross Dickinson
17:30 Radio Aire Reports
18:00 Chart Attack
19:00 Carl Kingston
21:00 (Mon) Mikey Dreadlocks
22:00 James Whale
01:00 Steve Warren
04:00 Andy Siddell
Weekend & extra presenters included Mickey Laing, Bob Preedy, Duncan Larkin and Gary Rogers.
Networked presenters included Benny Brown with the American Countdown Show and David Jensen with the Network Chart Show.
1989 Presenter Profiles
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Peter Tait
Ray Stroud
Paul Stead
Ross Dickinson
Carl Kingston
James Whale
Andy Siddell
Andy Siddell Air Check.mp3
Duncan Larkin
Duncan Larkin Air Check.mp3
Mickey Laing
#There are no presenter profiles for Steve Warren, Gary Rogers or Mikey Dreadlocks.
Steve Warren
Steve Warren Jingles.mp3
Gary Rogers
GaryRogers.mp3
Mikey Dreadlocks
Mikey Dreadlocks Jingles.mp3Networked Shows
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The Super Station
The Network Chart
The Radio Aire Roadshow
Regular Roadshow hosts were Paul Stead, Carl Kingston, Mickey Laing and Steve Warren.
The Roadshow Caravan, Roundhay Park, 1987
The above clips are of the Radio Aire Roadshow in Wakefield on 17 July 1987. The hosts were Ross Dickinson, James Whale and Jon Hammond. The presenter heard from the Radio Aire studio was Ray Stroud.