(Original) Radio Sussex Recordings.

Straight from tape - so completely raw and unedited - here is a collection of recordings from the early eighties of BBC Radio Sussex. Featuring (with some repetition) a selection of the jingles used and some other odd bits - Like for instance the appearance of "Gatwick" - a portrayal of an elderly gentleman who would "make the tea" and had a few odd adventures (especially with the Woodstain). There are also random Channel Four ident music bits littered along the way too. Appearing here are Rowland Myers (then Afternoon presenter), John Henty and Piers Bishop (Mornings), Little Bits of Julian Clegg (mid Morning) and an even smaller bit from Jim Ensom. (Saturdays and afternoon cover). I have sat down with a running order for this in the vain hope that I will assemble it in a more coherent order, but I thought "What the Hell stick it online anyway!" Hope you enjoy it's "Randomness". I liked Radio Sussex in this incarnation. It was friendly, the people were lovely and approachable! They played music! OK - I know they do again now - but there were some very strange thinking going on when the powers that be made the station "All Talk" later on, but that's another story. Levels aren't brilliant either - but it is a nigh on thirty year old tape!

[@johnescolme5066]

Nice to hear Kate Cowan (voiceover in the “Radio Sussex Travelwatch” jingle) and Anna Benstead (in the Top Ten Trip Through Time jingle). They were normally newsreader and presenter respectively.

[@goldcider]

Glorious nostalgia. Thanks so much, Patrick, for posting this... can you believe this is from over 25 years ago ? Bought back memories of listening to Rowland Myers (whatever happened to him ?) in the post room at work in Eastbourne.

[@radiodarkhorse]

Some great Sue Manning jingles in there

[@digitalmediafan]

Great memories...Good to hear Piers Bishop in there...

[@digitalmediafan]

***** Ah that's on my channel also. Quite funny Ian Collington use to chat on the 2m ham band during his show according to my Father...

[@Goodchappy]

I used to record this sort of stuff in the 80s mainly from my local Chiltern Radio which is now Heart. But I loved to see which other stations I could receive on FM near St. Albans and BBC Radio Sussex was one of them. I remember that funny little jingle. I miss those days, radio is now so boring and DAB is just no fun.

[@Goodchappy]

+Patrick W The old Chiltern AM transmitter 828khz is litterally in a field behind my house. I don't even know what it is used for now. I used to listen to Radio Kent in the evenings around 1984-6 when Rod Lucus? mad DJ with an echo machine was on.

[@Goodchappy]

+Patrick W did he have a bad reputation?

[@digitalmediafan]

Brookside theme and Ch 4 ID ?! Hmm

[@digitalmediafan]

***** All good, I think you probably recorded everything and anything like I did, on tape, MD and VHS etc