John
Ford
John first appeared on Radio West sometime in 1984 and presented a number of shows, including “Heading into the Weekend” on Friday night, the Sunday breakfast show and, perhaps for the longest spell, the Saturday afternoon Sport and Music show (with Jonathan Pearce) from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. On GWR, he found himself presenting a two-hour show from midnight on Saturday. He then moved to a three-hour Saturday evening show on GWR AM only, then to Saturday Breakfast on the GWR Bristol and Bath transmitters. Later he did fill-ins on GWR, Brunel Radio (GWR’s first medium-wave service) and Classic Gold, as well as his own Sunday afternoon show on Classic Gold for two years, and presented Overnight Express on the GWR AM and FM network when Andy Westgate was in charge.
John then took a four-year break from radio, resurfacing on 107.3 The Eagle in 2000, presenting a Saturday morning show. He remained with that station when it became Star, but now works for BBC Radio Bristol, presenting the Sunday morning show (following Trevor Fry on breakfast!) as well as a number of other slots.
The BBC Bristol web site is one of the worst to navigate in the history of the web, and I can’t find reference to John on it, although I know he’s there!
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