Podcast
Manx Radio: 60 Years Serving the Nation
Hosted by Radio Manx Ltd · EN
A series of podcasts, programmes and features produced to celebrate Manx Radio's 60th Anniversary Year in 2024.
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Manx Radio at 60: The Last Look
Dec 30, 202400:50:43Tap to summarizeJohn Moss takes a final trip into the archives to relive some of the finest interviews and features we've brought you throughout our 60th anniversary year.
Transcribe →Manx Radio: 60 Years Serving the Nation - The Summerland Fire
Dec 20, 202400:02:40Tap to summarizeJohn Moss looks back at the Summerland fire disaster in August 1973,.
Transcribe →Manx Radio: 60 Years Serving the Nation - Oooh Mr Grimsdale!
Dec 16, 202400:02:45Tap to summarizeMany famous people have resided on the Island over the years, but one of the most memorable must surely be Norman Wisdom. In this archive interview, John Moss talks to the much loved comic actor.
Transcribe →Manx Radio: 60 Years Serving the Nation - Howard Simcocks
Dec 13, 202400:03:01Tap to summarizeIn this archive interview, David Callister speaks to war veteran Howard Simcocks about his experiences during World War Two.
Transcribe →Kelly's Eye : The Tower of Refuge
Dec 11, 202400:04:20Tap to summarizeThis week, as the 200th Anniversary of the RNLI comes to a close, Peter and David are taking a look at the Tower of Refuge – the rock where it all began…
Transcribe →Manx Radio: 60 Years Serving the Nation - The Origins of the Manx Millennium Celebrations
Dec 9, 202400:02:50Tap to summarizeIn this archive interview, David Callister speaks to former MHK and MLC Betty Hanson about the origins of the Manx Millennium celebrations in 1979.
Transcribe →Manx Radio: 60 Years Serving the Nation - The Manx Radio Take Over Bid
Dec 6, 202400:02:23Tap to summarizeIn 1992, the company Videovision launched a bid to take over Manx Radio and privatise the radio station.In this archive interview, Graham Bell spoke to Brian Kreisky from the company.
Transcribe →Kelly's Eye : Castletown Police Station
Dec 4, 202400:05:21Tap to summarizePeter and David venture to the South of the Island to take a look at Baillie Scott’s beautiful Police Station building
Transcribe →Manx Radio: 60 Years Serving the Nation - Albert Gubay and the origins of Mount Murray
Dec 2, 202400:03:02Tap to summarizeIn this archive interview from the early 1990s, businessman Albert Gubay discusses the concept behind the new Mount Murray Hotel and Golf Club.
Transcribe →Manx Radio: 60 Years Serving the Nation - Christmas in the Seventies
Nov 29, 202400:02:33Tap to summarizeVernon Nicholls was Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1974 to 1983, and during one Christmas in the 1970s, he appeared on Manx Radio and addressed the question... is Christmas now too commercial?
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