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Radio Greats

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For five decades - Steve Jones has enjoyed a National portfolio in both television and radio. Having Presented the successful "Pyramid Game" on ITV, he has enjoyed a radio career from BBC Radio 1 and 2, Radio Clyde, LBC and Talksport.

In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Steve sits down with Luke to talk about his five decade career on the radio, from a career in music, before landing a job at BBC Radio 1. How he got rejected from Capital, but went onto be a launch presenter for Radio Clyde, and how he worked with the likes of Richard Park and Donald Dewar, moving down to London to join Radio 2 and fronting Early Breakfast and covering the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest, before embarking on a TV career with The Pyramid Game and joining LBC and Talksport.

A Big Thanks to Andy Walmsley, Robin Carmody, Fred Bunzl, Radio Rewind and Aircheck Downloads for the use of content.

You can watch Steve in preparation for Radio Clyde's launch here https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/T0158/74958728?fbclid=IwY2xjawL0qhNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBPZVVtWFhKY3FSZERERm5yAR4JZM6bSk8BToukcBzz0kwhBuw5puiYmalvNWlQbCC2C-r9JspAd_sb8lc-GQ_aem_DAD-9p_PLl5g0enqn--SnA

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