SEAN BOLGER

These are indeed curious times, for as über radio group Global prepares to roll out another clutch of stations under the Heart brand, its smaller cousin The Local Radio Company has just announced plans to scrap networked shows across its group of stations. Of course, radioheads across the land are thrilled at the prospect and have already been quick to trumpet TLRC as the true saviours of local radio. But hold your horses - I’m not sure it’s quite as simple as that.

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More sad news this morning - this time about bon vivant and raconteur Dai Llewellyn, who died yesterday at the age of 62. Dai was a regular contributor to the Talk Radio UK Breakfast Show back in the mid-90’s and in those heady days of supposed shock-jockery, I always looked forward to him appearing in the studio to stir up another hornets’ nest on whatever topical issue had happened to catch his eye.

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