SEAN BOLGER

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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I was sorry to hear that Alex Dyke is set to leave Isle of Wight Radio in January after 15 years with the station. His bright, enthusiastic and sometimes jagged style of broadcasting may not be to everyone’s taste - a bit like Marmite - but there’s no doubt that his presence on the local airwaves has made him as much a part of island life as The Needles.

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