SEAN BOLGER

It’s been a rocky year for radio and for a couple of my favourite internet stations in particular. After a very promising start, Wight FM appears to have all but disappeared down the tubes, while multi-genre Play Radio UK has ditched its live output in order to prop up costly new FM services in Southampton and Winchester. On the other hand though, SunTalk sounds to me like it’s going from strength to strength.

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Many of my chums might tell you otherwise, but I’m not really a tekkie and certainly not an early-adopter of the latest gadgets and gizmos. But the one recent innovation that really has changed my life is my Wi-Fi radio. Currys were banging them out at half-price a while back, before anyone was really interested in the whole concept. And at around 35 quid, I thought it was worth a punt. I wasn’t disappointed.

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