SEAN BOLGER

Call me on a Monday night and you’ll wind up talking to my answering machine. Not because I’m out at bingo or washing what’s left of my hair but because I’m super-glued to my TV, following Gene Hunt’s latest antics in the gloriously un-PC Ashes To Ashes. It’s not just the old cops & robbers routine that attracts me, nor the fact that even the darkest days of the 80’s are now starting to look rosy in these old eyes of mine but more than anything, I just happen to love the music.

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News this week that commercial radio could be prepared to throw a lifebelt to the good ship DAB - last seen listing and in real danger of sinking altogether amid stormy financial seas. However, unlike most normal buoyancy aids, there appears to be more than one string attached to this one.

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It’s been quite a week - what with Gollygate, the collapse of Project Kangaroo and yesterday, an unedited profanity on BBC Breakfast that left viewers choking on their toast. However, the highlight for me was hearing internet radio’s potential to become a viable alternative to FM move another step closer with the launch of Wight FM on the Isle of Wight. 

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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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