1278: 2016 Radio Farewells

Radio lost some of its favourites this year. In this piece, we pay tribute to just some of them. Dave Cash - The pirates, ‘Kenny & Cash’, Capital, BBC Local Cliff Michelmore - Hamburg end of ‘Two Way Family Favourites’, later much TV Ted Gundry - BBC Cornwall Ed Stewart - The pirates, BBC Radio 2, commercial radio and TV Tony Cozier - Cricket journalist and commentator Jimmy Young - BBC Light, Radio 1 and 2 Ian Rufus - Commercial radio founder, LBC, Hallam, Viking, Mercia Keith Belcher - LBC founding programmer Joyce Frost - ‘Old Woman’ on Steve Wright show Paddy O Flaherty - BBC Radio Ulster Dave Gregory - BBC Radio 1 and commercial radio inc Metro Tony Beard - BBC Devon Alan Devereux - The Archers (Sid Perks) and accomplished VO Ali Brownlee - BBC Tees commentator Joe Fish - BBC Lancashire Steve Becker - BBC Lancashire Terry Wogan - RTE, BBC Light, Radio 1 and 2 Dave Barrett - BBC Radio Bristol, GWR, Brunel FM, GLR, talkRADIO