Ian was vaccinated with a gramophone needle. He got his first record player and transistor radio at the of six; then with a birthday gift of a cassette recorder, he plugged them all into the family’s Radiogram and blew the doors off. The early signs were there.
He set up a school radio station, followed by shows on Hospital Radio Swindon and Leeds Student Radio. That led to shifts, then a job at BBC Radio Leeds and three exclusive decades on Aunty’s staff roster. The “voice you could never book” is now available.
Semi-retired these days, Ian works from his home studio in rural Cumberland, between the mountains and the sea.
Ian was a staff announcer, senior presenter, and head of Programmes for three BBC Radio Stations: Leeds. Devon and Cumbria. 1989-2021. More than thirty years. Sunday breakfast, weekday breakfast, afternoons, evenings and several stints on drivetime.
Winner of several Andrew Cross Awards, a BT Award, a couple of Gillards and even a Crystalmark award from the Plain English Society.
Voicetracked shows for Bay Trust Radio and CRFM in Carlisle.
Currently, he is the voice of weekday evenings on the vintage hits and nostalgia station, Serenade Radio.
