Roger Moffatt
Roger presenting
"Make Way For Music"
Roger Moffatt was born
on the 25th of July 1927.
He always had a problem with authority and was expelled from school, aged
5
after tying a fellow pupil to a desk by her pigtails.
He did his National Service with the Royal Engineers, and joined BFBS in Austria.
With broadcasting in his blood, he started with the BBC in Manchester in the
1950s, presenting "Make Way For Music" from the Playhouse Theatre.
In 1960, he transferred to London and presented programmes such as "Night
Ride"
for the Light Programme and later Radio 2.
In July 1971, he was fired from the BBC, (they called him totally irresponsible),
after he had read the Shipping Forecast, stating that The Faroes would
have a storm, force 28. (The worst storm possible is only storm force 10).
To be fair, the script he was reading from contained the mis-print.
Roger joined Radio Hallam
in Sheffield when it opened in 1974.
He got into trouble again whilst at Radio Hallam for suggesting that the
late Elvis Presley should be stuffed and placed in a glass case
in the Radio Hallam reception.
He had a great sense of
fun and was warm and friendly sounding
to his many listeners.
He died in December 1986.
Below is a selection of recordings of Roger on the BBC and at Radio Hallam.
I should like
to thank Keith Skues for his kind permission to include some of the clips
below.
They are taken from tribute programmes made by Keith and transmitted on Radio
Hallam.
Click logo above
to visit Keith's web site
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Roger
at the BBC
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"Saturday
Club"
For the 500th edition, Roger got together with other announcers and recorded this song under the name "Gropefuit" |
"The
News"
The 3 am News read 90 seconds early |
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Roger
at Radio Hallam
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