Episode 1110
1110: Bob Hopton - in conversation with John Foster on BBC Tees
December 30, 201536m 43s
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Show Notes
Bob Hopton was famously the programmer who brought Les Ross back to Birmingham to front what became its defining breakfast show. Bob was a pioneer in the early days of UK commercial radio, when the industry was full of real characters. He launched Radio Tees in 1975 after a spell at the BBC.
Here, he’s in conversation with John Foster on BBC Tees. (Audio courtesy of of John)