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>Hi all, > >Some of you might remember me but by the looks of it a >lot of you are pre-90's people and I came along a bit >later! > >I was at Radio Guys (and then GST when we 'rebranded') >from 1990 to about 1996/7. I remember turning up and >being well impressed with the professional attitude as >a 15 year old kid trying to join up and be a member. > >Back then we had the old PA type setup with the >Production person sitting outside the booths but a few >years later we inherited the St Thomas's gear and >rebuilt Studio 1 as a self op to match the Guys Gold >studio 2. > >During my time at Guys I went from PA to DJ, to >Weekend Session manager and then ran all the training >sessions in the new self op studio. When you add in >Kevin Sage and my hectic jingle making sessions, by >1996 I was nearly working up there full-time! I must >have trained up about 15 people on that new desk - >what happened to them? > >Fav memories have to be doing the 'live OB's' on Bank >Holiday outside - running LONG cables out the window >and down the tree into the courtyard! Kevin and I >running around interviewing all sorts of random >people. I also was part of the marathon broadcast we >did somewhere around 95 or 96 where everyone did 10 >hours straight presenting. > >After I left college I went off and worked for a few >TV companies, LNN, GMTV and then full time at the BBC >in 97 which meant my time was a bit stretched and I >couldn't do a regular slot and gradully drifted away. > >I do remember Alan Plesants and John Pennell doing a >sterling job keeping everything ticking over near the >end but the hospital just wasn't interested anymore >and we were losing committed members. > >I always intended to come back but by the time I could >afford the time - GST had closed down and been erased >from history. What a shame. :( > >I've still got some tapes around somewhere of my old >shows and a box of old carts with jingles on them. >Nothing to play them on though! > >Oops! Bit of an essay there. I got caught up with the >nostalgia... > >Cheers > >Matt

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