AFTER THE NEWS AT 9, THE MID-MORNING SHOW WITH DAVE BURROWS!

ByANDY FLEMING

Time once again for another programme in our series of fixes of nostalgia and journeys back through the decades to listen to Metro Radio in the late seventies. Once again we are indebted to Neil Siddaway of Middlesbrough for these absolutely fantastic recordings. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who can reminisce with these superb recordings via our musical time machine. If the twenty first century all seems a bit too complicated and hectic, then it's time to bookmark our Programme Downloads page, and use it as a little piece of seventies magic, if not tranquillity and peace for even more programmes!

Dave Burrows, presenter of Metro
Radio's mid-morning programme
in the late seventies.

It's a couple of minutes past nine on the morning of Monday September 18, 1978, and musically Abba's Summer Night City and David Essex's Oh What a Circus were in the charts.

Picture the scene; you're in the kitchen having a nice cup of Nescafe and your transistor radio is tuned to Metro Radio on 261. It's time for the daily Dave Burrows' Morning Show, a fantastic mix of chart music, oldies, recipes, tips and local information.

This is the point in the day when you can catch up with local what's on information, who's having a coffee morning or the latest up to date market prices for fruit, vegetables and meat. And the prices reveal just how inflation has had an effect on prices over four decades!

The Dave Burrows Show was preceded by Bill's Steel's Breakfast Show, and followed by Steve King's programme, the first hour of which featured The Mid-day Music Explosion.

So relax, settle back and let us take you on another nostalgic trip back to 1978, this time your presenter is Dave Burrows, courtesy of Neil Siddaway.

The Morning Show, presented by Dave Burrows. Air date: September 18, 1978. Duration: 58 minutes.



Once again, the rest of our ever expanding programme archive is available at the Metro Radio 261MW 97VHF Tribute website's Programme Downloads page.

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