Tell me again - what does that button do?
By Jim McTaggart
RADIO presenter Andy Greener spent an hour announcing the news mixed with gossip and jokes on his breakfast show yesterday - but no one heard a word.
He thought he was speaking to thousands of listeners as usual, but he had forgotten to press a button in the Radio Teesdale studio, in Barnard Castle. Families in the area heard only recorded music for 60 minutes until the station manager, Peter Dixon, got through on the telephone from home and told him to push the button. The presenter, known as Mr Andy, said later: "Oh, what a dreadful mistake I made.
"I've been doing the show three days a week for ten months and always pressed the button at the right moment.
"Goodness knows why I forgot this time. I thought the show would be going down well.
"The studio phone kept ringing, but I was too busy talking to answer. I now know that some of the calls were from people pointing out the blunder." Mr Dixon tuned into the show at his home in Lartington when it started at 7.30am. He said: "I knew right away that something was wrong.
"I phoned the studio, but Andy was the only one there and it was an hour before he answered." Mr Green was a police officer for 17 years, serving across County Durham, before he retired. He now presents the breakfast show on Mondays, Tuesday and Wednesdays as an unpaid volunteer. He said: "I do it because it provides a wonderful community service. It gives many talented people a chance to do radio work on air and behind the scenes, and it sends out a great deal of useful information."
The silenced news items included Ian Paisley's forthcoming resignation as Northern Ireland's First Minister, the closure of George's high street shops, and a study about HRT links with cancer. The day's anniversaries included the first Spitfire flight in 1936, Churchill's first use of the term Iron Curtain in 1946 and Manchester United beating FC Porto 4-0 in 1997. Also blacked out was the weather forecast, and a recollection that the B6278 road near Barnard Castle was said by paranormal investigators in 2001 to be "a portal into another dimension".
Mr Greener, who lives with his wife, Jackie, in Cotherstone, said: "I'm sure some listeners will make fun of me and colleagues will pull my leg. But it was my own fault and I'll have to take it on the chin. All I can do is apologise and promise it won't happen again." Mr Dixon said: "Andy is an excellent presenter, and one of our valued volunteers. His breakfast show is extremely popular and he'll be back on it next week."
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