Chris Ashley

Often dubbed as The Ugliest Man in Radio or The Mouth, Chris Ashley has spent half a century across the radio, working on stations in Australia, New Zealand, Spain and the UK. These have included being the first Breakfast presenter on Red Dragon in South Wales, hosting shows with Brian Clough and pulling stunts on Radio Trent and presenting Breakfast on Beacon Radio.

In this week's edition, Chris sits down with Luke and shares stories of his life on the radio. Some of these stories include listening to Bob Monkhouse on Radio Luxembourg, and listening to radio in Australia - before joining BBC Radio Brighton. Working on Radio Trent and presenting shows with Brian Clough and pulling stunts at the station. Becoming one of the launch presenters with Red Dragon Radio and banging Madonna records, which lead to a spot on LWT's The Six O'Clock Show. Going up to Wolverhampton and joining Beacon Radio, before moving over to the BBC and presenting shows that included winning a Sony Radio Award and also joining forces with John Challis.

Chris currently host's Breakfast on Celtica Radio and Saturday Breakfast on 45 Radio.

Listen to Chris present on Talk Radio from August 2001 right here on Youtube.

Also listen to Chris presenting on Beacon Radio here from 1987/1988 on Youtube.

And watch Chris' apperance on LWT's The Six O'Clock Show right here.

We would like to extend additional thanks to Bill Everett and Tim Cooper for content and help in this episode.