Karl
Stein
I Joined Mercia Sound in October 1986 and left in November 1993
working as a freelance presenter.
When Mercia Sound first broadcast 24 hours a day I was one of the original
''Nightbeat'' presenters, this programme was broadcast from 1am to 4am.
My next move was to ''Love Zone'' which initially was on air during late
night Friday into Saturday morning from 3am - 4am, this programme then
took over the Saturday night into Sunday morning spot between 1am and 4am.
Mercia Sound then becoming Mercia FM broadcast simultaneously with
Leicester Sound during the latter part of my career where I was involved
with ''Night Express'' providing music, chat and entertainment from 1am
to 6am, you certainly knew you had done 5 hours on air at the end of that
shift especially when it was 6 times a week! All great fun though.
As well as the above regular slots I also spent time covering various
programmes during the evening and weekends sitting in for regular
presenters who were on their holiday etc.
After leaving Mercia FM I now work full time for a local manufacturing
company in Nuneaton as Senior Technical Advisor but my interest in
Radio continues and I have been fortunate enough to be invited to
be involved with some RSL work with Anker FM - a spin off from the local
Hospital Radio station in Nuneaton.
The time at Mercia was absolutely great and certainly one of the things in
my life I would not change, I had the privilege of working with some great
people and it was a great experience - my only two regrets:
1) leaving ! and 2) that Mercia, in common with a majority of similar
stations, is no longer allowed to be a truly local radio station as it once was.
I Joined Mercia Sound in October 1986 and left in November 1993
working as a freelance presenter.
When Mercia Sound first broadcast 24 hours a day I was one of the original
''Nightbeat'' presenters, this programme was broadcast from 1am to 4am.
My next move was to ''Love Zone'' which initially was on air during late
night Friday into Saturday morning from 3am - 4am, this programme then
took over the Saturday night into Sunday morning spot between 1am and 4am.
Mercia Sound then becoming Mercia FM broadcast simultaneously with
Leicester Sound during the latter part of my career where I was involved
with ''Night Express'' providing music, chat and entertainment from 1am
to 6am, you certainly knew you had done 5 hours on air at the end of that
shift especially when it was 6 times a week! All great fun though.
As well as the above regular slots I also spent time covering various
programmes during the evening and weekends sitting in for regular
presenters who were on their holiday etc.
After leaving Mercia FM I now work full time for a local manufacturing
company in Nuneaton as Senior Technical Advisor but my interest in
Radio continues and I have been fortunate enough to be invited to
be involved with some RSL work with Anker FM - a spin off from the local
Hospital Radio station in Nuneaton.
The time at Mercia was absolutely great and certainly one of the things in
my life I would not change, I had the privilege of working with some great
people and it was a great experience - my only two regrets:
1) leaving ! and 2) that Mercia, in common with a majority of similar
stations, is no longer allowed to be a truly local radio station as it once was.
