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Steve Berry can't wait to play his favourite bands
Steve Berry can't wait to play his favourite bands

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Revved up to rock

Adam Moss
17/ 4/2008

HE'S spent years travelling the world as a broadcaster - but motorbike and rock music fanatic Steve Berry is finally going to work in his home city.

Steve, who was the motorbike expert for TV's Top Gear until 1999, is the latest big name to sign up as a presenter on Manchester's new Rock Radio station.

"I've always been based here because it's where I'm from but this is the first time I've actually had a permanent job in Manchester," Steve tells me as the new station announces that it will be holding an open air gig in Manchester city centre to celebrate its launch.

Steve will be breakfast host on the new station, which already boasts Mancunian broadcasting legend Mike Sweeney in its big launch line-up.

Switch-on

Broadcasting on 106.1FM, Rock Radio officially launches on Bank Holiday Monday, May 5. The station switch-on at 6pm will follow an afternoon of live rock in Manchester's Cathedral Gardens, with the line-up of bands to be confirmed soon.

Steve has done stints on BBC Five Live, talkSPORT and BBC Radio Manchester, as well as writing motoring columns for The Times.

He's also a lifelong fan of rock music - though he does admit to being a Mod in his younger days.

He tells me: "I've signed up to Rock simply because it's my kind of station and I'll get to play my kind of music all the time.

"There's nothing out there for people like me at the moment. Where else can you turn on and hear AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, The Who and the rest back-to-back?

"The only chance I get to do that is when I'm in my car on my own and I can choose from my own CDs.

"I can't wait to get started, to be honest."

For more information about the station, go to rockradio.co.uk or tune into the test transmission on 106.1FM.




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   "There's nothing out there for people like me at the moment. Where else can you turn on and hear AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, The Who and the rest back-to-back?

Completely true and I'm very happy to see it.
Jimmy Jazz, Salford
28/04/2008 at 12:23
   Heard Steve's stints at BBC Radio Manchester and thought he was excellent. The test transmission of Rock Radio are sounding good too, but when it comes to the station's "talk commitments" I hope Rock Radio will:-

1: Bid for City & United commentary rights - and provide Manchester with a good pre & post match phone-in show a-la "James & The Doc" of yore. 2: Provide a quirky "Manchester" based late night phone-in show, a-la James H Reeve of yore too. 3: Give us a good 5 minutes of Manchester produced "news & sport" on the hour and 'precisely' on the hour!! 4: Employ a varied selection of new & experienced presenters - and definitely none of Eamonn O'Neal's "cronies & relatives" from the abysmally failing BBC Radio Manchester!!

Not much to ask, is it?? I'll definitely be tuning in.
Mark, South Manchester
18/04/2008 at 10:53
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