Newsround Tameside ...now and then!

The weekly news round-up

was a regular feature from

the launch of Heartbeat Radio

and through most of the

8 Towns era.

Now listeners across

the borough on 103.6FM

and online at tamesideradio.com

can hear Mike looking back through

the Newsround archives

every Sunday afternoon (1pm-3pm).

The slideshow below features candid off-duty snaps of Mike and Newsround co-hosts from years gone by, Mike Pav, Tony Elliott, Andy Hoyle and

Lisa Clayton...  

News-hounds in the early days of Heartbeat Radio

 ('83-'84): Vinay Adatia and Mike Wallbank.

Fast forward to the 8 Towns era:

Andy Hoyle in his early role as 

Head of News

('89 -'91), compiling

bulletins on the infamous

Newsroom

'Ledge'...

 a precarious place for anyone over

5ft !

Andy went on to be a versatile presenter of music, request and magazine shows and was one of the creative team who produced the 8 Towns comedy show Sunday Express

The full team also included Craig Etchells, Phil Loftus, Marc Farr and Richard Gorman.

Click here to visit the

Mike Wallbank show page

at tamesideradio.com

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Newsround

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