Ward round

WELL KNOWN Manchester radio presenter Dave Eager

was a studio guest on several shows over the years.

On this occasion in November 1987, the 'Eager Beaver' went walk-about, to chat to some of our listeners on the

wards. Dave was one of the original line-up of presenters

on BBC Radio Manchester way

back in 1970. Around the same

time he also worked at Radio 1

- where he deputised for the

future King of the

Jungle, Tony Blackburn on

the Breakfast Show

REQUEST collecting: Karl Crookes and Russell Craig

(below) invite an 8 Towns Radio listener to select a favourite record to be broadcast later in the day.

Photo by Barry Schofield from spring 1993.