On Air Now: Dick Hutchinson
Wednesday
The Breakfast Show with Dick Hutchinson
Dick wakes you up with great music, the latest travel and fantastic competitions.
Dick is a Norfolk boy and spent most of early career in local newspapers before getting behind the mic in local radio in our county. He even spent a year in Spain on an English station and continues to wear a t-shirt even if it's freezing. Apparently it's force of habit!
Each day Dick talks about the issues in North Norfolk and gives you the chance to win cash on Who's On The Red Carpet.
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 | The Paper Review Dick reviews the local and national papers every morning at 6:50am. |
 | The Talk of North Norfolk Dick sets the topic of the day and you can vote online and have your say. |
 | Who's On The Red Carpet? Your chance to win cash every morning by guessing the celebrity voice. Take a look at the recent guesses here |
 | On The Box We play a classic TV theme and ask for your memories from 8:35am. |
 | The Rewind 4 songs from one mystery year but can you guess the year? |
 | Life In North Norfolk We discuss the issues affecting us in North Norfolk every day and talk to the people involved in local events |
Dick's Q & A
What other jobs have you done?
Most of my career has been spent in journalism in one form or another, firstly in newspapers and then in radio - but I have branched out on a few occasions. If you ever have an hour or two to spare I'll regale you with the details!
What was your worst nightmare?
Following a local group to London for a special Battle of the Bands contest and then arriving back...pressing the wrong button on our new tape recorder...and obliterating everything I'd recorded. (That and my literal recurring nightmare of being in the studio when everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Sometimes I wake up in a cold sweat. Other times it's really happening!)
What music do you like?
A wide range from before Elvis Presley to Lily Allen and beyond (what a duet they would have made). Throw in a touch of Janis Ian's "At Seventeen" and Justin Hayward's "Forever Autumn" and I'm a happy man.
Do you have any secret ambitions?
Well they wouldn't be secret if I told you, but then I suppose I'm never likely to get to play for England now anyway...
Who's the biggest celebrity you've met?
The biggest? It's got to be Mr Blobby - they don't get much bigger than him! It's very strange talking to a weird looking character that waddles up and down making strange noises. (At least that's what he told me...)
What's the weirdest thing that's happened when you've been interviewing someone?
Many (many!) years ago I interviewed a night security guard in a deserted museum. We played back the interview afterwards only to find there were strange whispering sounds in the background. At the time I thought it was the remains of a previous interview which for some reason hadn't been fully erased, so we did it all over again. It was only later I began to wonder
Catch The Rewind every morning at 9.
Four great songs from one year... but can you guess the year?
All the fashions, films, TV and news, plus your memories on the phones.
Give it a listen... and play my retro games right here.
Simon
The classic game we all got for Christmas. Bet you can't get more than 10 in a row!
Asteroids
We still think it gives the X Box a damn good run for it's money.
Pacman
Try not to get spooked with this arcade classic.
Space Invaders
Down the arcades stuffing on a Star Bar and swigging back the Tizer.
Frogger
Remember your Green Cross Toad.
Tetris
The game that kept a million thumbs in trim.
