James Stannage and Umberto on Piccadilly Radio

[TinFoilHat]

Just a random thread this.

In my teenage years. I'd live with my gran for it. Being my gran she loved me and let me get away with anything. Including staying up. My routine would be staying up listening to both of them on the radio before going to bed. Stannage was pretty much talk radio before it's time. Yet I remember Umberto acting like a support system for callers ringing in.

I was my formative years and maybe it's my memories playing tricks on me?

I recorded shows by them both on cassette that have been sadly lost. I vaguely remember recording one of stannage's shows after we beat Liverpool and Paul Nolan was pretending to support Leeds.

What are other blues memories from their shows?

 

[paulchapo]

Stannage was great, he'd have some top arguments and have a lot of callers apoplectic with rage lol. Umberto started as a regular caller on the Suzie Mathers show before getting his own slot.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I used to listen to Stannage on key 103.

Properly funny but there were some worryingly unhinged nutters on there, including the host.

He had some very odd views. Wouldn’t be surprised if he were still on these days he went down the conspiracy theory / anti vax rabbit hole.

 

[ultimateharold]

Stannage was working the bar in Retro before it was revamped just a few years back. Was good value for a chat about footy and cricket but the post above isn't far off the mark.

 

[CTID1988]

Me and mates when were around 14/15 used to ring into Stannage all the time prank calling. Had a 15 minute discussion once pretending there was a trend of youths starting illegal raves in peoples back gardens

 

[Meatbag]

Stannage used to have a “funny hour” at the beginning of his show and I wrote in and a friend and I got to co-present for an hour.

We were part of the “Psychedelic Hamster Posse” and were about 13-14. Good laugh and good seeing behind the scenes at Piccadilly radio.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

James H Reeve and James Stannage.
Essential listening from 10pm to 1am Monday to Friday early 80's to mid 90's

 

[jaiguruKun]

I remember he used to say he had one son who was a Rag and one a Blue so he was neutral...but he sounded like a Rag tbh.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Was it flat cap Mike who used to ring in all the time who was a blue defending our corner? Him and Nolan used to have some funny ding dongs with each other. Remember him referring to rag goal keeper Kevin Pilkington as Kevin Pillock, which was more funny than it should have been.

 

[kenbelly]

Nolen was a proper wind up merchant, made for great listening. Loved that era of Piccadilly Radio, listening on a Saturday afternoon praying the…Oh no! was not City related.