Capital Radio with Michael Aspel. 25th of August 1978
John's Flashback 60s 70s 80s
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Capital Radio with Michael Aspel. 25th of August 1978 In both 1969 and 1976 Aspel hosted the BBC's A Song for Europe contest to choose Britain's Eurovision entry and provided the UK TV commentary [3] twice at the Eurovision Song Contest in the same years, 1969 and 1976, in which year he also presented the contest previews. He provided the Eurovision radio commentary for the UK in 1963.
Aspel also had a regular joke slot on the Kenny Everett radio show on Capital Radio, and guest-starred twice on The Goodies, appearing as himself, notably in the episode "Kitten Kong", which won the Silver Rose at the Montreux Light Entertainment Festival.
From 2 September 1974 until 27 July 1984, Aspel also presented a three-hour weekday, mid-morning music and chat programme on Capital Radio in London. He then presented a Sunday show on Capital (which only lasted for a few months, ending on 30 December 1984) before moving to LBC for the remainder of the decade.