Penistone FM - MP3 Downloads

Here are some sounds from the beginnings of Penistone FM and a few special occasions, which I provided with their kind permission. My thanks to Eskia Computers for use of their web-server. A further selection of PFM downloads can also be found in the 'Listen Again' section of the Penistone FM website.

• PFM ident (127 kB) - Someone knocks nails in.
• 'First Contact' (450 kB) - The first listener to call in, with Steve Taylor in the chair.
• JB in the Chair (5.3 MB) - JB's moment of fame (highly abridged)
• Eighty-Seven-Point-Seven (377 kB) - Jingle 87.7MHz
• 'Tittytrek' (782 kB) - Darren Holmes describes this popular charity event.
• Last Night (291 kB) - Keith Barna conveys the bitter-sweet atmosphere of the last night.
• Last Hour (751 kB) - A bit of a party going on.
• Seven Minutes to Go (1 MB) - Ken David counts the minutes.
• Close-down (715 kB) - Ken with a lump in his throat on the 2006 closedown.

• Test Transmission (99 kB) - A minute after midnight when PFm went on-air Sat 9th May 2009.
• Launch Countdown (1.68 MB) - The big moment had arrived at 9.57am, with Darren Holmes.
• 'First Contact 09' (929 kB) - The first listener to call in. Darren in the chair.
• Thank Yous (2.36 MB) - Assorted thank-yous.
• Martin's prog intro (1.3 MB) - Martin Sugden's Launch Day prog.
• Ken reads my email (3.12 MB) - Day 2 and I congratulate their first day's success.

Special Occasions

• Parade and Gala Day 2009 (1.2 MB) - One week after Launch and it's Penistone Gala 2009.
• Station Director's Pep Talk (6.8MB) - Darren thanks the team at a Cubley Hall Social Evening, 14th September 2009.
• Christmas Countdown Show 2009 (2.7 MB) - Intro to Colin Geldard's listeners' top 50 special, Christmas 2009. Top was Kings of Leon - 'Sex on Fire'.
• Studio Open Day (765 kB) - Short clip from Colin's Open Day programme, January 2010, when the public were at the PFM biscuit barrel.
• Jimbo's Footie Song (4.6MB) - (With Jimbo's permission) Footie fan Jimbo's ditty for the 2010 World Cup - long before we booed our team.

Penistone FM's First Anniversary - Sunday 6th June 2010
Richard Ward's interview with Colin Geldard:

• Colin - (11.4 MB)

Jody Fendick's special interviews with presenters, with behind-the-scenes help from Mica.

• Happy Birthday - (1.3 MB) Jingle without autotune.
• Darren - (6.8 MB)
• Andy - (3 MB)
• Nathan - (2.4 MB)
• Charlie and Rachael - (3 MB)
• Peter - (4.6 MB)
• Martin - (4.8 MB)
• Carol - (5.3 MB)
• Eddie - (4.1 MB)
• Richard - (4.3 MB)
• Mica - (1.3 MB)

Spooky Stuff
Most of the 2009 presenters are in the picture below from Cubley Hall, September 2009. Charlie Sissons was a popular presenter with a late night Rock Show. She instigated this social evening and I weaseled my way in. The team showed that they were a friendly and dedicated bunch of people. Andrew coerced Darren into giving a speech and my trusty Edirol R1 was to hand. Hear it in the Special Occasions list above (Pep Talk). The picture below-right is of Ken David, who had a popular Sunday morning show at the time. He could not attend the do but I did not want to leave him out.

The middle picture below was prompted by a question on Jimbo's website: "Was there a ghost?" Jim thought that the shadows looked spooky. It's a poor picture, as the shadows were lightened to see what was lurking there. It looks like Andrew's shadow on the wall - but was it really a shadow? Let's call him 'Malcolm the Friendly Ghost'. Some of you will understand that.