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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 271 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 5.4.26 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Putting Radio to Bed Hospital radio in the UK began in the 1920s, when volunteers started bringing live sports commentary into hospitals so patients could follow local football matches. The first recognised service is usually credited to… Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 271 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Easter Sunday 5.4.26 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Easter Rising This week’s playlist traces the arc from heavy old stones to the moment they finally shift, letting something new breathe through. There are songs that lift you heaven ward, that stay with you through… Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 269 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 22nd February 2026 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Songs that save the day There are days when the world feels a little grey around the edges, when the sky hangs low, the to‑do list grows long, or disappointment sits quietly in the corner… Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 264 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 15th February 2026 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen New Voices There’s a long line of new music outside the front door, waiting to be invited in. Most of the tracks on the show this week are new and unknown. They gather bedraggled but… Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 263 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 8th February 2026 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Always Some words carry a kind of gravitational pull, and ‘always’ is one of them. It’s a promise of devotion that stretches beyond the present. ‘Always’ is what we say when we want to reassure… Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 262 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 1st February 2026 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen You’ve Got a Friend Music can hold someone up when life gets heavy. It can step into the room like an old friend, sit beside you, and say the words you didn’t know you needed.… Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 261 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 25th January 2026 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Somewhere In the Deacon Blue song ‘Dignity’, “Bogie” a Glasgow council street secretly dreams of saving enough money to buy a boat named Dignity. He wants to sail up the west coast of Scotland, take… Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 256 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 21st December 2025 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Hour One Seasonal songs left out in the cold. These are the songs that didn’t make it down the chimney. There was no mince pies and certainly no carrots waiting for them. They languished in… Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 253 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 30th November 2025 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Rock School of Thought This week we move into the mystic where philosophy meets melody – from homespun wisdom to classical reflection, from desert travellers to street prophets. Each song in this journey asks a… Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 252 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 23rd November 2025 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Breakout. It’s the sound of chains falling away, the echo of doors swinging open. It’s the moment you realise the habits, the conventions and the parallel tracks no longer define you. Unshackling is not just… Read more
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