Andy Peebles Soul Train moves to Gold on a saturday Night

COTTONHEAT · 07/10/13 - 02:27

The long running show, which he started at Piccadilly Radio in the 70s and took to BBC Radio 1, has been dropped from Smooth after almost 10 years. It will now be part of the Gold schedule each Saturday night from November.

Andy Peebles said: “I am thrilled to bits to take The Soul Train to Gold and delighted that Richard Park is giving the show such a fantastic platform. I hope that people will make a date with me on Saturday nights and join me for the greatest soul music.”

Global’s Director of Broadcasting Richard Park: “Andy Peebles is one of the UK’s true broadcasting legends. I look forward to welcoming his new home at Gold where The Soul Train will be one of the highlights of the weekend schedule.”

Multimedia81 · 07/10/13 - 02:35

I expect it will start at 10pm so that it doesn't clash with 70s Saturday.

suffolkblue · 07/10/13 - 03:02

Global really are destroying radio. Good luck to Andy but sadly wasted on gold.

FM Lover · 07/10/13 - 03:46

Multimedia81 wrote: »

I expect it will start at 10pm so that it doesn't clash with 70s Saturday.

I reckon they'll ditch the VT'd part 2 of 70's Saturday and have Andy on live from 8pm to midnight.

Peter the Great · 07/10/13 - 04:36

suffolkblue wrote: »

Global really are destroying radio. Good luck to Andy but sadly wasted on gold.

Agreed. Sadly I can't see the show lasting considering they axed Greg Edwards show a few years back.

Rich Tea. · 07/10/13 - 07:03

What a disgrace the "new" soul & motown show that appeared tonight in place of Double Top 20 at 6pm on Smooth was! Generic trash with a meaningless presenter who barely spoke a word anyway. It was quite pathetic, and to think they have dumped an enthusiast like Andy Peebles on Smooth for that. Going from Smooth to Gold is hardly worth shouting about is it. Radio 2 should pick him up as soon as possible. There is definitely a place for his show on Radio 2 as it is nowadays.

Peter the Great · 07/10/13 - 07:39

Rich Tea. wrote: »

What a disgrace the "new" soul & motown show that appeared tonight in place of Double Top 20 at 6pm on Smooth was! Generic trash with a meaningless presenter who barely spoke a word anyway. It was quite pathetic, and to think they have dumped an enthusiast like Andy Peebles on Smooth for that. Going from Smooth to Gold is hardly worth shouting about is it. Radio 2 should pick him up as soon as possible. There is definitely a place for his show on Radio 2 as it is nowadays.

Andy Peebles has been on Radio 2. He did a Soul show that was only on for about 13 weeks a year! Really Soul music has never been treated that well on Radio 2 with only occasional series until Trevor Nelson come along where there was at last a permenant fixture for a Soul show. But if Radio 2 were really more interested in providing more than an hour of Soul music a week they would have given a Soul show to Tony Blackburn.

BMR · 07/10/13 - 12:41

I'm sure it'll sound great on Medium Wave! :rolleyes:

[Deleted User] · 07/10/13 - 20:46

Is Andy just working out a contract at Gold? I dont understand the point of moving him away from Smooth when Smooth are still doing a soul show. Surely he will only be at Gold in the short term.

GeorgeS · 07/10/13 - 20:53

goldlistener wrote: »

Is Andy just working out a contract at Gold? I dont understand the point of moving him away from Smooth when Smooth are still doing a soul show. Surely he will only be at Gold in the short term.

seems to be part of a wider schedule change for weekends at Gold which will happen in November.

Replacing Paul Coyte Saturday show means and end to the 70's block which was 7 hours, which was mirrored with a 7 hours block of 60s on Sunday nights. Would suggest a wider schedule change is going to happen.

wirewolf · 07/10/13 - 21:34

GeorgeS wrote: »

seems to be part of a wider schedule change for weekends at Gold which will happen in November.

Replacing Paul Coyte Saturday show means and end to the 70's block which was 7 hours, which was mirrored with a 7 hours block of 60s on Sunday nights. Would suggest a wider schedule change is going to happen.

It's an interesting move as Gold got rid of all the 'specialist' shows like Soul and Rock a few years back.

Smooth's Double Top 20 show would be perfect to move over to Gold - Jensen used to do a similar show (From the bottom to the top) on Gold a few years back.

FM Lover · 07/10/13 - 21:37

wirewolf wrote: »

It's an interesting move as Gold got rid of all the 'specialist' shows like Soul and Rock a few years back.

Smooth's Double Top 20 show would be perfect to move over to Gold - Jensen used to do a similar show (From the bottom to the top) on Gold a few years back.

From The Bottom To The Top was far superior. For those that don't know David would have a guest in the studio that would have had a big chart hit in the Top 40 and they'd count down the chart from that particular week playing the songs and chatting about them and the star's memories from the time.

That was on Capital Gold before they merged with Classic Gold

wirewolf · 07/10/13 - 23:10

FM Lover wrote: »

From The Bottom To The Top was far superior. For those that don't know David would have a guest in the studio that would have had a big chart hit in the Top 40 and they'd count down the chart from that particular week playing the songs and chatting about them and the star's memories from the time.

That was on Capital Gold before they merged with Classic Gold

Couldn't remember if it was continued on Gold for a short while? Mike Sweeney did the show as well.

scrilla · 22/03/14 - 22:08

Listening on Gold tonight and Andy has said it's the last episode of Soul Train! The 40th anniversary of this show is April 5th 2014 and who knows if he'll be on air...

Dave_Wiggy603 · 07/10/15 - 02:09

Where is this good radio presenter
andy peebles now please he is a good radio presenter

hanssolo · 07/10/15 - 04:04

Looks like he is about 67 and has retired http://andypeebles.co.uk

It is rare for a radio show to run for forty years but, with a few gaps here & there, that is the case with Andy Peebles’ Soul Train

pjex · 07/10/15 - 10:07

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