Snig

Snigs real name is Richard, born quite a few years ago when music was distributed via vinyl discs, the wireless was king and Top of the Tops was a must watch, Snig grew up listening to Mum & Dads old 45’s & LPs.  Paired with the music tastes of two older siblings, Snig learned to appreciate all types of music.  Fast forward ##mumbles a significant amount# years and Snig is in cahoots with a chap called Richard, no not himself – that’d be silly, who exclaims that Snig would be quite good as a radio presenter bearing in mind the huge amount of (useless?) music information stored in the memory banks of his brain, so “OK, I’ll pop in and see” turned into a 2 hour slot on a Tuesday morning.

Let’s go back in time, Snig’s childhood music wise consisted of old taped rundowns of the charts, Buddy Holly and Darts cassettes and, as mentioned before, old 45’s the likes of The Kinks, The Hollies and Lieutenant Pigeon.!  The real turning point was High School where Snig would listen more to the charts – Darnit It’’l give his age away, here – with the likes of Peter Gabriel’s ‘So’ LP, The Housemartins ‘London 0, Hull 4’ and (oh dear, how embarrassing) A-ha and Five Star.!  Again, coolness returned in the early 90’s with the discovery of REM, Pearl Jam, Nirvana & Seal, etc when buying records, and those new fangildy CD things, became a collection of picture discs, limited editions and a shortage of shelving.

On joining Chelmsford Community Radio in January 2024, it was like having his rear view mirror stolen as he hasn’t looked back since, discovering a newer variety of modern(ish) artists and new releases after a void of some years being ‘Out of the Music Chart’ loop.  A nervy but quietly confident Snig started his first show with the aid of aforementioned Richard, playing all the right tunes but pressing all the wrong buttons.!  A huuuuuge learning curve for poor old Snig, old dog – new tricks and all that, but he endured with great support from the CCR team, especially Michelle (who actually IS CCR) and Stuart.

A brief history of how Snig came to become the best radio show on a ‘Tuesday morning, 10 to 12, on CCR type way”. Shame his old buddy Shiny Dave keeps popping in. (Listen and you’ll find out what the Dickens I’m on about there!)