Andy Lloyd


"...it brings back so many memories of sounds and faces ... great people, great
music and great fun." ...Andy Lloyd

Andy Lloyd

Andy's first hit pick: D-A-A-ANCE - the Labrettas.

As Mercia Sound celebrated 2 years of success Andy wrote:

For me the great thing about working at Mercia Sound is that I am not only getting paid for doing a job
that I love but there is also the opportunity to use the medium of radio to help people by putting them in
touch with a wide selection of guest experts.

There have been moments of great excitement - for instance during the gold rush.. and moments of panic
like one Sunday morning when I got a heritage quiz question wrong and the switchboard exploded with irate
amateur historians."

In their own words

Mercia & ATV's simulcast - Rock Stage promo

Link to United Biscuits Network history website www.ubn.org.uk

Heritage Quiz

Sunday morning was the time for Andy's Heritage Quiz within his 'A Touch of Class' programme, here's a sample of questions used on the 10th of August 1980:

1) To which famous school in the area did Lewis Carroll go to? (Answer: Rugby)
2) What was the first mechanised road transport system in the Coventry area? (Answer: Steam trams... 1884)
3) Where was the King's Court held in Banbury in the 13th Century? (Answer: Banbury Castle)

LP's for the prize winner picked from Eastern Wind by Chris DeBurg or On the Riviera - The Gibson Brothers

Click here for a scan of the original question sheet.