They bring you the best uploads from amazingtunes.com each week, but who are the people behind the shows you hear on Amazing Radio? In a series of articles, we’ll be making it our mission to find out more about the owners of the infamous on air voices you know and love.
Our first subject(s) are the boys behind The Greg & Burtt Show; Greg Porter and James Burtt.
Greg & Burtt
Hello! Who are you?
We’re Greg & Burtt – the nation’s best loved breakfast/mid-morning double act… well apart from Colin and Matt [of the Saturday Show]!
How did you find out about Amazing Radio?
Burtt actually heard Amazing hitting the DAB airwaves whilst scanning through the digital dial in an attempt to make his monotonous office job a little more bearable. He loved the idea, was instantly hooked by the music and turned the whole office on to it too – forcing them to listen all day, every day!
Before we plucked you from relative obscurity and plonked you on the Amazing airwaves, what did you do?
Well, before being plucked from obscurity (thanks again for that by the way!) we worked together in a 9-5 capacity and had spent the majority of our ‘working’ hours day dreaming about leaving the rat race, getting a show and taking over the world. So, after much deliberation, we headed to a little community station in London and pleaded for a show. Surprisingly they said yes and that’s where the brilliantly titled Greg and Burtt show began!
Tell us about your show please!
Much like Frosties, it’s Great! We have three hours of the very best new and emerging music from across the UK and around the world! (if you listen to the show you’ll get that reference…) We like to litter the show with little segments that highlight tracks from amazingtunes.com such as HipHop O’Clock, North vs South, Flavour of the Month, Cup of Tea Track and The Gig Track. We really do try to include something for everyone whether you are a indie cool kid, love a bit of cheesy pop or even vibe the Donk scene.
- Greg & Burtt
Aside from your own fabulous show, have you got any other favourite Amazing Radio shows?
Anything that involves the chocolatey voice of Charlie Ashcroft – we love him. We are also very fond of the genius of Colin and Matt, (football scores predicted by a Hamster called Rabbit… that is brilliant!) We love Jim Gellatly‘s show because he’s so knowledgeable about music and passionate about the artists that he plays. Also, Amazing Beats on a Friday with Mark Ryan is also absolute class. (In essence we love it all… but maybe Ashcroft just a little bit more!)
Finally, what makes Amazing so, well, amazing!?
Everything! We know that sounds cheesy but it’s true. We, (we use the collective ‘we’ loosely there), are single-handedly changing the way that radio and new music works; we are giving, unknown artists a chance to showcase their music to a national audience, grow their fan base and get their music out to a huge number of people. ‘We’ are changing the way that people listen to new and emerging talent; in most cases we are showing the audience a whole new musical world that they never knew existed. When the charts are filled with bands you heard first on Amazing Radio and all the airwaves are filled with genuine talent, not just bands with cash behind them, people will know that it started here.
Viva Amazing, Viva La Revolution!
Tune in to Amazing Radio between 9 – 12 every Sunday morning to catch Greg & Burtt in action!
Hello! Who are you?
We are Greg and Burtt – the nation’s best loved weekend breakfast/mid-morning double act, well… apart from Colin and Matt.
How did you find out about Amazing Radio?
Burtt actually heard Amazing hitting the DAB airwaves whilst scan through the digital dial and trying to make his monotonous office job a little more bearable – loved the idea, was instantly hooked by the music and turned the whole office on to it too – forcing them to listen all day, every day!
Before we plucked you from relative obscurity and plonked you on the Amazing airwaves, what did you do?
Well, before being plucked from obscurity (thanks again for that by the way!) we had worked together in a 9-5 capacity and had spent the majority of our ‘working’ hours day dreaming about leaving the rat race, getting a show and taking over the world… after much deliberating we headed to a little communicty station in London that we had heard about and pleaded for a show – they said yes and that is where the brilliantly titled Greg and Burtt show began!
Tell us about your show please!
Much like Frosties, It’s Great! Need more info than that…. ok, well we have 3 hours of the very best new and emerging music from across the UK and ‘around the world’ – if you listen to the show you will get that reference, if not join the family and enter the fun – we also like to litter the show with little segments that may highlight a few tracks that you never realised you loved, such as HipHop O’Clock, North vs South, Flavour of the Month, Cup of Tea Track and The Gig Track (working title until further notice!) We really do try to include something for everyone whether you are a indie cool kid, love a bit of cheesy pop or even vibe the Donk scene.
Tune in between 9 – 12 every Sunday morning and make up your own mind.
Why should we listen?
See Above
Aside from your own fabulous show, have you got any other favourite Amazing Radio shows?
Anything that involves the chocolatey voice of Charlie Ashcroft, we love him. We are also very fond of the genius of Colin and Matt – football scores predicted by a Hamster called Rabbit, I mean come on, that is brilliant! We also love Jim Gellatly’s show as he is so knowledgable on the music scene and passionate about the artistes that he features, Amazing Beats on a Friday with Mark Ryan is also absolute class, best soundtrack for a mad night out… in fact we love it all, well maybe Ashcroft just a little bit more!
Finally, what makes Amazing so, well, amazing!?
Everything, we know that sounds cheesy but it is true. We (we use the collective ‘we’ loosely there) are single handedly changing the way that radio and new music works; we are giving, currently, unknown artistes a chance to showcase their music to a national audience, grow their fanbase and get their music out to a huge number of people. ‘We’ are changing the way that people listen to new and emerging talent, in most cases we are showing the audience a whole new musical world that they never knew existed – In time when the charts are filled with bands you heard first on Amazing Radio and all the airwaves are filled with genuine talent, not just bands with cash behind them, people will know that it started here.
Viva Amazing, Viva La Revolution!
