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‘We’re off in our transit vans after the show’: how Fix Radio built a hit station for builders
Louis Timpany was 22 and working on a building site when he had a brainwave – a radio station by, and for, tradespeople. Now with a huge listenership, Fix Radio is taking on the big beasts of the airwaves
Wearing a cap from the Bald Builders merch range, Hughes, 29, sits at his laptop while Hanson, 39, stays standing throughout, bouncing around his microphone with the kind of energy that would make Gregg Wallace seem flat. Louis Timpany, Fix Radio It’s not all banter and bangers; the station takes on mental health, as well as the big issues the industry faces, from fuel and materials prices to tool theft and London’s controversial Ulez low-emission zone. Clive Holland, who presents the lunchtime show and last year grilled Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, over the Ulez charge, is most concerned about a looming skills crisis caused by an ageing workforce heading for retirement, the impact of Brexit and a big decline in apprenticeships.
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