Like a shark swimming, confused, into a British harbour town, Shaun was edged from the place he should be, and was doing his level best to see it positively.Īs yet, we don’t know what Shaun’s next radiomove will be. Being the consummate professional, Shaun has given his all to the afternoon slot, but his wit and dour and deadpan, yet enthusiastic observations on life never felt like they were quite in the right place. If we are honest with ourselves, we probably knew that the move from breakfast marked the beginning of the end a changing of the guard. With Shaun we know we’re not getting that. The closest I’ve got to feeling like this previously was when Adam and Joe went their separate ways. The loss of some has been felt more than others, but genuinely, I feel bereft at losing Shaun. Middle aged shout outs have made me smile for years – in fact from long before they seemed like they could be written to describe my own life. He’s been a mainstay of my time listening to the station, and one of the reasons the dial has barely shifted – and certainly not for anything other than a temporary aural excursion. Popular, but without sacrificing substance in favour of style, or even a broader audience. Knowledgeable, but not as the expense of interest. The truth is they fit perfectly in that middle space. But what about the presenters? Where would they fit on the popular music spectrum that extends from Radio One at one end to, I suppose, Radio 2 at another? I was the target audience and liked the music. When I tuned to 6music for the first time, I didn’t know what to expect.
People still talked of transitor radios and turning on the wireless.
We’d not had DAB for long up here in the North. Shaun has been part of my life since 2009, when I first picked up a DAB radio from an Amazon flash sale. People come in and out of our lives all the time.
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