A stray from the format which would not be allowed in these days. I remember asking her about her family, her life outside hospital and trying to imagine who it was I was talking to. This lady who had lived through the first and second world wars, who was 30 before radio was even invented, had spent her last seven hours on earth listening to a radio broadcast by me - just to her. Because it has had a profound effect on me throughout my broadcasting career. I never, ever think that broadcasting to a small audience is irrelevant.
Radio provides entertainment and comfort to millions - but it also the supreme one to one medium.
That's access radio. I hope it will do so in an environment which allows it to flourish alongside great, creative larger scale radio. An environment in which the regulator controls competition, taste and decency and the fair allocation of licences. The regulator would be fair, open and a supporter of radio creativity. It would offer clear opinions which could be debated and challenged by evidence.