Rick Simmonds
My radio career started just over the border in Dorset, far too many years ago than I like to admit. Having spent many years around the country in radio ‘management’, it’s great to be back in Somerset - and behind the microphone for the first time in a decade or so! Radio still takes up most of my working week, although these days it includes helping create podcasts, audiobooks, on-hold messages and public speaking skills.
Outside of work, I spend much of my time with my family - and any remaining minutes, nursing back pain after another failed attempt to get my daughter to ride her bike around Ninesprings Park without me holding onto the saddle! Meantime, I have far too many unread books that I must get round to reading, an extensive music collection (taking in classical, jazz, rock, synth pop, dance music, you name it), an obsession for live comedy and a lawn that seems to need constant cutting.
Favourite male artist - Ben Folds
Favourite female artist - Lizzo
Favourite Band - Level 42
Guilty Pleasures - Level 42 (!), The Eighties & Battenberg cake
Today's Weather
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Yeovil
Medium-level cloud
High: 14°C | Low: 5°C
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Chard
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Crewkerne
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High: 14°C | Low: 5°C
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Somerton
Light rain
High: 14°C | Low: 5°C
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Wincanton
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High: 14°C | Low: 4°C
Recently Played
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Teardrops On My Guitar
Taylor Swift -
Baker Street
Gerry Rafferty -
Lose Control
Teddy Swims -
Gypsy Woman
Crystal Waters -
Texas Hold'em
Beyoncé -
Dancing In The Dark
Bruce Springsteen -
Paradise
Meduza -
She Moves In Her Own Way
The Kooks