I have been a Golden Age of Radio and Big Band sounds of the 1930s and 1940s enthusiast for decades. After a long career in radio and TV broadcasting, announcing, public relations and marketing, I decided to lay back and devout all of my broadcasting time to my commercial-free ode to vintage radio.

The 'Make Believe Ballroom' had its origins on the radio starting in the mid 1930s and stayed a daily program on WNEW 1130 AM in New York until the late 1980s. My parents always had the dial set to 1130 so at an early age I gained an appreciation for the music I would love the most up until this day.

Jay Lawrence is thrilled to present on The UK 1940s Radio Station. His goal is to promote the music in the UK from a stateside perspective.

A selection of original radio variety shows From Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Judy Garland, Dinah Shore and more.

40s Favourites features songs that were popular in the 1940s. Some may still be popular today, others have slipped into obscurity but 40s Favourites visits them all.

I am very thrilled to present 'My Pick Of The Forties' on The UK 1940's Radio Station. I'm an avid collector of 78 rpm records and have built up a large collection of 1930's and 1940's dance band music over the years which I am very pleased to be able to share with the station's listeners.

A mixture of original music and news broadcasts and film reel audio from the 1930s and 1940s

The Armed Forces Radio Services recorded transcription discs of popular radio shows and big band concerts for the forces serving overseas. Often shows were also broadcasted on shortwave radio.

The girl next door quality of GI Jill's voice, and her obvious love for the G.I.s she was talking to and playing music for made her the most popular voice on the AFRS. "Jill" was actually Martha Wilkerson (1918-1999)

A mixture of original music and news broadcasts and film reel audio from the 1930s and 1940s

The Swing Era is an entertaining and informative musical program fed by the enormous recorded legacy that the Swing Era bands and artists left us.

Someone once said, "There are only two kinds of music...good music and bad music. If you like it, it's good. If you don't, it's bad." If true, then all the music of the forties is good, because I love it. It's the music I grew up with. Each one of my countdown programs concentrates on the top hits (and some of the interesting misses), from one month of that golden decade, hopefully bringing back some of the more pleasant memories from your past.