Meet Our Presenters

Rob has been the voice of local radio at breakfast time in Rutland and Stamford for over 20 years and is often seen around the area at fetes, festivals and events.  He lives in Stamford with his wife Rachel, and their 5 year old daughter Florence.

Prior to moving to Rutland in 1998, Rob lived in Staffordshire and presented on radio stations in the Midlands and a small local one in Hampshire where he really got to understand rural radio - at the same time he was studying for a BTEC Higher National Diploma in Media with Business where he led the team on college radio 2 years running.

Rob's had a few months off early mornings getting this Project ready to become a new community radio station for the area - he's missed so many beautiful sunrises and breaking news stories he'd love to have shared with you on the radio, however he has been podcasting weekly to keep you in touch.  He's been counting down the days to get back behind the microphone in the morning, and starts your day every morning from 6am.

DEAN CORNISH

Simon grew up in Empingham and went to Stamford School so he certainly has a bit of local knowledge!  “My first job at 16 was at Rumbelows at the bottom of Ironmonger Street, now Café Black of course - Ironic given how much of the working week we spent boiling the kettle and stuffing our faces with biscuits instead of selling video recorders”.

Simon always knew radio is where the heart is and within a year he set off on a career that’s taken in various radio stations including some overseas. “All of the stations I’ve worked for have pivoted around the same thing - Providing a sense of community and belonging to listeners”

As well as broadcasting to the British Forces based all over the world from the BFBS studios in Germany, Simon also helped relaunch the successful Bay Radio which broadcasts in English to expats of all nationalities on Spain’s Costa Blanca and in Mallorca, a station he still works for occasionally. “I’ve been all over the place on the wireless, but somehow Rutland always draws me back again - To be able to give something back through radio to the place I’ve always called home is something very special to me”.

Off-air Simon works in “something I’m not allowed to talk about” (V mysterious, but he assures us he’s not a spy!), as a voice-over, occasional motoring writer and he’s trying to finish the home he shares with wife Amy and recent arrival Felicity. “We moved in with lots of plans just over 2 years ago. Then we had the fabulous news that Felicity was on her way. Then lock-down came. So far I’ve managed to mow the lawns occasionally. I’ve got realistic goals for this year - I’m aiming to get a single snowdrop planted by the Autumn”.

LYDIA MEREDITH

Mick spent his childhood in Leicester. He began his radio career as a producer and presenter at Radio 210 in Berkshire then moved to Peterborough and then Stamford  to present a new music /indie music show on Hereward Radio and CNFM (Cambridge) in the late 80's and early 90's  with co presenter Sarah Jane.

Always a champion of new music Mick supported bands like James, The Stone Roses and  Nirvana in their early days both on air and by promoting  their gigs in Cambridgeshire. After leaving Hereward and CNFM  Mick came off air and moved to London, working as a Producer and Exec Producer at Radio 1, Radio 2 ,6 Music  and XFM, he is currently Exec Producer of special projects and live music at Virgin Radio and now lives in Stamford.

Adam grew up in Bedfordshire, where he lives with his wife, four-year-old son and another little one on the way. He is a regular fixture in and around Rutland, where he can be found frequently visiting his parents, who live in Oakham, or — perhaps more frequently — in one of the local pubs.

He and his wife got engaged in Stamford in 2011, after he got down on one knee in the garden of The George Hotel. In fact, he's spent most of the subsequent years on his knees in gardens, indulging in his passion for gardening and the great outdoors.

Adam's been presenting radio shows on and off — but mostly off — since 2004, although that's something he's managed to keep quiet until now... Which isn't usually a good sign for a radio presenter. He's perhaps better known locally as the author of the popular Rutland crime series, and has been a full-time professional crime fiction author since 2011.