I remember him getting in deep trouble for saying that radio hallam were going to have Elvis stuffed and placed in a glass case in the reception area of the radio station...talk about light blue touch paper and stand well back..........booooooom!!!

I remember Roger Moffat from way back in the early 80s. He had the most boringest voice. Enough to make you fall back asleep first thing in the morning. He wasn't even slightly funny but was on Radio Hallam for years. Somebody must have enjoyed his show??

Me and a mate installed some equipment for BT in the studios and I remember him being very rude about us on-air. Although he did play a track for my girlfreinds birthday.

He used to go in the Hen and Chickens every afternoon and you could'nt miss him as he wore a pilots hat with them floppy ears and a scotch cloke and walked with a stick.
He looked like an exentric, and maybe he was.

Indeed he was an eccentric old person. He used to live in Broomhill in 1981 and could always be seen in the YORK with a walking stick with a bell on it. He used to ring the bell when he wanted his whisky glass refreshed, normally every 3 minutes, and the barmaids actually introduced table service just for him. I think he kept the place solvent in 1981 with his whisky drinking. I remember sitting with him for 30 minutes in THE YORK one night with some mates, talking about his old BBC days when he blew up a TV studio, and he got through 11 glasses of whisky on the rocks!!!

I also remember him propping up the bar in the DOVE AND RAINBOW back in the late 70's, and very loudly insulting a group of students who nicked his bar stool. he was a small frail old man but not afraid to have a go at someone who theatened his drinking patterns!!!

When he was on Radio Hallam each morning, he had a female presenter with him and all they did was slag each other off. It became very boring, and time to switch off. He was also a TV presenter at one time. I remember him being to Pinky and Perky, what Harry Corbett was to Sooty. Those were the days...........

I believe in true Roger Moffatt style he had his ashes scattered over Sheffield from a helicopter. :cool:

I remember that.Some old lady booted him on the shin when she saw him in town.Originally posted by blue11265
I remember him getting in deep trouble for saying that radio hallam were going to have Elvis stuffed and placed in a glass case in the reception area of the radio station...talk about light blue touch paper and stand well back..........booooooom!!!

Waddya mean, eccentric.
How can you describe a man who wears a floppy eared pilots helmet, a tartan cloak and carries a walking stick with a bell on it as eccentric. We are talking about sheffield you know!!!!!!!

Roger was apparently recently spotted by a psychic medium, sitting in the YORK (now a scream pub) in Broomhill drinking whiskey, wearing a brown tweed suit and with his stick with a bell.

Originally posted by goldenfleece
Roger was apparently recently spotted by a psychic medium, sitting in the YORK (now a scream pub) in Broomhill drinking whiskey, wearing a brown tweed suit and with his stick with a bell. Is that true, well our resident ghosthunter Jon may be interested in that one, when he can be bothered to log on that is.;)

Why dont you lot comment about him when he was a younger and funnier man. when you dont know what you are talking about you should keep your thoughts to your selves. I remember all of the times you refer to and also know him from better periods in his history. I also remember when he got punched on the face at the Radio Station and also all those silly groupies who thought he would fall for the 3 card trick when they sat on his knees in the Dove and Rainbow. wonder what became of them? Probably gone looking for Rod Steward. Some hope!!!!

Originally posted by alanbrook
Why dont you lot comment about him when he was a younger and funnier man. when you dont know what you are talking about you should keep your thoughts to your selves. I remember all of the times you refer to and also know him from better periods in his history. I also remember when he got punched on the face at the Radio Station and also all those silly groupies who thought he would fall for the 3 card trick when they sat on his knees in the Dove and Rainbow. wonder what became of them? Probably gone looking for Rod Steward. Some hope!!!!

I did put this link on the Elvis thread - maybe it deserves repetition here Roger Moffatt (http://www.vintagebroadcasting.org.uk/rmoffatt.htm)

It does seem a waste of talent on Local radio when you read about the different people that have been sacked or 'let go' as they say.

In this history section there are references to Ray Stuart, Tony Capstick and Roger Moffatt all were excellent in their time and all deemed politically non-correct by Local radio in Sheffield.

Does this mean that any talent is to be strangled here, and the drones will rule?

What a dull world we would live in if all the writers actors and musicians were straitjacketed.

Originally posted by MrHelicopter
I did put this link on the Elvis thread - maybe it deserves repetition here Roger Moffatt (http://www.vintagebroadcasting.org.uk/rmoffatt.htm) I remember the day after Elvis died Roger slagged him off for not even coming to this country and people were over reacting about his death.
He had a point but he did cause uproar.
He had to lay very low for a while after that because of threats to lynch him by not just Elvis fans but by avid listeners who were also upset about Presleys death.

I well remember, when I was the bus inspector in Campo Lane, seeing Roger Moffat coming up Campo Lane on his way home after a radio shift, wearing his "Rupert Bear" suit, and weaving a slightly unsteady course like a ship with a dodgy rudder. He would allways grin and make some comment, allthough I could'nt allways tell what! A great character, the type that makes life interesting, long may we have them.

alanbrook is correct, Moffat was a down to earth outspoken character. When at the radio station he spent a lot of his time sat at the end of the bar in the Dove and Rainbow. Very few people knew the true roger moffat. At heart he was a gentleman. He did used to provoke a response on his chat shows. That is how a good chat show is run. He lived in a bed sit for a while on Harcourt Road. Thos that lived close to him had respect for him despite the many times he came home plastered. He once fell over the wall outside the front door of his bed sit while he was drunk, He fell straight on top of some dust bins. He even made a joke about that. He was more well known for his boots. Most of what else is heard about him is just idle gossip. He had many arguements at Hallam, But, He was dedicated to his job. To put it frankly " He deserved better ". He was a man that I was proud to know and proud to have had a drink with.

he lived near my auntie in 1977 it was the year of the queens silver jubilee and he got done for painting an old gas lamp red white and blue..it was outside his house.......

Originally posted by Rodgers
alanbrook is correct, Moffat was a down to earth outspoken character. When at the radio station he spent a lot of his time sat at the end of the bar in the Dove and Rainbow. Very few people knew the true roger moffat. At heart he was a gentleman. He did used to provoke a response on his chat shows. That is how a good chat show is run. He lived in a bed sit for a while on Harcourt Road. Thos that lived close to him had respect for him despite the many times he came home plastered. He once fell over the wall outside the front door of his bed sit while he was drunk, He fell straight on top of some dust bins. He even made a joke about that. He was more well known for his boots. Most of what else is heard about him is just idle gossip. He had many arguements at Hallam, But, He was dedicated to his job. To put it frankly " He deserved better ". He was a man that I was proud to know and proud to have had a drink with. He was outspoken and he upset a lot of people when Elvis died and they had him on Calender locked in a cage for his own safety.
These days Moffatt would be regarded less outspoken than he used to be as today radio presenters get away with a hell of a lot more.
Nicholarse is a good example of presenters winding up there listeners of today, he does wind them up and he knows it even though he does'nt admit it and as nicholarse has me in stitches today, Moffatt did in the 70s.

That is what is lacking today. People should be encouraged to speak their minds, Be they right or wrong. It is good for people to be straight with each other. There are too many that keep quiet so as not to upset the apple cart. I myself have always spoken my mind. Sometimes I am wrong, I sometimes write aricles that get people mad. Thus creating a response. But, By doing this we create a base for discussion. Fair to say there are those that would deny others their opinion. But, I am proud that at the moment we live in a society where we are free to speak out and demonstrate. Sad to say there are those that abuse this freedom. Radio presenters however need to control what they say. Being in the public eye what they say can be misinterpretated. Roger was one of those. Yet he still spoke his mind. Like myself, Roger once had a brick through his window. As a result of saying something someone did not like.

yes i believe he wanted his ashes scattered over "Royal Hackenthorpe" i used to chat to him when he came into where i worked.. and he once bought me a drink!!!!!

I recall Moffat vaguely from early Radio Hallam Days. Am I correct in thinking that his bon mot was the suggestion that Elvis Presley's cadaver be stuffed and mounted in Weston Park Museum? I also recall being told that he had once been sacked from BBC Radio for giving a false gale warning. What a splendid cove he must have been!

I remember him drinking regularly in the Old Queen's Head on Pond Street in the early 70s. He always complained about the Juke box being on which was ironic bearing in mind he worked in local radio. Probably the rudest person I have ever met.

hi he actually suggested stuffing elvis and standing him in the radio hallam foyer........oooops !

Originally posted by timo
I recall Moffat vaguely from early Radio Hallam Days. Am I correct in thinking that his bon mot was the suggestion that Elvis Presley's cadaver be stuffed and mounted in Weston Park Museum? I also recall being told that he had once been sacked from BBC Radio for giving a false gale warning. What a splendid cove he must have been!

The gale warning one was true ..

He said "Here is a gale warning....Gale get out of my bed my wife is coming home"

That was Roger...
What a guy...
HA HA HA

Roger Moffat didn't suffer fools gladly and enjoyed a drop or two of the hardstuff which may have heightened his sense of the absurd. To enliven a midnight shipping forecast on the Beeb World Service he once broadcast a weather forecast of gales and wild weather conditions which were way,way off the top end of the scale..As a result he had shipping scurrying for cover on calm seas and found himself once again out of the Beeb on his ear..Moving on to Hallam he jousted with a fellow presenter- Kelly somebody or other who called him an old has been. Rog replied "Well, at least I has been" Who was Kelly? and I wonder, did he ever succeed on Hallam? O.P.

I do not know if the story is true but I was told his mother was a Lady in Waiting to the Queen.

Maybe someone out there knows the real story.

I know one thing, we are still posting about Cappo, Stusrt and Moffatt.

There have been a whole lot more broadcasters that we don't write about, so they must have made a great impression on listeners.




Happy Days!

Kelly was probably Kelly Temple (bit of a nancy boy, really fancied himself).
Roger's co-presenter was Brenda Ellison. They used to be on between Johnny Moran and Cardboard Shoes.
I have a recording of a trailer prior to Hallam's launch, introduced by Mr. Skues, and also one of its actual launch, when the record deck failed to start, so they played what should have been record 2 first, followed by James Taylor - Youv'e got a friend, which was supposed to be their theme.
I also remember the who-ha when Skues was relieved of his post, whilst away doing his bit for Queen and Country. Never a dull moment round this city !!!!!

I am seeking more HALLAM recordings from the 70's so if anyone has some mouldy old cassettes, let me know....recordings of any of the Hallam original presenters from 74 to 83

i remember roger moffit radio dj he used to catch my bus sometimes ,i was a bus conductor on the 52 bus what a strange man dressed like doctor who but i liked his radio show

Personally I think it was one of the best comments he made. After that we seemed to stop getting Elis Presley records played all the time.What he said wasn't out of disrespect for Elvis but to illustrate how it had all been blown out of proportion.

I remember the Elvis episode, I also remember a lynch mob waiting outside the studio for Roger :)

Those were the days, falling asleep listening to 'Baker Street' on radio Hallam late at night.

Roger was once on a bus waiting for it to stop in High St.when he asked the driver what caused the deafening screech from the brakes and the reply came "To let us know they're working." Rogers reply: "Well, I can only assume that the brakes on Jaguars and Bentleys don't work at all."

A one off

I knew someone who lived next door to him for years - the stories, the stories

Cheers Rog!

Now old roger was a real radio man.
The guy was a hero - you just had no idea what he was going to do next.
Any other DJs painted the lamp post outside their place white so people can find him ?

Well missed.

Did he get the sack from R4 for swearing ?

Did he get the sack from R4 for swearing ?

I believe he was the first man to swear on BBC TV!
The story goes something like: Roger was the host of a band show that in those days which, like every other programme went out live. It was getting near the end of the show and the floor manager was giving him the wind up signal.
Roger was doing his final piece to camera and wiggled his fingers out of site to acknowledge the floor managers signal. The floor manager couldn't have seen the finger waggling because he crawled across the floor to Roger and started tugging at his trousers. Roger could feel his trousers slipping down so he looked down at the floor manager and exclaimed "I CAN SEE THE BLOODY CLOCK!".The studio went quiet.
The next day the papers wouldn't even print the word,they just put B****y and the Times said "The BBC uses that pygmalian word"
How times have changed.

classic stuff - good old roger

I remember the day of the day of Queens Jubilee or something - it would have been around 1976/7.

There were a load of street parties going on around the city and Radio Hallam thought it would be a good idea to send the mobile unit out to tour round and visit some of the parties -

Roger Moffat was the man chosen to do the interviewing -

problem was that at each party he was given a stiff drink so as the day went on Roger became more 'social'

I cannot remember the exact words but he was interviewing a small girl and asked her where she lived....there was no answer.....so he asked her again.......no answer......third time.. no answer......then came the immortal words...

"It's no good **** pointing at your house you silly girl, this is radio.....they can't **** see you"

At the next street party Radio Hallam had managed to find another presenter.

I met him once at a party not longer after that and thought he was a great guy - even after a couple he was very witty.

For anyone who's interested, you can listen to some archive recordings of Roger here:

http://www.vintagebroadcasting.org.uk/index.htm

he lived near my auntie in 1977 it was the year of the queens silver jubilee and he got done for painting an old gas lamp red white and blue..it was outside his house.......The gas lamp was on Brincliffe Edge Road and was there for a good while after. I don't think he got done for it though it's a better story.

I do not know if the story is true but I was told his mother was a Lady in Waiting to the Queen.

Maybe someone out there knows the real story.

I know one thing, we are still posting about Cappo, Stusrt and Moffatt.

There have been a whole lot more broadcasters that we don't write about, so they must have made a great impression on listeners.




Happy Days!
If this was so, she would most likely have had a title. Could he then have been The Honourable RM? I remember him being Pinky and Perky's dad on television.

That is what is lacking today. People should be encouraged to speak their minds, Be they right or wrong. It is good for people to be straight with each other. There are too many that keep quiet so as not to upset the apple cart. I myself have always spoken my mind. Sometimes I am wrong, I sometimes write aricles that get people mad. Thus creating a response. But, By doing this we create a base for discussion. Fair to say there are those that would deny others their opinion. But, I am proud that at the moment we live in a society where we are free to speak out and demonstrate. Sad to say there are those that abuse this freedom. Radio presenters however need to control what they say. Being in the public eye what they say can be misinterpretated. Roger was one of those. Yet he still spoke his mind. Like myself, Roger once had a brick through his window. As a result of saying something someone did not like.

Roger was a Goddamn legend!
I remember seeing in him in the Brincliffe Oaks wearing a pair of Moonboots and disappearing off air when someone rang and told him they had seen someone tampering with his personal lamp post to go and check on it (the one he had painted red white and blue at the top of Oakhill Road).
Roger was a garrulous, eccentric and wonderful man- a breath of fresh air in this mundane world of Political Correctness and I for one miss him.

For anyone who's interested, you can listen to some archive recordings of Roger here:

http://www.vintagebroadcasting.org.uk/index.htm

I missed this when you posted it -thanks - made me chuckle :hihi:

God those recordings brought some good memories back. Moffat was brilliant and so was Hallam in those days.
Thats when it was a REAL station.