A brand new, weekly radio show launched last night (Wednesday October 25) on RadioReverb addressing local issues and served up with an eclectic mix of music and chat.
Media personality Sophie Cook joins the team at RadioReverb with an exciting new talk show called Sophie Cook Talks.
The show will feature tunes from Sophie’s own record (she refuses to call them vinyl) collection spanning the entire history of popular music, from Gil Scott Heron to Portishead, from Etta James to The Libertines, alongside her unique brand of insightful comment about the local news stories that affect our lives.
Each week Sophie will joined by regular studio guests to educate, inspire and entertain her listeners.
Commenting about the new programme, producer and presenter Sophie Cook, said: “During my first year at secondary school a friend brought a copy of The Who’s seminal album Quadrophenia into class and said ‘you’ve got to hear this!’
“From that moment I was hooked, music, and Brighton, were now my first loves.
“I’ve still got the copy of that album that I bought the following week, along with some 500 or so others that I’ve bought in the intervening decades.
“Over the years I’ve been privileged to work in the music industry and have spent the past decade photographing Peter Doherty and the Libertines, and even got to shoot my heroes The Who. To be given an opportunity to play my favourite tunes alongside speaking about the issues that really matter is a dream come true.
“I can’t think of a better place to do it than in this amazing city that we call home, and on the city’s most diverse radio station, the wonderful Radio Reverb.!”
Sophie stood for the Labour party in the safe Tory seat of East Worthing and Shoreham at the recent General Election.
She polled 20,882 votes, slashing the majority of Tim Loughton the sitting Conservative MP in half to just 5,106 votes, delivering a 19.8 swing to Labour, their biggest in the country.
Station Director Tracey Allen, added: “We are delighted to welcome Sophie Cook to RadioReverb and we are looking forward to hearing her on the airwaves every Wednesday at 5pm talking about the issues that matter in Brighton, Hove and beyond!.
“Sophie is well-known by all the movers and shakers in the city and brings with her a huge amount of experience, knowledge of music and even more diversity to the station.”
You can catch Sophie, her chat and her tunes, every Wednesday at 5pm on DAB+ on-line and at 97.2FM
To check out Sophie’s show page, click here:
Other ways to listen will be via the Listen Again button at www.radioreverb.com
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