Kev "The Duke" Lever
The Boss
The Duke was born at a very early age in a little village West of Oldham called Ashton -under-Lyne. He was introduced to music as a baby and soon became proficient playing on the linoleum. At the age of 5 he began to learn to play brass instruments, a skill that would see him eventually join one of the finest Brass Bands in the world, Brighouse & Rastrick. In his early teens the lure of sex, drugs and sausage rolls became too much and he joined rock bands playing bass guitar. Sporting a curly perm and clad in spandex and pixie boots he played in bands with names like Saratoga, Slack Alice, Neon Tetra and more recently Dirty Weekend with who he developed the idea of live band karaoke, or Rockyoke as it became known. Interspersed with his rock god career, at the age of 18 he began DJing in local bars and pubs. As the deejaying faded away and performing live music became more important the decks were sold on, although the record collection remained. When the other member in the duet he played in decided to load up the family and the dog and roll the waggons down to Hayling Island, which is about as far South as you can go without getting your feet wet. It was now time to return to the glamorous world of deejaying, and so Duke Bock’s Party Train was launched on an unsuspecting world. It soon became clear if he wanted to break into the posh Cheshire set, a company name with more gravitas would be required, and so KL Music was born. He is now proud to be associated with a group of talented individuals as KL Radio hits t’interweb. Having toured all over Europe and played in some the most prestigious venues, including the Royal Albert Hall on 4 separate occasions. Worked in radio, tv and recording studios. Met and worked with a host of celebrities. He is now content to sit behind a microphone in a radio station, with the occasional venture into the wide world deejaying parties.
Elaine Goy
Presenter/Producer
Stuart Alexander
Presenter/Producer
Stuart was inspired by the dance floor response of Nutbush City Limits when he attended a Radio One Roadshow way back in 1971 and in that moment he decided that he wanted to be a DJ. Fast forward to 1978 and Stuart began his 45 year career as a DJ in a good old fashioned Cabaret Nightclub where he says he learned by baptism of fire on how to entertain 1000 people every night. Stuart also worked extensively on the mobile circuit in central Scotland for several years before progressing to Night Clubs. Over the following decades Stuart worked extensively in the nightclub scene in Scotland and pioneered the introduction of R&B and Hip Hop into the mainstream with his self promoting club The Grind club night in Edinburgh. Moving into the corporate and Wedding in the late 90’s Stuart carved a niche for being one of “In demand” DJ’s for the corporate and Wedding market. When the pandemic struck in 2020 Stuart joined the Klradio team and continues to enjoy presenting 3 shows per week on klradio. These shows are Spin The Wheel /Wheel Of Fortune which broadcasts every Thursday from 7-9pm Steppin Out every Friday from 7-9 and Snook Haven Country every Sunday from 5-7pm
Joe Waring
Presenter/Producer
Chris Ironside
Presenter/Producer
Jess Nightingale
Presenter/Producer
My first love for music was growing up in the 70s with my siblings and the late 80s was the time when I hit the club scene and that particular genre has stuck with me . My husband has Dj’d since the 90s and I’ve gone with him on many occasions and only a few years ago I decided to do 80s nights . I did do a little stint at radio during the lockdown but the station closed down … but I still do the mobile DJing and am looking forward to being back on the radio again .
Tony "Riggster" Wright
Presenter/Producer
Clayton P
Presenter/Producer
Clayton started his DJ career with Jimmy Rainbow’s Rainbow Heart Discotheque in the clubs and pubs all over Scotland including Annabel’s, back in the mid 70’s. He moved to Newcastle to the once famous Tuxedo Junction on Market Street where he performed his unique style of presenting to a Jazz-Funk and R&B audience. He left Newcastle in the 80’s to seek his fortune in the States where he eventually worked part time as a radio presenter on a radio station in Annapolis, Maryland playing music on a Saturday night. Arriving back later to the UK he thought he had left the music scene behind him only to meet up again with Jimmy Rainbow sometime later and was invited to join a local Edinburgh community station called Leith FM in 2009. He had a regular feature slot called Soul Stream and left there in 2014. He later joined another community radio station based in Haddington and carried on his weekly Saturday night show ‘Soul Stream International’, playing the very best in Soul, Reggae and Jazz Funk. With such artists as George Benson to Blackstreet, from Black Coffee to Black Eyed Peas, and from Bob Marley to Hil St Soul. He took a short break from broadcasting and after a few years with Black Diamond FM and latterly with Edinburgh’s Mix1 Radio. He is now plying his trade on KL Radio with three shows, Soul Stream International, The RnB Show, and The Friday Afternoon Mix. He has built a popular listener’s base both domestic and internationally and hopes to bring some surprises as well as a slightly different approach to Edinburgh’s music scene. You can listen to him on Tuesday & Thursday evenings, and on a Friday afternoon.
Katy
Presenter/Producer
Katy presents Vibes N Volume every Saturday 4-6pm here on KL Radio. Katy is from very near Edinburgh in Scotland and has been involved in radio for a few years now, as well as studying it as a subject at college. She obtained a Higher National Diploma in Radio with a Grade B from City of Glasgow College in 2020 and had done community and hospital radio from home for the last few years. Katy is also currently working in the radio industry doing the traffic and travel for a variety of radio stations in the UK, which she is throughly loving. Katy’s music interests came from family, primarily her father, who introduced her to the songs, bands and artists of his time, which she took a real fondness to and prefers it to today’s music, due to the fact that vintage music “glistens and glows more to the ears”, but she’ll never turn down a bop from Harry Styles or Beyoncé! This girl loves spending time with her boyfriend, friends and family and gets nothing but joy out of close bonding relationships, and of course, her little Cavapoo dog, Olly is a splendid addition!
John Maines
Presenter/Producer
John was born in Warrington. He was raised in Winwick, Lancashire and later Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. After initial lessons from his father, his early musical career started as a tenor horn player with the Prescot Cables Band near St. Helens. After a move to trombone he joined the Wigan Boys Club and Cammell Laird band in Birkenhead, Cheshire. As a young player he became the North of England Junior Solo Champion and was invited to play for the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain. A move to Cornwall saw John as principal trombone with St. Austell and Bodmin bands where he achieved a succession of competition victories at solo competitions throughout the South West of England. It was at this time that he gained the title of Champion Trombone Player of Great Britain on three successive occasions. He is one of only two players ever to achieve a hat-trick in this event. After playing solo trombone with the Stanshawe (Bristol) and Fairey Engineering bands with whom he also held the post of principal trombone with Harry Mortimer's Men o' Brass, he became principal trombone with the Black Dyke Mills Band. With this band he won competition titles including a hat trick of European Championships and toured such countries as the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and Japan. Since 1979 he has been a music tutor for the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain and is a Council member of the same organisation. John is a member of the National Association of Brass Band Adjudicators and regularly adjudicates both at home and abroad. He travels in Europe taking him to such places as Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Denmark where he has taken part in various musical activities including the direction of the National Youth Band of Denmark. Johns' academic work saw him graduate from the University of Sheffield with a BA (Hons) Degree. He is active as a conductor in the UK directing different bands, as well as undertaking the role of Master of Ceremonies at many of the country's band events such as The National Youth Band Championships, The Great Northern Brass Arts Festival, The Harry Mortimer Centenary Concert and acting as compere for many bands such as Black Dyke, Fairey's, Grimethorpe Colliery, Foden's, Brighouse & Rastrick, Wingates, Leyland, BAYV Cory and Yorkshire Building Society. John was for a time the Musical Director of the James Shepherd Versatile Brass group with whom he travelled extensively. He is a writer for various music publications, and has taken part in many recordings for CD, Radio and Television. In addition to his everyday banding activities John was for many years the presenter of the long running BBC weekly band programme "GMR Brass" and in 1999 received the Manchester Music Makers award for his contribution to music broadcasting in the Greater Manchester area..