Listen "S02 E11 - Neil Bentley"
Episode Synopsis
We didn't plan to have loads of former Capital FM legends on this series of Crunch & Roll - in fact we don't plan anything - but we're very pleased it turned out that way.
Neil Bentley's happiest times were not at the big 95.8 though, they were at a another often featured station that, like him, were big on dance and R&B.
Neil's not spoken about his career since leaving the industry over a decade ago, so prepare to learn. And prepare to pick your jaw off the floor after some of the tales that would be best described 'SO radio'.
There's the story of the brutal rejection letter from Radio 1 that might not have been all it seemed; he tells us how one of the world's biggest DJs offered to carry his records into an Egyptian-themed nightclub in Barnsley for him; and his embarrassing interaction with the Queen of Pop.
Contains strong language and adult content.
Neil's on Twitter, see: https://twitter.com/DJneilbentley
And Inst: https://www.instagram.com/neilbentley/
This is Neil's digital and creative company: https://www.webvid.com/about/
And you can indulge yourself in some classic Bentley here: https://aircheckdownloads.com/audio-search?term=neil+bentley&sort_bef_combine=relevance_DESC
Neil Bentley's happiest times were not at the big 95.8 though, they were at a another often featured station that, like him, were big on dance and R&B.
Neil's not spoken about his career since leaving the industry over a decade ago, so prepare to learn. And prepare to pick your jaw off the floor after some of the tales that would be best described 'SO radio'.
There's the story of the brutal rejection letter from Radio 1 that might not have been all it seemed; he tells us how one of the world's biggest DJs offered to carry his records into an Egyptian-themed nightclub in Barnsley for him; and his embarrassing interaction with the Queen of Pop.
Contains strong language and adult content.
Neil's on Twitter, see: https://twitter.com/DJneilbentley
And Inst: https://www.instagram.com/neilbentley/
This is Neil's digital and creative company: https://www.webvid.com/about/
And you can indulge yourself in some classic Bentley here: https://aircheckdownloads.com/audio-search?term=neil+bentley&sort_bef_combine=relevance_DESC
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