Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - BONUS: Little Johnny Pryor's Radio Debut

Episode Date: July 19, 2022

The boys are on holiday this week, so we are replaying some of our favourite moments of the year! In this bonus episode, Ben goes back in time and finds an early audio clip of Jono on his community access radio station!   The boys are back on Tuesday the 26th of July from 6am!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now, Jono, I've managed to get my hands on a tape from one of your first radio broadcasts. Now, you thought you threw this away when we worked at a previous station. I saw it in the bin. I was like, I'll take this. I threw it away out of pure shame because you did acquire this audio a number of years ago. And I know behind the scenes, all you've been searching for for the last three years is a tape player. Yes. It's the first thing you asked when we came to this company.

Have you got a tape player? Two cassettes. They're like, no, we are in the new millennium. We got rid of all our tape players. So you've been hunting high and low to play this cassette. Yeah, and I found one. I brought one back from my mum's house over the weekend. And so I have for you right now.

Well, your first bit of radio. This is the first show that you did. Set the scene. You're what, 12, 13 years old old a young kid wanting to get into radio i don't know why they let you on with your own show at that age i was such a nerd that i knew from a very early age i wanted to annoy people on the radio sort of eight or nine uh which looking back on it is a it's a treat knowing what you want to do at that age uh but in moments like this, it's also low-hanging fruit for our co-hosts to mock and bully you.

Now, can I front foot this? Can I front foot this? No, I don't want to talk too much front footing. I'm sort of front footing and go, the technology recording of the tape recorder might make my voice sound a little bit higher than your account. You're like 13 years old. Of course you are.

You're a little higher. Okay, so here it is. Jono Pryor, Access Community Radio. This is the actual recording of Jono Pryor when he was young from a cassette. Have a listen. Access Community Radio, 8am. Hello, you're with Jono Pryor. You love that, don't you?

Hello. Play that again. It's so good. Access Community Radio, 8am. Hello, you're with Jono Pryor. Hello, you're with Jono Pryor.. Hello, you're with Johnny Pryor. Hello, you're with Johnny Pryor. Hello.

So you're Johnny Pryor. You've gone by the name of Johnny Pryor there. Johnny didn't come for later? No.

I was known to my friends and family as Johnny for many years. Johnny Pryor. I like Johnny Pryor. You sounded so happy too. Oh, that was before

the solar industry had sapped every last bit of willingness to live out of me. Okay, so this before the solar industry had sapped every last bit of willingness to live out of me. Okay, so this is a little Johnny Pryor. Thanks so much,

GD. Pulse Kefala 44 with Bogdan Novak and friends. They should be back here same time, same place at five o'clock for another great show

in the series. And don't forget, coming up next at five past six is the... Who would have thought that nasally kid would grow to be

the nasally adult you're here today? He sounds like one of those race cars. You sound like you've got that same sort of... Is it the tape technology or is it just the way you... No, this is before... This is a very youthful Johnny Pryor. He was a happier human being. Hello.

Happier human being. Hello. Happier human being. And before the experience of puberty was to hit him. So I didn't sound like a race caller. I get that. Okay. Well, that's my lot for today. And not only today, that's my lot forever. This was my last shift on Access Community Radio 8 and I am.

He's leaving. I only just got to love him. Not Johnny our last show How were the lines When Pretty cool Was coming through Telling us

Telling I'm writing your letters in Because back then It would have been like Oh god I can't believe You're leaving Don't let me Where are you going

Where are you going To end up next Now from memory I went into Quite the speech Quite the speech Quite the leaving speech seeing up next now from memory I went into quite the speech quite the quite the leaving speech

rattling off names of people I wanted to thank I want to thank a few people before I leave I want to thank

Leona Bresnan the station manager here for giving me the opportunity to work on a great great community station also great great great great community station oh god