Billy Butler is joining Liverpool DAB+ station In Demand Decades for a new Sunday afternoon show starting on 14 December.
He will be on air from midday each week with a mix of features that long-time listeners will recognise, including Hold Your Plums, The Bradshaws, comedy captions, Motown memories, cover classics and punchline poems.
The programme will also shine a light on local artists and venues, alongside a few new additions planned especially for the series.
Billy said he has enjoyed meeting the team, adding “I’ve been welcomed by the entire team, which is great because even Alexa doesn’t answer me. I can’t wait to get started back on the radio in Liverpool.”
Billy’s broadcasting career spans more than six decades. He played at the Cavern Club in the sixties and went on to present radio and television programmes across the region, including long periods on Radio Merseyside and Radio City.
Hold Your Plums ran for over ten years on BBC Radio Merseyside and became known for its lively exchanges between Billy and co-host Wally Scott.
In Demand programme controller Rick Houghton said he is pleased to have secured the new show after many conversations over the past year.
Rick commented “He’s finally relented and agreed to join us, and this will add to the great roster of presenters on In Demand Decades which include fellow Liverpool legend Pete Price.”
