Martin Kirby – Director

Martin presents The Clutter-Free Breakfast Show on Wednesdays at 7.00am, The Bedroom Breakfast Show on Thursdays and Fridays at 7.00am, The Happy Honkers Non-Nonsense Drive Time Monday to Thursday at 4.00pm, Get Ready For The Weekend on Fridays at 3.00pm and That Saturday Feeling on Saturdays at 2.00pm.

This large but jolly gentleman is the man behind The Flash. His interest in radio began when he first heard Radio Caroline shortly after it’s return in 1983, with the format of an album rock music station a major influence.

He ran his own pirate radio station called Freesound Radio from 1988 until 1992 and, being on shortwave, managed to gain regular listeners throughout Europe and even reached the United States.

During the late 80s Martin made regular trips to the Irish Republic and studied the diverse but unregulated radio industry in that country.

In 1993 he joined Tony Smith in Clanfield and, using the name Mark King, helped him build up his pirate station called Angel FM. Martin and Tony worked closely together through Angel’s development into a much respected community radio station, which after a great deal of work now has a full time licence to serve Havant Borough as Angel Community Radio.