Time: Sundays, 11am – 2pm Vibe: Gospel • Revival • Roots • Lovers • Big People Music • Community Talk The Show Keep It Real is The Godfather’s signature Sunday programme — a three‑hour blend of Gospel upliftment, revival selections, roots reggae, lovers rock, and big people classics. It’s a show built on heritage, community and real conversation, shaped by decades of broadcasting experience stretching back to the early days […]
Reggae • Dancehall • Interviews • Community Voice • Radio Heritage
The Godfather is one of Wolverhampton’s true radio pioneers — a broadcaster whose journey stretches back to 1975, when he first began playing music at his secondary‑school disco, organising events and shaping early sound‑system culture. Those foundations led him to Skyline Radio in 1988, marking the start of a new era for community broadcasting in the city. This story, as he says, is still to be continued.
By 1995, The Godfather expanded his craft with something groundbreaking: The Dancehall Master UK, a specialist show featuring sound systems from around the world. Through live cassette clashes, exclusive dubplate sessions and interviews with selectors both local and international, the show became the number‑one dancehall specialist programme until 1999 — a golden era that reshaped how dancehall was presented on UK radio. And yes… that story is also to be continued.
Across the decades, The Godfather has hosted countless shows in multiple time slots, but one thing has never changed: his commitment to interviews, reviews, community conversation, and real radio storytelling. His style is unmistakable — warm, knowledgeable, rooted in culture, and always connected to the people.
Outside the studio, his passions are as wide‑ranging as his music:
Today, The Godfather continues to serve the community with his long‑running Sunday programme KEEP IT REAL with The Godfather, Sundays, 11am – 2pm A blend of reviews, interviews, community news, and good music, delivered with the authenticity and experience of a man who has lived the culture from the beginning.
With over four decades behind the decks and on the mic, The Godfather remains a pillar of Wolverhampton radio — a storyteller, a cultural archivist, and a true keeper of the community flame.
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