My father, Charlie Partridge, who has died aged 72 after suffering complications from cancer, was a journalist, broadcaster and champion of local media.
Having begun his career at Radio Trent, he moved to the BBC’s Radio Nottingham in 1978 before joining Radio Humberside, eventually presenting the breakfast show. Always up for an attention-grabbing stunt, he once broadcast from a RAF Lightning fast jet, and on one April Fools’ Day claimed the town of Goole would be rebranding itself as “Go Olé”.
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