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Air Traffic Control

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27 minutes | Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Aaron Ibanez goes up the highest occupied building on the Isle of Man and learns about the role of the Air Traffic Controller at Ronaldsway.
30 minutes | Sunday, 6 October 2019
Christy spent some time at one of the Island's largest recording facilities, Red Lyon Studios, in the company of the extremely knowledgeable Mark Cleator. Producer, sound engineer and musician himself, Mark has worked on music of every genre, from choirs and orchestras to trad groups, pop and every shade of rock. He tells us what it's like to use traditional methods in a modern digital world.
27 minutes | Tuesday, 1 October 2019
Aaron Ibanez explores two very different approaches to greener living, from award-winning eco-architecture, to an off-grid cabin in the woods.
40 minutes | Monday, 23 September 2019
Rhian Evans explores whether libraries can hold their own in a fast-paced, technological world, where both fiction and knowledge can be got at the touch of a button.
27 minutes | Tuesday, 27 August 2019
Aaron Ibanez looks back at ten years of electric racing at the TT - and examines the future of the zero emissions category.
21 minutes | Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Former British Champion, TT and MGP Winner, Chris Palmer tells Sarah Hendy about the effort it takes to get any rider to the startline.
27 minutes | Tuesday, 20 August 2019
After decades of landfill and quarrying, nature has reclaimed the industrial land at the Island’s Northern tip. It has become a sanctuary for native and visiting wildlife. Neil Morris of Manx Birdlife guides Aaron Ibanez around the Isle of Man’s newest nature reserve.
27 minutes | Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Alex Wotton hears from people across the Island who recall the historic day when Apollo 11 landed on the moon, 50 years ago.
55 minutes | Friday, 5 July 2019
Charles Guard remembers the Tynwald Millennium celebrations of 1979.
25 minutes | Friday, 5 July 2019
John Moss explores the history of our National Day.
27 minutes | Tuesday, 4 June 2019
Christy De Haven returns to Sound Records where proprietor Jack Doyle and vinyl fans, Aaron Ibanez, Alex Honour, Arron Clague and Harry Roe share tracks from their favourite records in the second half of this series.
19 minutes | Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Christy De Haven returns to Sound Records where proprietor Jack Doyle and vinyl fans, Arron Clague, Alex Honour and Harry Roe share tracks from their favourite records. Tune in next week for Part 2.
18 minutes | Thursday, 23 May 2019
Gyp Buggane, Simon Rea, Lana Kirkham and Jack Doyle share more tracks from their most treasured vinyl with Christy De Haven, at Sounds Records.
22 minutes | Thursday, 23 May 2019
Gyp Buggane, Simon Rea, Lana Kirkham and Jack Doyle share tracks from their most treasured vinyl with Christy De Haven, at Sounds Records.
27 minutes | Tuesday, 21 May 2019
John Moss looks at the most dangerous road race in the world.
27 minutes | Monday, 20 May 2019
Nicky Merritt shares her experiences caring for husband, diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease.
27 minutes | Friday, 17 May 2019
Active Travel - a step in the right direction? Sian Cowper investigates.
26 minutes | Tuesday, 7 May 2019
Ben Hartley and Marc Tyley discuss the power of radio in this final episode of the series.
21 minutes | Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Mary Stewart tells Alex Wotton about her time in Kenya, building schools and hospitals and helping to develop rural areas since 1991.
27 minutes | Tuesday, 30 April 2019
Former engineer and Senior Producer at Manx Radio, Charlie Webster, shares his memories of the early days of radio on the Isle of Man.
27 minutes | Monday, 22 April 2019
Sarah Hendy speaks to celebrated Broadcaster Roger Watterson about the power of this unique medium.
27 minutes | Monday, 15 April 2019
Tim Glover gives a detailed overview of the journey the Ramsey Bay Marina Proposal has taken so far.
27 minutes | Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Adult mental health support
27 minutes | Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Young people and mental health
27 minutes | Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Detectorists, Searchers, Hunters, some even by the title of Rescuers. There is a band of people on the Isle of Man who on are the lookout for ‘the big one’. In this special programme Aaron Ibanez uncovers the treasure hidden beneath our feet and the characters who search to find it.
27 minutes | Friday, 15 February 2019
Jeff Ditchfield is a self-styled cannabis consultant. He claims that ‘desperate parents with dying children’ ask him to break the law and supply them with ‘life saving’ cannabis products, through his non-profit organisation Bud Buddies. Aaron Ibanez went to meet him.
Air Traffic Control
Manx Radio's Island Life Series - Specials

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