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Having been involved with discos since the mid 70’s, John was introduced to Tarka Radio to help out with a sponsored marathon broadcast to raise funds in May 1985 and i...
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Lisa is originally from Lancashire and in moving to North Devon she swapped high rises for high tides.
Her background is in stage and television work which has taken h...
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Steve is a broadcast engineer and, as if fixing radio stations isn't enough, he has built himself a home studio – aka “The Wendy House”. It's really a radio bod's versi...
Nick Jupp is a presenter. He recently stepped down as chairman after 5 years. He originally comes from Croydon, South London. Nick moved down to the westcountry to follow his dream...
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Paul is an absolute wiz with a soldering iron and can turn a box of innate looking components into something amazing before most of us have contempla...
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John is now our newly elected chairman.
John moved to Devon from Berkshire in November 2017 to be closer to his daughter. He became interested in music after hearing h...
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Martin was born and bred in Barnstaple and has always lived in the town. He joined Tarka Radio at the beginning of 2019 having no previous radio experience but with an ...
In June 2017 Northern Devon Healthcare Trust announced that patient experience volunteer Roger Pullen had been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours ...
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Originally from London, Laszlo spent 17 years in Horsham, West Sussex before moving to North Devon in Sept 2019. While living in Horsham, he was a member of Seaside Hos...
As Tarka Radio is staffed entirely by volunteers we cannot cover every hour of the day, so to ensure that you can continue to enjoy our service, Tarka Radio 24-7 allows us to bring...
Fred’s radio journey began back in 2012 as a volunteer for his local hospital radio station, where he was initially a presenter of a Friday night requests show, eventually going on...
Originally from South Manchester, I moved to North Devon with my family in 2015 for a better place for my children to grow up, and we haven't looked back since! Music has been an i...
Originally from the North of the country, my early working life was with horses, and in farming in Berkshire. We made the move to North Devon in 1998, and settled raising our youn...
I am a Somerset girl, from over the border, who has lived in North Devon since 1992. I joined Tarka Hospital Radio in October 2025 and I am relishing having the opportunity, to pla...
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