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The best radio of 2006

What were your favourite radio shows and presenters of the year?

Tis the season to be jolly. It's also the time for a whole heap of lists, as you might have seen here already - best shows, worst shows, and picks of the Christmas schedule. Now it's time for a change of medium. That's right - it's radio!

I want to know your favourite radio programmes of 2006, the radio presenters you just can't get enough of, and the only slightly obscure digital station that you love and want everyone else to know about.

Right. I'll go first, then. Favourite radio programme: Radio 5 Live's Fighting Talk. With apologies to former host Johnny Vaughan, it is so much better with Radio 1 DJ Colin Murray at the helm. It's the sort of radio that you drop everything else to listen to. I did last Saturday and it got me into a whole heap of trouble - I should have been picking up the Christmas turkey.

Presenter: Terry Wogan? Bit obvious. Russell Brand? Flash in the pan. Nicky Campbell? Well, I can't have two Five Live winners can I? Christian O'Connell? Was more fun on Xfm, and sounded like he was having more fun too. Anyone from the Today programme: nope. Winner: Radio 2's Mark Radcliffe. I fear I'm coming across a bit blokey. Anyway, onwards!

Digital radio station: The Arrow. It's a rock station, in case you didn't know. I think they called it The Arrow so it would be first on your digital dial, a bit like AAA Driving School in the Yellow Pages, whatever that is. Anyway, I like the Arrow because 1. it plays entirely predictable middle of the road rock - I know, I know. 2. it sounds like it is presented by the same DJ 24 hours a day, so he deserves an award. 3. it has hardly any ads, which is good news for the listener, less good, presumably, for parent company Chrysalis.

Oh, and an honourable mention to my local radio station Mix 107. It's not great, but it's good, and it has one thing national digital networks can't compete with, no matter how much money they spend on them - it's localness. Now, over to you.

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