Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Born: 1 November, 1938, in Keighley, Yorkshire. Died: 8 November, 2009, in London, aged 71.IN JULY Malcolm Laycock staggered his loyal Sunday evening listeners to Sunday Night at Ten on Radio 2 when he announced his departure from the station. The controller, Bob Shennan, had not been informed and the popular programme, devoted to dance band music of the 1930s and '40s, was in jeopardy....
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Born: 1 November, 1938, in Keighley, Yorkshire. Died: 8 November, 2009, in London, aged 71.IN JULY Malcolm Laycock staggered his loyal Sunday evening listeners to Sunday Night at Ten on Radio 2 when he announced his departure from the station. The controller, Bob Shennan, had not been informed and the popular programme, devoted to dance band music of the 1930s and '40s, was in jeopardy....
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
One of radio’s most popular and accomplished broadcasters, Malcolm Laycock was best known for presenting Sunday Night at 10, a celebration of the dance band music of the 1930s and 1940s on Radio 2, before leaving the BBC in acrimonious circumstances earlier this year.
Cheeseford (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
RIP Malcolm Laycock. The best.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
By employing cutting-edge presenters, sometimes with disastrous consequences, BBC Radio 2 has been modernising its output. It wants to be seen as a trendy station for the mid-twenties and above. Generally, this has been effective, making it "the most listened to radio station in the UK", but many long-time favourites have been axed. In July this year, Malcolm Laycock's celebration...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Host of Radio 2's Sunday night dance band music show The richly measured tones of the jazz broadcaster Malcolm Laycock, who has died suddenly aged 71, enlivened BBC Radio 2's Sunday evening schedule for 14 years until the abrupt termination of his involvement when, on 26 July this year, he announced his departure on air. Sunday Night at Ten was devoted to the big band scene in general...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Laycock also worked for BBC London and the World Service and helped to set up the original Jazz FM Former BBC Radio 2 DJ Malcolm Laycock, who left the station earlier this year, has died. Laycock died on Sunday, his agent told BBC News. In a broadcasting career spanning more than four decades, Laycock also worked for BBC London, the BBC World Service, and helped...
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
More sad news on the jazz front. Former BBC Radio presenter Malcolm Laycock has passed away. The big band DJ died on Nov. 8 age 70. I listened regularly to his Sunday night shows which concentrated on the best of British and American big bands. Malcolm Laycock left in July this year replaced by Clare Teal there was some acrimony surrounding his departure and, according to...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Former BBC radio presenter Malcolm Laycock died on Sunday night, his agent says.
