Reasons to be Cheerful

Type of show
Comedy and music

Duration of show
Each show totals around 57 minutes in 3 sections, each of
approximately 19 minutes, so that you can drop in the idents for your
station.

Additional Details
The accent on the programme REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL is firmly on fun
and cheerfulness!

Clips are included from vintage comedy radio and television shows as
diverse as Fawlty Towers and Round the Horne. Fair game are classic
movie comedy from Laurel and Hardy and merry songs from George Formby.

The Beatles, Elvis Presley and suchlike also have a welcome home on
REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL.

This is a unique programme with humour throughout, plus music, facts
and gossip to accompany.

Each show totals around 57 minutes in 3 sections, each of
approximately 19 minutes, so that you can drop in the idents for your
station.

Willie McIntyre has presented acclaimed shows constantly for three
years on Inverclyde Radio, both live and pre-recorded.

The shows are produced as a labour of love and are therefore offered
FREE of charge!

A sample excerpt is available if requested.

38 comments

Chris Bechervaise - 30/08/2015 06:52

Hello
Would be interested to hear a sample of this show, and possibly including it on our schedule.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Chris
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Willie McIntyre - 04/09/2015 21:45

Hello Chris,

Please send me your email address and I will get a sample show to you. Glad to help if I can!

Willie
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- Hazel Hyland - 11/06/2020 22:39
  
  Hello.
  
  Please can you let me know if the show is still going and could you send me a sample. I may be able to offer a place for this show on one of the stations within THE VIP LOUNGE Radio Group.
  
  Thank you
  
  Hazel Hyland
  Station Manager
  The VIP Lounge
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Mark - 18/09/2015 09:56

We would be delighted to give your show a listen and probably a slot on our station.

Please let us know how to get your show.

Many thanks

Mark
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- Willie McIntyre - 24/09/2015 21:22
  
  Please give me your postal address and I will send some shows to you on disc. Glad to help.
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Stewart Penn - 28/09/2015 23:29

Hi, Banbridge Community Radio is based in Co Down, Northern Ireland.. Can you confirm how I would obtain you shows??
Kind regards
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- Willie McIntyre - 30/09/2015 11:15
  
  Will get a CD in the mail to you and hope you can use the show. If it suits, let me know, and more will follow.
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Ben Clark - 14/01/2016 12:52

Hi, I’m the manager of AKP RADIO and would love to include this show on my station if i could hear a demo that would be great thanks
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Mark Farrant - 19/01/2016 11:19

please could you send me a demo of your show or link. Thanks in advance
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Vicky - 30/01/2016 10:07

Hi, would to listen to a show. Could you email a sample or previous show to vicky@identifyradio.com or let me know when it’s currently aired and I’ll tune in. Thanks
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mark farrant - 23/02/2016 15:34

We are interesting in broadcasting your show on Radio VGR and have a nice slot during a new daytime slot on the station. please can you send me a sample. Thank you in advance.
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Aaron Outram - 27/02/2016 00:37

Hi there, Could we please have a sample of your show please.

Thanks
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Darren Yates - 06/09/2016 13:48

Please could you email me a sample of your show?

Many thanks,
Darren – Crash Radio
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- Willie McIntyre - 06/04/2017 17:52
  
  If you send me a Dropbox address, I will send you a programme for consideration. Glad to help.
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Fred Setters - 28/10/2016 14:21

Hello Willie,
I’m Station Manager at Jubilee Hospital Radio and we would love to listen to a sample of your show with a view to including it in our daytime schedules.
Would you be able to email it to the email address given.
Thanks
Fred Setters
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- Willie McIntyre - 06/04/2017 17:53
  
  If you send me a Dropbox address, I will send you a programme for your consideration. Glad to help.
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Rich S - 23/01/2017 22:11

Is the show still going? I hope so, would be interested in having a listen to the sample also, would look to air on a Sunday lunchtime
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- Willie McIntyre - 06/04/2017 17:53
  
  If you send me a Dropbox address, I will send you a programme for your consideration. Glad to help.
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Terry Shea - 19/02/2017 23:13

Hi. Would be keen to hear a sample of your show. We are a community online station launching on 8th April and are keen to offer a variety of content outside our regular programming. Thanks Terry
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Phil - 24/04/2017 21:10

Hi can you send me a sample of the show please. Use http://www.wetransfer.com and the above email address
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- Phil - 24/07/2019 16:10
  
  Hi sounds interesting please send me a sample of the show.
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David R - 02/05/2017 12:03

Hi!

Stirling City Radio here. We’d be interested in hearing a sample of your show for consideration.

If you’d like to talk more, you can catch us at studio@stirlingcityradio.com
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Chris - 16/05/2017 05:44

Will this show fit a Christian Radio format?
If so how often do you produce a show?
I see your telling folks to send you a drop box address.
I dont have one can you send me a link to your drop box for a demo

Thank you
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terry shea - 09/06/2017 15:06

Hi
Could we have a listen please. Need some comedic content.
Thanks Terry
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David - 17/08/2017 22:31

Would be interested in listening to a sample of our show – please email me
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- David - 17/08/2017 22:33
  
  Sorry – typing error — meant — would be interested in listening to a sample of YOUR show
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Norman Ross - 09/10/2017 13:44

Hi,
I am the Programme Director for the Hospital Broadcasting Service covering Hospitals in Glasgow and Paisley area.

I have a 10pm slot right after our Patients request show which would welcome your type of show. Can you send a programme to me by https://wetransfer.com/
Many thanks…Norman
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Ken Dunning - 22/11/2017 22:50

can you please email a demo looking to take your show(all going well) in 2018. looking at playing week night. Ta
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Simon G - 14/12/2017 15:53

HI Willie. Would it be possible to hear a demo please?

I have very recently become programme controller with Jubilee Hospital Radio in Guernsey.

Please email me with information on how to hear one c/o studio@jubileeradio.org

Also please mark it for my attention so no one else deletes it in error.

Thanks.
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Mark Ambrose - 04/01/2018 17:35

Would be interested in running this on my station please Willie
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Alan Jones - 15/06/2018 15:46

Wondering if this show might be an interesting, if lateral fit, for our fledgling station?
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Jarle F Reiss - 11/11/2018 18:38

If you are still running the show, we are interested.
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Richard Watts - 05/04/2019 08:14

We are a not for profit community station due to start broadcasting in May this year, would you be able to send example of the show, it sounds as if it would fit what we are looking for perfectly. Thanks
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Darren - 11/10/2020 07:50

Is this show still available?

Thanks,
Daz
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Martin Murphy - 12/01/2021 19:24

Hi Willie.
I am in the process of launching an internet radio station and would love the opportunity to have a listen to your product with a view to airing it as a regular program.
Kindest Regards
Martin
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Chris Rigler - 14/01/2021 10:59

Hi Willie
Interested in taking your show for broadcast. Could you send me a sample and instructions on how to receive. Is this a new show weekly or archive recordings?
Chris Rigler
Radio Wimborne
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Geoffrey Murrell - 17/01/2021 22:08

Hi Willie, would love to hear an example of your show, sounds great! many thanks, Geoff
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John Howlett - 31/01/2022 01:09

Love to run this in New zealand
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