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Richard Latto
Richard doesn鈥檛 approach things with a half-way attitude鈥� at any moment he is guaranteed to be full bananas!

From a very early age he had high aspirations 鈥淚 always wanted to run a video-rental store鈥� the thought of seeing all the latest releases first and doing nothing apart from sitting around drinking tea and watching the television really appealed to me鈥�

However, Richard decided to embrace further education and after qualifying from Plymouth University with a BSc (Hons) degree in Multimedia Production & Technology he knew that perhaps running a video store would be a little pointless with his new-found skills! After all, Pam St Clement (Pat Butcher from Eastenders) went to Plymouth University and look how well she has done!

This degree combined with endless hours of voluntary work at Hospital Radio directed Richard to the doors of the 麻豆约拍, after a very brief spell on the dark side of broadcasting (commercial radio).

Richard started working officially for the beeb back in the late 1990s and moved to the Solent area in October of 2006.

鈥淩adio is such a vibrant industry to work in鈥� no day is ever the same and I love music, so it鈥檚 such a privilege to get paid for doing something I really enjoy! There鈥檚 also plenty of parking and the coffee machine does a brilliant cappuccino!鈥�

Richard鈥檚 first job in radio was producing the 鈥楰eith Fordyce Show鈥� for the 麻豆约拍 in the South West鈥� and he then went on to produce or present at practically every hour of the day for 麻豆约拍 Radio Devon before spending a year with the 麻豆约拍 in Jersey鈥� 鈥淏ergerac isn鈥檛 a fair portrayal of Jersey, if you really want to know what island life is like then check out that film 鈥淭he Wicker Man鈥濃�� that鈥檚 far more realistic!鈥�

Richard鈥檚 proudest moment in broadcasting so far has to be when he made it into the 鈥楾op 20 Breakfast Shows of Winter 2005鈥� while presenting a breakfast show for the 麻豆约拍 in Plymouth鈥� 鈥淚t was a great surprise to make it into such a prestigious list! But it made getting up at 4am each morning even more worthwhile!鈥�

In 2006 Richard applied for his dream job at the 麻豆约拍 in Southampton! While not presenting, his main duty at 麻豆约拍 Radio Solent is to make all the trailers you hear your favourite presenters play during their programmes鈥� 鈥淚 spend hours in a cold, dark room with no windows, but lots of people walk in and chat to me to check I鈥檓 still sane, which is reassuring.鈥�

Work aside, Richard loves music and has been to lots of music concerts, including; REM, The Police, Aerosmith, U2, INXS, Madonna, The Rolling Stones and his all time favourite 鈥楧uran Duran鈥�!

He also likes to think he is a bit of a culture-vulture鈥� 鈥淎rt galleries, expensive restaurants, fast cars and premier nightclubs are all my cup of tea鈥� although failing that I don鈥檛 mind staying in and watching repeats of Dr Who and Fawlty Towers on UK Gold!鈥�

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