“Amazing local talent”. Well that’s how Bernie describes listeners of The Love Show, Sundays midnight till 2 and Saturdays 6 to 8am. Talent and experience is remarkable in his case too. He comes to us with over 15 years radio experience, presenting programmes on BFBS, G-Cap and UKRD stations, as well as being the voice of countless radio and TV commercials. As a journalist Bernie has written features for popular music magazines, and as an author he has penned a careers advice book on getting started in radio. He also has a master’s degree in anthropology.

“Love isn’t serious and the last thing love is, is mature! No matter how young or old you are, if you’ve ever been in love you’ll know it’s all about having fun, it’s a helter-skelter ride of thrills, it’s about feeling good about yourself and making others happy. Love is sexy, it’s exciting, it’s about being a kid all over again, being rebellious and having a good laugh”.

So The Love Show isn’t the usual formula of the same old ballads? “Not at all, we’ve moved on from that, this is an up-to-date love show. The only thing that all the music on The Love Show has in common is that they’re all love songs in one way or another, but people often forget about the rock and club hits, the folk and country hits, and the chart hits that are also love songs, and the contemporary songs about women’s lives by people like Natalie Imbruglia, Lucie silvas and the Pussycat Dolls. People in relationships go to clubs, they buy the latest records, and they’re having fun too. Relationships revolve around common interests, and they also thrive on the constant mysteries of the differences between the sexes, so The Love Show also isn’t afraid to explore these with tongue-firmly-in-cheek whenever possible. And just like the plethora of magazines which fill the shelves with sexy and fit celebrities, The Love Show is also aware of this popularity in celebrities and look out for exclusive celebrity sound bites”.

Is The Love Show cheezy? “Well love is by it’s very nature cheezy isn’t it? ;-) No, I mean it can’t be helped sometimes, because as we’ve said, love is cheezy most of the time anyway, I mean what could be more cheezy than a soppy valentines card poem or a bunch of flowers? But we all lap it up don’t we? If we listen to the cheeze-mongers too much, then eventually saying hello to someone will become a cheezy thing.”

What would you like to achieve with The Love Show? “Happy listeners. It’s a love show first and foremost, but it’s also a chill-out show, we’re in ‘relax-zone’, ‘me-time’, an opportunity to relax, collect your thoughts and recharge the batteries, soak in the bath or what have you and prepare for another week. So it isn’t only a show for lovers.