For a decade from 1976, Brian Hayes benefited as a broadcaster from having the calm, kind and wise Lawrie Douglas as his producer at LBC. Of the period when I took over, from 1986 to 1990, it is not the guests that I recall so much as the callers, especially those who rang in during the first part of the show, dedicated to the news of the day – the general calls hour.
Two major talking points of that era were HIV/Aids and Section 28, which limited the discussion of LGBT issues at local government and school level. This was something Brian – ever ready to debate bigotry and misinformation – was robust in taking on.
