Andy Lloyd
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Radio broadcaster & DJ Andy Lloyd (Andrew Lloyd), was involved with hospital radio
Hospital radio
Hospital radio is a form of audio broadcasting produced specifically for the in-patients of hospitals. It is primarily found in the United Kingdom.-History:...

 at the Royal Free Network in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 before presenting and producing programmes for a number of BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 and commercial radio stations.

United Biscuits Network

Andrew Lloyd started his radio career as so many others had done at the United Biscuits Network
United Biscuits Network
United Biscuits Network was an internal radio station serving the factories of United Biscuits. It was in operation from 1970 to 1979.-About:...

 based at the UB factory in Osterley
Osterley
Osterley is a district in the London Borough of Hounslow in west London. It is situated approximately west south-west of Charing Cross.Osterley lies north of the A4 and extends further northwards beyond the M4 Motorway...

. UBN was a land based radio station transmitting to UB factories in London, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow 24 hours a day. It was the training ground for many of the UK's most famous radio presenters including Roger Scott
Roger Scott
Roger Scott was a British radio disc jockey. He was best known for presenting an afternoon radio show on London's Capital Radio from 1973 until 1988....

, Adrian Love
Adrian Love
Adrian Love was a British radio presenter, famous for his Love In The Afternoon show on Radio Two. He was the son of musician Geoff Love....

, Nicky Horne
Nicky Horne
Nicky Horne was a road manager for Emperor Rosko in 1969, before presenting shows on BBC Radio 1, from 1970 - 1973.Horne was one of the original line-up on London's Capital Radio, where he presented shows such as Your Mother Wouldn't like it, Mummy's Weekly & 6 of the Best...

, Graham Dene
Graham Dene
Graham Dene is a British radio personality.He was initially famous in the London area as Capital Radio's breakfast presenter in the 1970s and 1980s, and later worked for Virgin Radio. In 2006, he worked at Magic 105.4. In 2008, he was 102.2 Smooth Radio's breakfast host...

 and Dale Winton
Dale Winton
Dale Winton is an English radio DJ and television presenter.-Early life:Winton's father, Gary, was "domineering" and died when Winton was 13. Winton was brought up by his mother, actress Sheree Winton...

. http://www.ubn.org.uk

Mercia Sound

Andrew Lloyd was one of the original line-up on Coventry's Mercia Sound when it opened in 1980. Whilst there, he presented a variety of programmes including breakfast, the rock and new music programmes and a host of late night controversial phone-ins. http://kps.org.uk http://www.mds975.co.uk/Content/ukradio3.html

Jazz FM

In 1992 he became the weekday breakfast show presenter at London's Jazz FM
102.2 Jazz FM
102.2 Jazz FM was a local jazz and soul music station for London run by GMG Radio. The station was based and broadcast from Castlereagh Street in London to around 15.5 million people within the broadcasting area...

 working with Peter Young, Jez Nelson
Jez Nelson
-Education:Nelson was educated at Dulwich College , followed by the University of London, during which time he first became a DJ.-Career:...

, Malcolm Laycock
Malcolm Laycock
Malcolm Richard Laycock was a British radio presenter and producer, best known for his work on programmes related to jazz, dance band and big band music. During his career he presented shows for both BBC Radio 2 and the BBC World Service...

, Helen Mayhew
Helen Mayhew
Helen Mayhew is a British radio presenter and producer, specialising in jazz music. Mayhew started with the BBC, and then moved to 102.2 Jazz FM at its launch, then rejoined the BBC where she presented her own weekly show, and finally returned to the relaunched Jazz FM...

 & Chris Philips. He left when the music policy was changed and the station was no longer playing jazz.

BBC

He worked at BBC Radio Oxford in 1980 alongside Timmy Mallett
Timmy Mallett
Timmy Mallett is a TV presenter and broadcaster in the UK. He achieved cult status on BBC Radio Oxford and Manchester's Piccadilly Radio and later on TV-am...

 and Martin Stanford
Martin Stanford
Martin Stanford is a news anchor at Sky News who currently presents SkyNews.Com. Stanford had his own interactive show on the channel, Sky News with Martin Stanford from July 2006 to February 2007...

.

He join BBC Radio Bedfordshire when it opened regularly presenting at the weekends and acting as stand in presenter during the week.

Andrew Lloyd returned to the BBC to present Drive Time at Three Counties Radio in the 1990s and can still be heard on air with them as a fill in presenter. His love of motorsport
Motorsport
Motorsport or motorsports is the group of sports which primarily involve the use of motorized vehicles, whether for racing or non-racing competition...

 and radio are combined at Globecast Radio where he presents a weekly programme on Sunday afternoons. http://www.0157.org/
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