Nick Parton

Weekday Breakfast 6am-10am
(PLUS Saturdays 2pm-6pm and Sundays 2pm - 4pm)

Nick is here each weekday morning with the Dales Breakfast Show. He'll keep you up-to-date with all the latest local weather and travel, national and international news every 30 minutes along with what's happening in the world of sport. He'll play you his '7-inch Hero', a One-Hit Wonder and after 10am, he'll travel back in time with The 'Time Machine'. After 11 there's 'Name in the Tune'. Nick is a busy boy as he's also here at the weekends. 

Want to know more about Nick? Before we'd let him on the Radio, we asked him a few questions:

Name: Nick Parton

Age: 52

Who was your first kiss with? A girl called Danielle when I was 7 years old. Her family emigrated to New Zealand a week later! [Boss: Oh, smooth Nick, smooth...]

What's your favourite food? Indian

Where is your most favourite place in the world? Wales

What were you like as a child? Always playing practical jokes on my friends and teachers, which would often get me into trouble! [Boss: Yeah, you've not grown up yet then? 😁]

Have you had any nicknames? Tom - I would often wear my shirt with several buttons undone because I'd be too hot at school. A teacher once said, “Who do you think you are? Tom Jones”? The name stuck! [Hardly the 'Sex Bomb though eh Nick?  😍]

If you weren't a Radio Presenter, what would you be doing now? Having a lie in!

Best childhood memory? Butlins holidays with my parents

What was your very first concert? (Bonus points for embarrassing ones) Bucks Fizz when I was 9 years old!

If you could be any fictional character, who would it be and why? Dr Who - I’d love to time-travel

What’s your go-to karaoke song? Tequila! [Boss: Please. NO!] 

What is the most unusual job you’ve ever had? I was a Pontins Bluecoat - the only job where I'd organise a table tennis competition, throw someone in a swimming pool, judge a glamorous grandmother competition and do the Time Warp dance all in one day and get paid for it! [BOSS: We'd pay to see you do the Time-Warp!]

What’s your go-to strategy for handling unread emails? I don't read them! [BOSS: Yeah, don't I know it! 😕]

What was the first album/CD you ever bought? It was the Black Lace album with Agadoo on it!

What is your all-time favourite song to play on the air? The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & The Range [Boss: What a GREAT tune]

If you could interview anyone, dead or alive, who would it be and why? Laurel & Hardy because they were comedy geniuses and still make me laugh

What song is currently on repeat in your head right now? Well Agadoo now I've just mentioned it!