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Nick Parton

Nick Parton

About 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!

Show Schedule

06:00
Nick Parton at Breakfast
Monday
06:00
Nick Parton at Breakfast
Tuesday
06:00
Nick Parton at Breakfast
Wednesday
06:00
Nick Parton at Breakfast
Thursday
06:00
Nick Parton at Breakfast
Friday
14:00
Saturday Afternoons
Saturday
14:00
Sunday Afternoons
Sunday