DJ and radio presenter Freddy Zapp is heading back onto the Cornish airwaves from this weekend. Freddy was a weekend presenter at Radio Cornwall for 27 years up until March last year, when his show was a victim of the BBC s restructuring programme. He is now set for a return to the radio after joining the team at Goldmine, the DAB station based at Penstraze, Truro that serves Cornwall, Plymouth, part of West Devon and Bristol. Zapp, a colourful and flamboyant character who has raised thousands for charity with his annual Christmas lights switch on at his house in Redruth, was a personal friend of the late Screaming Lord Such and fought parliamentary elections for the Monster Raving Looney Party.
Justin Leigh on why he had to leave the BBC and doesn t watch Spotlight anymore
The legendary TV presenter says he could have fought to stay, but the time was right to go
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If you see much-loved former BBC Spotlight presenter Justin Leigh on your travels, whatever you do don’t ask him if he’s enjoying retirement.
The TV legend took voluntary redundancy as part of a huge package of cuts by the BBC which has seen hundreds of jobs going across regional TV news and current affairs, local radio and online news.