Radio
In 1997 D'Abo presented a programme on BBC Radio Bristol, "The Golden Years," playing music from the '50's onwards; it broadcast on Saturdays on BBC Radio Gloucestershire. BBC Wiltshire Sound subsequently added the programme to their schedules.
During the '90s, he also presented "Late Night West," a popular weeknightly programme on west-of-England local radio for five nights a week he also presented 'Late Night West', a popular programme broadcast on BBC local radio in the west of England that included music, competitions, and a listener phone-in. In the late '90s he contributed to 'The Mike d'Abo Story', a documentary written by Geoff Leonard, narrated and produced by Phil Vowels, and broadcast on BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
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