Gold 90 FM, Home of Brian Richmond

I was slightly offended when I turned on the radio and heard, “Gold 90 FM, Home of Elvis Pres­ley”. It was read out by Brian Rich­mond, the doyen of radio presenters.

Then I realised that they really should have a promo/announcement that says some­thing to the effect of “Radio Sin­ga­pore — Home of Brian Rich­mond”, for he is noth­ing less than a liv­ing leg­end, an insti­tu­tion, and a life story that mir­rors this country’s own his­tory — an Eng­lish­man, an orphan of Empire, adapt­ing to local climes, flour­ish­ing, matur­ing and evolv­ing into the voice of Oldie Goldie Radio, with his slow, delib­er­ate sen­tences and flat vow­els that bely his enthu­si­asm when he intro­duces Glenn Campbell’s and other coun­try songs.

If I had a hat, I’d tip it to you, Uncle Brian.

Brian Rich­mond sings Elvis