My very first meeting with Dawn Payne took place over 20 years ago yet I can remember it like it was yesterday. We were in the planning stages of Sunset Radio having been awarded the licence some months earlier and we were in the process of recruiting the staff.

It was 30 years ago today that Sunset Radio launched on the airways across Manchester. It was a wonderful time in Manchester and mikeshaft.com has chronicled every step of the way. This page is a pull together of some of our favourite articles over the years. Hope you enjoy.

For almost all the years that I have been broadcasting online, I have used the same broadcast company - 'Radio.Co'. Recently, they launched their own DAB radio station in the Manchester area - 'MCR Live'.

Having completed in excess of 40 years broadcasting on Radio and TV in the UK, I have interviewed a huge number of people. But I have to admit that one of my favourite interviews I have been involved with was not carried out by me, but was hosted by Lainey D.

The New SUNSET Radio is delighted to announce that former Sunset presenter is once again, joining the team.

The New SUNSET Radio launches in Manchester on Monday 12th October 2015, and will broadcast on DAB on the Niocast Digital Multiplex

You have got to love it when a plan comes together. On this page I am going to reflect some of the interactions that we have had over the last few months.

We are now getting nearer to the Official Launch of the New SUNSET Radio after weeks of testing. We are absolutely delighted with the response to the station with numerous artists getting in touch and offering their music.

Every Radio station broadcasting in the UK back in the day had to have a 'Promise of Performance'. This was the agreement between Sunset Radio (The Contractor) and The IBA (Independent Broadcasting Authority).

They say 25 years is a long time but it feels like is was just a few years ago. Sunset Radio launched on the 22nd of October 1989 after years of campaigning for this type of radio station. Looking round the internet there are bits of Sunset all over the place. I will try to bring together as much as I can here on mikeshaft.com. I am editing nothing. It is as it was.