Mark Stafford’s Radio History

“Stafford’s World” is one of the Top 5 syndicated oldies shows from the UK. In terms of the number of stations broadcasting the show.

Currently broadcast on over 180 different radio stations all over the world, from New Zealand to the USA and from Spain to Australia. Stafford’s World brings you a unique mix of the best music from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Presenter Mark Stafford has an unmatched wealth of musical knowledge on the period and the show is backed by a superb music library. On top of that, Mark’s radio background includes over 25 years working for the legendary Radio Caroline and many years working for other quality broadcasters.

Mark Stafford’s Radio History

Mark Stafford started his radio career in the late 1970’s. Throughout the 1980’s he was Station Manager of the RBL International Service broadcasting legally on FM from Bolougne on the French Coast to the South Coast of England. The 1990’s saw him working on Invicta Supergold and Invicta FM, at a time when Invicta FM was one of the Top 5 Local Independent Radio Stations in the U.K.

After working for other UK FM stations he moved on to being co-founder of Europe’s first Satellite Rock Radio station, European Klassik Rock (EKR). Broadcasting from the prestigious Maidstone Studios complex in Kent, EKR boasted a very high quality on-air line-up. And, Mark presented programmes alongside radio legends such as Dave Cash and Emperor Rosko. Mark was Head Of Music for EKR and was also in charge of creating the station image and the whole of the music output.

After the closure of EKR, Mark was invited to join the legendary Radio Caroline as Head Of Music and the man in charge of the music output and music programming as Radio Caroline launched it’s own satellite delivered radio service via the Astra Satelite. Over 25 years later, Mark’s weekly radio shows still continue be broadcast by Radio Caroline.

Along the way, his shows morphed into the syndicated radio show “Stafford’s World”. This is now one of the Top 5 syndicated music shows in the UK. Stafford’s World is currently broadcast on over 180 different radio stations all over the world. You can hear Stafford’s World on FM, DAB, AM, Short Wave & Internet Radio from stations all over the world from Australia to  Spain and from The U.S.A. to The Netherlands.

At the end of 2024, Stafford’s World reached a new listening peak, when over 220 different radio stations all over the world took the “Rock & Roll Heaven 2024” Year End Special show on Stafford’s World.

10 Reasons Why You Should Look At Taking Stafford’s World On Your Radio Station.

1. Currently 186 radio stations take “Stafford’s World” every week. They can’t all be wrong, can they !!!

2. Almost 60% of those radio stations have continuously taken Stafford’s World for over 10 years or more.

3. The musical format of Stafford’s World is different than any other popular UK syndicated radio show.

4. Stafford’s World is 100% free to all radio stations.

5. There are four totally different ways to get the  Stafford’s World shows to your station. It’s not a “take it or leave it, delivery set-up”

6. After saying “yes” to taking Stafford’s World on your station. It does not matter if you decide to stop straight away, because you or your listeners just don’t like it! There are no awkward “you should give it a few more weeks” type exchanges. You know your station and your listeners way better than I do!

It has happened with the odd station once in a while over almost 20 years of doing this. Almost always, it is because, you could see it was a bad match straight away! These days, I turn down stations if I think the station and Stafford’s World just won’t work together.

7. Stafford’s World has been running since 2006, that is almost 20
 years. Despite the constant turmoil in the radio world, a big group of stations who took it is the early years, still take it now.

8. Many Station Owners are massive fans of the show, that helps!

9. Many listeners have been constantly listening for the whole of that almost 25 year period. That helps!

10. Most importantly, right across the continents I have regular listeners who never miss a show. That really helps!