TIM GRUNDYRadio and television presenter Tim Grundy, who followed in his father’s footsteps to become a broadcaster, died on 1 February, 2009, aged 50.
Mr Grundy started his working life as a tea boy at Piccadilly Radio in his home city of Manchester when he was 17. Sixteen years later he was the station’s programme controller and Drivetime presenter.
While at Piccadilly Radio he helped establish the career of Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans.
Mr Grundy later went on to work at BBC Pebble Mill and launched his own company to make history programmes for the Discovery Channel.
In October 2002, he launched the radio station Reading 107 as the breakfast show host.
He suffered heart failure in 2006 on his way home from a holiday.
His father Bill, a Manchester broadcaster, had an infamous live run-in with the Sex Pistols in the 1970s.
Veteran politics correspondent Jim Hancock, who started his career at Piccadilly Radio, said: "It is not always easy to follow in your father's footsteps, but Tim was a fine broadcaster in his own right. He was very professional on air and a good friend to everyone he came across."
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