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Monday, 29 December 2025
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He is able who thinks he is able. Buddha
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Kitchen - Add a pinch of salt to coffee grounds to cut bitterness.
Welcome 2026 with us!
The Big Breakfast
Wake up to the BIGGEST Breakfast of 2026 on Coast FM 963
Join Wayne C from 6am on New Year's Day as we welcome the new year with The BIG Breakfast – loaded with your requests and a better mix of your favourite Classic Hits.
Whether you're starting fresh or recovering from the night before, Coast FM 963 has you covered with a slap-up brekky of great music, good times, and feel-good classics. Start 2026 smiling, relaxed, and in great company with The BIG Breakfast on Coast FM 963.
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Your Day Sounds Better
Tune in to A Better Music Mix all day long, and don't miss these fantastic specialty shows coming up later!
Whether it's nostalgia, community insights, or just great company, Coast FM 963 has something for everyone.
Artist of the Day - Rick Grech
Richard Roman Grech, Born November 1, 1946, Bordeaux, France. Passed March 17, 1990, Leicester, England.
A fine, multi-talented musician, Rick played bass guitar as well as other stringed instruments during his career. Most noted for his involvement with Blind Faith, he also was a key player in the British folk/rock group called the 'Family'. Upon contacts within the Island Records organisation, Rick became acquainted with Steve Winwood, which led to partying and jamming with Winwood and Clapton.
Grech moved beyond Blind Faith, collaborating with Winwood and others in Ginger Baker's Airforce in early 1970, then with Winwood into the reincarnation of Traffic in late 1970, and participated in numerous sessions. Standouts are the Muddy Waters London Sessions, Gram Parsons' efforts following the Flying Burrito Brothers, a short stint with The Crickets (reformed in 1973, 14 years following Buddy Holly's passing), and an interesting experimental effort with Michael Bloomfield & Aynsley Dunbar. Eventually Grech grew tired of the rock scene and retired in 1977, returning to Leicester to sell carpet.
He eventually developed a drinking problem, and on March 17, 1990 he died of liver and kidney failure at the age of 43.
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