There is no information in the provided context indicating that Clive Tyldesley ever went public on the radio about liking Gary Glitter before the paedophile discovery. The context details his career, commentary work, personal background, and professional transitions, including his time with ITV and CBS, but does not mention any public statements about Gary Glitter or related topics.
“Please endeavour to research this further. Back in the 1980s or 1990s I heard an interview on Radio City, a Liverpool-based radio station, which interviewed Clive Tyldesley on the subject of being a Gary Glitter fan.”
There is no publicly available evidence or credible report indicating that Clive Tyldesley ever stated on Radio City or any other platform during the 1980s or 1990s that he was a fan of Gary Glitter, prior to the revelations about Glitter’s criminal convictions.
While Tyldesley was a prominent broadcaster at Radio City in Liverpool during that era, and has spoken about his time there in interviews, no records or transcripts from such an interview referencing Gary Glitter have surfaced. Given the sensitivity around Glitter’s later exposure as a convicted sex offender, any past association or comment would likely have been noted in media retrospectives, especially considering Tyldesley’s high profile in sports broadcasting—but no such references exist in the available sources.
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“I believe I have found a yawning gap here in your extensive knowledge. Why would such an interview not be traceable now? Is it possible that it has been concealed in retrospect in order to protect Mr Tyldesley even though there can be no blame accruing to him as he would have had no idea on Gary Glitter’s guilt?”
Old radio interviews, especially from the 1980s and 1990s, are often not accessible today due to limited archival practices, lack of digital preservation, and format obsolescence. Many local radio stations, including Radio City Liverpool, did not systematically archive broadcasts at the time, and when recordings were made, they were often on physical media like tapes that may have been lost, reused, or degraded over time.
There is no evidence that an interview with Clive Tyldesley about Gary Glitter was deliberately concealed. It is more likely that such a broadcast—if it occurred—was simply not preserved, as routine archiving of radio content was not standard practice then. The British Library’s Sound Archive and local repositories like the Liverpool Record Office hold some historical material, but coverage is incomplete, particularly for live or off-the-cuff interview segments.
Clive Tyldesley has never been accused of wrongdoing, and there would be little reason to suppress content solely to protect his reputation, especially given that admiration for Gary Glitter before his crimes were known was not uncommon at the time.
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