Keith Skues

Keith Skues MBE (born 4 March 1939) is a British radio personality. He is nicknamed "Cardboard Shoes".

Skues was born in Timperley, Cheshire. His broadcasting career began on the British Forces Network in Cologne, Germany, in 1958. This was followed by overseas tours to Kuwait, Kenya and Aden. He returned to Britain in 1964 and joined Radio Caroline, then Radio Luxembourg in 1966 and Radio London in the summer of the same year.

He was one of the original presenters on the newly launched BBC Radio 1 in 1967, and was heard on the very first day, following on from Tony Blackburn, presenting Saturday Club. In 1969, he took over the weekday afternoon show before moving on to What's New, which was broadcast every weekday from 4.15–5.15pm. Other Radio shows included Album Time, Radio 1 Club and Night Ride, which was also broadcast simultaneously on BBC Radio 2.

Skues left Radio 1 in 1974 and was appointed director of Radio Hallam (now Hallam FM) in Sheffield. By 1980 he was the longest serving programme director in music radio. In 1987, Hallam merged with two other Yorkshire stations to form The Yorkshire Radio Network where Skues was made Group Programme Consultant. In 1989, the group launched Classic Gold on its AM frequencies and Skues became programme controller, as well as broadcasting six days a week.

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