Billy Butler (DJ)

After several years at Radio City, Billy left when he played Cliff Richard's Can't Keep This Feeling In twice during a breakfast show on sister station Magic 1548 and saying this was what the listeners asked for, but the station playlist would not allow him to play it, so he walked out while live on air. ==Hold Your Plums==

Hold Your Plums was a radio quiz show which ran for over a decade on BBC Radio Merseyside. It was hosted by Billy Butler and the late Wally Scott. Hold Your Plums started out as a segment of Billy Butler’s radio show and was extended to a two-hour show of its own. It was broadcast live from the BBC Radio Merseyside Studio’s on Paradise Street, Liverpool on Sundays from 11am to 1pm, using Root Beer Rag composed by Billy Joel as its regular catchy theme tune. Mostly an audience was present in the studio as the show went out. Wally Scott died after a long illness in April 2024. ==Awards==

In 1998 Billy Butler and Wally Scott won a Sony Bronze Comedy Award for the Hold Your Plums Christmas Special. in 2010 Billy Butler received an Outstanding Contribution award from the BBC in the Gillard Awards. The Frank Gillard awards were set up in 2000 honouring achievement in BBC local radio. In 2013 Billy Butler won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Liverpool Music Awards. In 2018 Billy Butler was enrolled as a Citizen of Honour of Liverpool. This honour was introduced by Liverpool City Council to formally recognise individuals who have made a significant, exceptional or unique contribution to enriching the life of the City of Liverpool and is the highest accolade the City can bestow upon a person. Billy Butler has been awarded a total of five Scouseology awards. The Scouseology awards were created in 1988 to salute those Merseysiders who have contributed to local life and gained national recognition in the process. ==References==