Veteran DJ given ticket to ride
A long-serving radio presenter got the ultimate ticket to ride after a bus was named after him.
Dicky Dodd was given the honour by National Express West Midlands for his services to Wolverhampton, both on radio and for his charity work.
The Signal 107 presenter has been broadcasting in the city for 20 years and raises money for Compton Hospice and other charities.
Mr Dodd has a passion for buses which began when he was a child and he said the honour was 'like a dream'.
It makes him only the 10th person in Wolverhampton to have a bus named after them, with Wolves legend Steve Bull and singing star Beverley Knight among others.
The bus, which will predominantly run on the number 2, 3, and 4 routes, was unveiled in Queen Square.
"I feel really proud and quite humble," Mr Dodd said. "Ever since I was a child I've had a passion for buses.
"I used to get the 559 to my nan's on a Monday and I'd sit at the front and watch the driver."
Mr Dodd performed a 250ft bungee jump for Compton Hospice, among other charitable feats, to raise money for the charity which cared for his grandmother before she died in 2005. The radio presenter said: "I think if I can help people less fortunate than me, then why not do it."
National Express West Midlands spokesman Jack Kelly said of the new bus: "Dicky is a well known radio presenter in the Black Country but few know of the charity work he does."
