Articles tagged It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter:
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 23: The Power of Talk Radio
- 27 Mar 2015
This morning, I got a call from a journalist asking me to explain the power and influence of Talk Radio for an article he was writing. I explained that people’s stereotypical views of people who phone in are just wrong. It’s not just white van men or cabbies who phone in. Depe...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 22: When A Caller Turns the Question Back onto the Presenter
- 27 Mar 2015
listen to ‘Move over Kate Moss! Iain Dale takes a call from a photographer and ends up with a modelling contract!’ on audioBoom Today on my LBC show I tackled quite a difficult subject – why 100,000 students are funding their degree by going on the game or selling various ...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 21: The Perils of Outside Broadcasts
- 18 Mar 2015
I love getting out of the studio and broadcasting from different venues. Whether it’s the party conferences, a phone-in with Ed Miliband in a Hastings hotel or in a tent on College Green I love it. The adrenaline flows, it’s different and there’s always an element of seat of y...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 20: RAJAR - What Goes Up... May Come Down
- 7 Feb 2015
What goes up, must come down. That doesn’t apply just to Christmas decorations and share prices, but to radio audiences too. Every quarter we get listening figures courtesy of RAJAR. They instill fear into every radio presenter and producer, because those are the measure that ...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 19: A Veritable Feast of Loose Tongues (Called Mitchell & Balls)
- 14 May 2014
Well that was quite a show on LBC this evening! First we had Austin Mitchell, who had created a right stooshie with his Tweet on Pfizer, which ended with the words “Roll up Rapists”. Not clever. Not wise. I suggested he should apologise, and do it quickly, but Austin was havin...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 18: Winning Silver at the Radio Academy Awards
- 13 May 2014
Awards ceremonies are strange beasts, particularly if you’re shortlisted for an award. You can’t really enjoy it until your own particular award has been doled out. Last night’s Radio Academy Awards were no different (yes, they used to be The Sonys but Sony ended their sponsor...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 17: Avoiding The 'N' Word
- 10 May 2014
There are many words you can’t say on the radio. You can imagine what many of them are. The ‘N’ word is one of them. There are clear guidelines on the use of this word. It’s not that it is absolutely verboten, but as a presenter you may only use it in specific contexts. BBC...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 16: Losing Laura Marshall - A Brilliant Speech Radio Producer
- 17 Apr 2014
I’m writing this on the 11.30pm back to Tonbridge after a lovely evening with my three LBC producers, Laura, Matt and Axel at the Hippodrome. The reason? Today was my last day working with Laura Marshall after two years of working together, firstly on the evening show and for ...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 15: Going National, New Imaging Music & RAJARS
- 16 Feb 2014
It’s been quite a week for us all at LBC. In case you missed it the station went national on Tuesday on the Digital One DAB platform. If you think about it, it is quite ludicrous that this country has never had a national newstalk station. Talk Radio, in its various incarna...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 14: When Bob Crow's RMT Lies To You
- 1 Feb 2014
Yesterday we rang to RMT to invite Bob Crow to appear on my radio show. Boris Johnson had just made an offer to meet him to talk about ticket office closures. His press people said they’d get back to us but Bob was a bit busy. “There’s a lot going on,” they said. Yes indeed. T...