Articles tagged Radio:
Guardian Media Podcast
- 8 Mar 2013
Yesterday I was a guest on the Guardian Media Podcast with John Plunkett, Roy Greenslade and Matt Deegan. I talk about blogging and my new LBC Drivetime show. You can listen by clicking HERE. My bit starts at 8 mins 45 and finished at 19 mins 30.
Twenty Four Hours
- 7 Mar 2013
This is my very odd life at the moment. Today has been the oddest for a long time. It’s panned out like this… 1am Arrive at Crowne Plaza, Chipping Norton, which turns out not to be in Chipping Norton. Hence it took an hour to find. 8am File my Eastern Daily Press column 93...
LBC 97.3: End of an Era - Beginning of a New One: I'm Moving to Drivetime
- 5 Mar 2013
As a radio presenter you always get nervous when contract renewal time comes round, and I am no different. I’ve had very good Rajars (audience figures, for the uninitiated) and feel that both my evening shows and Sunday shows have done well in attracting a bit of a new audien...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter: No 4 - Reacting to a Guest Faux Pas
- 27 Feb 2013
This afternoon I recorded an interview with best selling author Barbara Taylor-Bradford, which we’ll be putting out on next Thursday’s LBC Book Club programme. So as a well trained radio presenter, I thought I would trail it at the end of my programme tonight. With me in the s...
A Good News Story About Care Homes
- 26 Feb 2013
We talked about care homes on my programme tonight, Figures from the Alzheimers Society show that 80% of people in care homes are suffering from dementia. That really is a quite incredible statistic. Many people are scared of going into a care home and in some ways you can und...
Tom Swarbrick's 'The News That Nearly Was'
- 24 Feb 2013
I work with some brilliant young people, both at Biteback and LBC. Two of the brightest and most talented at LBC are my Sunday show producer Carl McQueen and reporter Tom Swarbrick. Tom’s about to be assigned to Nick Ferrari’s Breakfast Show, but over the last six months he ha...
On My LBC 97.3 Sunday Show Tomorrow From 10am...
- 23 Feb 2013
We have a corker of show tomorrow (producer Carl McQueen is very proud of himself), so I thought I’d give you the rundown… 10-11am Interview and your calls to HM Chief Inspector of Schools Sir Michael Wilshaw. 11-1130am Interview with Sir David Attenborough 1130-12 Olly Man...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter: No 3 - Being Recognised
- 23 Feb 2013
“Excuse me,” said the elderly gentleman. “Are you the chap from ConservativeHome?” That happened yesterday afternoon on the train back to Tonbridge. “Er, no. I’m Iain Dale,” I said. Flattering, though it is, I am not Tim Montgomerie! “Ah yes, I see you on Sky News in the ev...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter: No 2 - Dealing With a Shouty Guest
- 21 Feb 2013
Israel. Never touch the subject. That’s what one producer told me when I started presenting on LBC. I didn’t listen. It’s one of those issues which will fill the phone switchboard within minutes. It attracts zealots on both sides of the debate, but it can also attract some dam...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter: No 1
- 19 Feb 2013
If you’re in the media, people inevitably have opinions about you. Some good, some bad.. They’re rarely shades of grey. The praise tends to be OTT (“You’re simply the greatest presenter ever to appear on the radio”) as does the criticism (“You have the voice of John Major cros...