Articles tagged Radio:
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 62: Broadcasting With a Persistent Cough
- 7 Sep 2018
One of the worst things that can happen to a broadcaster is to contract a cold or cough, especially if it lasts for some time. At least on radio, there’s a cough button to press while someone else is talking. You don’t get that luxury on TV. I’ve always had a bit of a tickl...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 61: The First Show Nerves Can Now Disappear
- 4 Sep 2018
Launching a new programme is always nerve-wracking. I’m sure Eddie Mair and I shared that slight empty stomach feeling today. His programme and mine were very different to the previous shows in our respective slots. Radio audiences are very conservative beasts. They don’t ...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 59: Surviving The Final Show (Without Blubbing)
- 31 Aug 2018
This evening at 7pm my last Drivetime show on LBC came to a close. I’m not leaving the station, just moving to another slot on Monday, 7-10pm. So I did wonder whether I should just do a normal show today and not say anything about the show coming to an end after five and a...
Gillian Reynolds Reviews the 'For the Many' podcast
- 12 Aug 2018
Gillian Reynolds is the doyen of radio reviewers. She was recently headhunted from the Telegraph by the Sunday Times. That’s quite something given she’s in her early eighties. It’s every radio host’s ambition to get a glowing review from Gillian. Some years ago she said on Ra...
WATCH: Interview With Triggernometry
- 29 Jul 2018
This is an interview I did recently for the triggernometry podcast and Youtube channel. It’s 70 minutes long and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The interviewers are two comedians, Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster. We talk about my career, the power of radio, the NHS, immigratio...
For The Many - A New Weekly Podcast From LBC With Iain Dale & Jacqui Smith
- 4 Nov 2017
Back in March 2017, Jacqui Smith and I left the Sky News Paper Review, where we had established an on-screen partnership over five or six years. I covered the reasons for us leaving HERE. Since then, both of us have been inundated with people asking us when we’re comi...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 57: The Iain Dale LBC Mash Up
- 4 Aug 2017
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 56: LBC's Achieves Record Audience Figures
- 3 Aug 2017
If you don’t work in the Radio industry then you won’t ever have felt that slight empty feeling in your stomach that we all feel four times a year, when the audience listening figures are announced. Inevitably, there are downs as well as ups, and when they’re down it’s alm...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 55: The Fortunately Podcast - Feeling Unworthy of the Garvey/Glover Lovebomb!
- 25 Jun 2017
One of my favourite podcasts at the moment is the FORTUNATELY podcast, made every week by two of my favourite presenters, Fi Glover and Jane Garvey. It’s all about the world of radio – chiefly Radio 4, although from time to time they stray outside the world of the BBC. I first...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 54: Knowing When Not to Interrupt an Epic Listener Rant
- 12 Jun 2017
On the day after the election, Mark phoned the show. Normally, if a caller gets three minutes on my show, they’re doing well. It’s Drivetime and it has to be fast paced. But every now and then you get a caller when you think, just let them go, no need to interrupt. Mark...