Articles tagged Radio:
LISTEN: Gender Segregation Can Never, Ever Be Justified And Here's Why
- 7 May 2015
Earlier this week I did a phonein on gender segregation after 7 Labour candidates spoke at a meeting in Birmingham where the women had to sit separate from the men. Among those candidates were Jack Dromey, Tom Watson, Khalid Mahmood and Liam Byrne. Now it’s one thing for this...
LISTEN: Idiotic Stunts Like the Mili-Tablet Happen Because No One Has the Bottle To Say No
- 4 May 2015
listen to ‘“No one had the bottle to say NO!” Iain Dale gives his take on Labour’s #EdStone & it isn’t pretty’ on audioBoom How did the Ed Miliband Tablet idea ever get past the Labour Party drawing board?
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 26: Reviewing the New Jon Gaunt Podcast
- 2 May 2015
What any radio presenter needs is ‘stickability’. You need to give the audience a reason to stick with you rather than twiddle the knob and tune into a different station. In commercial radio that’s doubly important, as the presenter isn’t in total control of that because of th...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 25: Breaking the Official Secrets Act & Protecting an Interviewee
- 18 Apr 2015
Back in November I wrote about a phone-in we did on the Vishal Mehrotra case. Vishal’s dismembered body was found in 1981 and he had been a victim of terrible sexual abuse. Towards the end of the hour our collective mouths were left gaping open when we had two calls from ex-po...
The Election Week In Review With Three Wise Men & One Wise Woman
- 17 Apr 2015
Each Friday night on LBC we are convening a panel of Three Wise Men & One Wise Woman to look back on that week’s developments in the Election Campaign. They are David Davis, Sir Ming Campbell, Neil Hamilton and Margaret Beckett. You can hear tonight’s episode HERE And l...
Interview With Gorkana on Radio & the Election
- 11 Apr 2015
This is an interview I did a month ago with Gorkana. It’s only just been published on their website, so forgive the tight-lippedness about LBC’s election coverage, as I wasn’t in a position to say anything at the time this was done. In the first of our Election 2015 special i...
LBC to Host Women Polical Leaders Debate on Thursday Evening
- 5 Apr 2015
Four of the most senior female politicians in Britain have signed up to a live election debate on LBC. Nicky Morgan for the Conservatives, Labour’s Harriet Harman, Lynne Featherstone representing the Liberal Democrats and UKIP’s Suzanne Evans will clash on Thursday April 9 a...
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...