Articles tagged It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter:
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...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 53: The Producer King Is Dead, Long Live the Producer Queen
- 17 Dec 2016
If you’ve never worked in radio, you will think I am going completely over the top when I say that the key relationship on any radio show is the relationship between the show’s producer and the presenter. If there’s a good relationship, magical radio can be the result. It ther...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 52: Going Ten Rounds With Sajid Javid
- 23 Nov 2016
Please enable Javascript to watch this video Long time readers may remember an interview I did in 2013 with the then Treasury Minister Sajid Javid. [audio of that is at the end of this piece]. It was, shall we say, a textbook example of how, if you’re a government minister, n...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 51: When a Scoop Slips Through Your Hands...
- 5 Nov 2016
I don’t pretend to be a journalist, but there are obviously journalistic aspects to what I do. When my blog was at its height I’d break quite a few stories, and I got a kick out of being first to do so. It happened several times. But there was always that fear that you’d be sc...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 49: When the 14th Most Influential Doctor in the Country Won't Answer a Simple Question
- 2 Sep 2016
This morning I interviewed Dr Hamed Khan, who sits on the Council of the British Medical Association. It didn’t start well, when he wouldn’t answer a simple question and descended from there. Dr Khan describes himself on his Twitter Feed as the 14th most influential GP in the ...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 48: When to Kill With Kindness, Rather Than Lose Your Temper
- 12 Jul 2016
This evening I spent an hour on my LBC show discussing David Cameron’s legacy. I have to admit I wasn’t prepared for David in Croydon. He said Cameron had converted him from Labour and thought he was a great leader, apart from one thing – gay marriage. I don’t think he kne...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 47: Election Night Programme Wins International Radio Award
- 21 Jun 2016
So, I found out this morning that Shelagh Fogarty and I have won the Gold Award at the New York Radio Festival Awards for Best Coverage of an Ongoing News Story=, for our General Election night programme on LBC. Should you wish to listen to the entire 7 hours again, you can do...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 46: Interviewing George Osborne (The Man With No Post-Brexit Plan)
- 20 Jun 2016
This evening I did a 30 minute interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, on my LBC show. It’s the longest radio interview he’s done in the EU Referendum campaign. It was originally scheduled for last Wednesday but he had to reschedule, which was a pit...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 45: When a Listener Emails...
- 4 Jun 2016
Last night I made a new friend. Here is an email exchange with an LBC listener which started at around 10.50pm… LISTENER: 1st time I have listened to your show & I was going to ring in to say that everything I have heard tonight was one sided for the Leave Campaign etc....
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 44: What to Put In And What to Leave Out
- 20 May 2016
This week, in case you hadn’t heard (!), I won Radio of the Presenter of the Year at the 2016 Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards. This is the entry compiled by my producers Jagruti Dave and Matt Harris. John Suchet, Frank Skinner, Christian O’Connell and Boogie & Dingo wer...