Jack Charlton Gave Me A Hand.

15Jul20

Hosting a successful radio show is like standing for election. You need people to vote for you by giving you ratings. If they choose to vote for someone else, you lose and will probably be fired. To win, you have to campaign. You do this on the air by making promises about what the listener […]

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Tags: 2CRFM, Breakfast Radio, BRMB, Graham Mack, Jack Charlton, Local Radio, On The Stump, PR, Prince Edward, Promotions, Teesside, TFM Radio

Mack Nuggets

04Jul20

Here’s what I’ve been up to on Podcast Radio lately, including: The Real reason Shaun Williamson went on Big Brother and his relationship with Derek Acorah; Alan Alda on censorship on MAS*H and being beaten by Barack Obama; Gavin Esler on leadership; Dirty books with Piper Terrett. If you enjoyed this Craic, please click “like” […]

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Tags: Alan Alda, Barack Obama, Eastenders, Graham Mack, M*A*S*H, Podcast Radio, Shaun Williamson

Strictly Come Dancing Around The Questions With Tess Daly

24Aug19

Strictly Come Dancing will take over Saturday nights on BBC 1 again this autumn. A few years ago I got to interview one of the hosts, Tess Daly. I was on BOBfm in Hertfordshire with Amy Stevenson and Tess was on a line from London. As you’ll hear, it didn’t go well… Craic on! If […]

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Tags: Amy Frost, BBC, Blog, BOBfm, Google, Graham Mack, Hertfordshire, Inspiration, Internet, life, London, Media, Radio, Strictly Come Dancing, Tess Daly, work

Mack Nuggets

05Oct16

Here’s what I’ve been up to on BOBfm lately… Julie gets an unexpected compliment; Inappropriate laughter; A bizarre wrong number; A leopard in the hotel room; 20 years since Oasis played Knebworth; Why the Daily Mail is great; Show us your tats; Boris Johnson the porn star; Why British people have a problem with commitment; […]

Filed under: Advertising, AFTRS, blog, Brexit, Broadcasting, Comedy, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Conspiracy, Contest, Crime, Email, England, Google, Graham Mack, Inside look, Inspiration, Media, podcast, Politics, Radio, true story, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: BBC, Blog, BOBfm, Boris Johnson, Daily Mail, David Cameron, Donald Trump, Dr Foster, Hitchin, Inspiration, Internet, Knebworth, News, Radio, Siri

Booze Views

05Jan16

Britain’s unhealthy attitude to alcohol is so messed up that not having a drink is considered an athletic achievement now. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great that Cancer Research UK are encouraging people to stop drinking for a month but calling it a “Dryathlon” shows just how much of a problem booze is […]

Filed under: Addiction, AFTRS, Alcohol, blog, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Contest, Drunk, true story, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Alcohol, Blog, BOB fm, Breakfast Show, Britain, Broadcasting, Dryathlon, Graham Mack, Radio

How an air-conditioning mechanic in Sydney Australia became an award winning broadcaster in Britain; Part 119.

14Oct14

Sometimes you end up with egg on your face. Birmingham is Britain’s biggest city outside London. The main sorting office for the Royal Mail is the Aston Delivery Office. It’s a purpose-built, quarter of million square foot sorting office. The main hall houses eight integrated mail processors and ten sorting machines which can deal with […]

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Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, BRMB, Broadcasting, Free Radio, Graham Mack, Mack Attack, Rayal Mail

Curry Favour

13May14

“You can’t eat Indian food for EVERY meal” is what Julie said to me when I told her that if I had my own way, that’s what I’d do. Hey, it’s Britain’s national dish! London now has more Indian restaurants than Mumbai or Delhi. It’s because of this that in our on-going quest to find […]

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Tags: BOB fm, BOB's Best, Chicken Tikka Masala, Curry, Curry House, food, Graham Mack, Indian, Radio, vote

How an air-conditioning mechanic in Sydney Australia became an award winning broadcaster in Britain Part 56.

07Apr14

When someone leaves an on-air radio job, I’ve never understood why they’re not taken off the air straight away. In 1995, I was the Breakfast Show host at 5SE in South Australia. The new Program Director hated everything I did and was making life really difficult for me. I’d been really miserable there for a […]

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Tags: 5SE, Contest, Graham Mack, Mount Gambier, Paris, ratings, SES Channel 8, South Australia, television, Wheel of fortune

How an air-conditioning mechanic in Sydney Australia became an award winning broadcaster in Britain Part 19.

18Dec13

One of the funniest things I’ve ever heard on the radio wasn’t supposed to be funny. I was in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in June 1993. I presented the 7pm to midnight shift on the local station “Rockin’ The Goldfields 6KG” so I listened to the station, whenever I could to get a feel of how […]

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Tags: 6KG, AFTRS, Australia, Broadcasting, Contest, Desert, Graham Mack, Kalgoorlie, phone call, Radio, wind-up