Archive for the ‘Contest’ Category
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 […]
Filed under: AFTRS, BBC, blog, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Contest, Graham Mack, Inside look, Inspiration, Media, Radio, Truth, Uncategorized, Youtube | Leave a Comment
Tags: Amy Frost, BBC, Blog, BOBfm, Google, Graham Mack, Hertfordshire, Inspiration, Internet, life, London, Media, Radio, Strictly Come Dancing, Tess Daly, work
Mack Nuggets
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
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
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 […]
Filed under: AFTRS, Broadcasting, Contest | Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, BRMB, Broadcasting, Free Radio, Graham Mack, Mack Attack, Rayal Mail
Curry Favour
“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 […]
Filed under: Broadcasting, Contest, Food, Graham Mack, Hope, Inspiration, London, Radio, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Tags: BOB fm, BOB's Best, Chicken Tikka Masala, Curry, Curry House, food, Graham Mack, Indian, Radio, vote
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
