Archive for the ‘Media’ Category
Unguarded Moment
Do we need guards on trains? Up until yesterday, I didn’t understand why the RMT union were causing chaos on Britain’s railways by striking. The RMT are against removing guards from trains. I thought they were protecting the jobs of their members, and maybe that’s part of it, but it’s not the main reason we […]
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Tags: Blackfriars, Blog, Computer, feedback, Finsbury Park, Google, Guards, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, life, London, Marshall, medical, News, Radio, RMT, strike, Thameslink, Trains, Travel, work
Here’s how to be offensive on the radio without getting into trouble with Ofcom. Ofcom are the government body that regulates and licences broadcasting in the UK. They have effectively banned the song ‘Melting Pot’ by Blue Mink. They’ve found Black Diamond FM in breach of its radio licence after complaints were received about the […]
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Tags: Blue Mink, BOBfm, Chinese, Chinkies, Diamond FM, Faggots, Fairytale of New York, Gay, Graham Mack, Homophobic, Kinkies, Maggots, Melting Pot, Money For Nothing, Ofcom, Offensice, racist, Radio, Radio Today, The Pogues
If you don’t want to end up paying hundreds of pounds in fines, you’d better mind your Ps and Qs! Last month, I had to rent a van for Fix Radio. There were two days where I drove through London’s congestion zone. I made sure that our Accounts Director paid the £11.50 congestion charge for […]
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Tags: Congestion Charge, Congestion Zone, emissions, Fix Radio, Londo, racket, scam, TFL
Live And Get Pie.
“Just because it’s vegan doesn’t mean it’s healthy”. – That’s just one of many misconceptions that are used as excuses for not going vegan. At Fix Radio, another one of the blokes I work with went vegan this week. That means four out of the nine men in our office now only eat plant based […]
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Tags: Alzheimer's, Blog, Dementia, Fix Radio, Google, Heart Disease, Inspiration, Internet, life, medical, News, Pieminister, Radio, Vegan
Abbreviated Encounter
It’s time to ban all abbreviations. Sometimes the abbreviation takes longer to say than the actual words. Stephen Fry pointed out that World Wide Web contains less syllables than “double-you double-you double-you”. Then there are the short words that are abbreviated. What’s the point of using @ instead of “at”? It still means you have […]
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Tags: BT, Communist Party, P.C., Palliative Care, Panama Canal, Panasonic Corporation, Paper Clip, Paracetamol, Paradise City, Parish Council, Partial Correlation, Party Chief, Passenger Car, Patch Cord, Patrol Car, Peace Corps, Peaches & Cream, Pelvic Contractions, People's Court, Pepsi-Cola, Per Capita, Percentage, Personal Carer, Personal Computer, Personal Contact, Petrol Cap, Petty Cash, phone call, Photocopy, Physical Contact, Piano Concerto, Pierre Cardin, Pitcairn Islands, Plaid Cymru, Planning Commission, Plastic Conduit, Player Controlled, Pocket Calculator, Poets Corner, Point of Curvature, Pokemon Center, Politically Correct, Polycarbonate, Pony Club, Portion Control, Postcard, Powder Coating, Power Control, Power Converter, Precast Concrete, Presbyterian Church, Press Conference, Pressure Chamber, Previous Channel, Primary Care, Prime Contractor, Prince Charles, Principal Component, Principal Consultant, Printed Circuit, Private Chat, Private Contractor, Privy Council, Probable Cause, Procurement Clerk, Professional Component, Professional Corporation, Profit Centre, Program Code, Project Code, Prostate cancer, Protective Clothing, Protective Custody, Provisional Cost, Public Citizen, Public Convenience, Purchase Card, Pussy Cat, Stephen Fry
Free Cash From Fix Radio!
This is how Fix Radio celebrated National Tradesman’s Day this year. It’s a day that honors the men and women who use their skills and hard work build and maintain the world we live in. Craic on! If you enjoyed this Craic, please click “like” and tweet a link. Listen to the latest Mack Nuggets […]
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Tags: Blog, Fix Radio, Free cash, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, London, Media, National Tradesman's Day, publicity stunt, Radio, Waterloo Station, work
This is what happened when I spoke to a bloke who was protesting outside Britain’s suspended Parliament. Craic on! If you enjoyed this Craic, please click “like” and tweet a link. Listen to the latest Mack Nuggets at; http://www.mackmedia.co.uk/8th-mack-nuggets-audio-video
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Tags: Blog, Climate Strike, Fix Radio, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, London, Media, News, Radio, Truant
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
Congratulations to Gaz Drinkwater who’s co-presenting a great new show on BBC Radio Manchester called “Talking Balls”. If you’re into Manchester United or City, I bet you’ll enjoy it, listen here; https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07hnl2b/episodes/player As I’m a Liverpool fan and Gaz is Man United, we didn’t talk about football much when we presented the Breakfast Show on […]
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Tags: BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio Manchester, Blog, Cats, feedback, Gaz Drinkwater, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, Liam Neeson, life, Manchester Evening News, Media, News, Radio, Spice Girls, The Simpsons, Travis Perkins
Mack Nuggets
This is what I got up to on Radio Merseyside from 2016 to 2018, including: The end of the world; What Charlie said; Ricky Tomlinson talks about Mickey Finn; Liverpool’s zoo; Andrew Neil gets taken down; Connections to celebrity; Roger McGough talks about the Blitz; a journey from hell; The real reason why Liverpool fans […]
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Tags: Andrew Neil, BBC Radio Merseyside, Chuck Berry, Donald Trump, Father's Day, Henry Ford, Keith Chegwin, Liverpool, Mickey Finn, New Zealand, Paul McCartney, Ricky Tomlinson, Roger McGough, The Twist, You'll Never Walk Alone
I thought I was going to be killed by an armed policeman this week. As you can see by the video above, Fix Radio recorded a promotional film with “Boris Johnson” at Downing Street. We didn’t have permission and as I was in charge, an officer with a very large automatic weapon asked me what […]
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Tags: Blog, Boris Johnson, Downing Street, Fix Radio, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Media, News, Number 10, Prime Minister, Radio, shoot, video
Smart Arse!
The greatest legacy of the first moon landing is the inspiration it gives to us all. 50 years ago this month, Apollo 11 touched down in the Sea of Tranquillity. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the surface. I was five years old when I watched the grainy black and […]
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Tags: 50th, Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, Dennis Quaid, Fix Radio, Fred Ward, Gordon Cooper, Graham Mack, Gus Grissom, moon, NASA, Neil Armstrong, SMART
Johnny B, Good!
They say you should never meet your heroes. I don’t agree, working in radio, I’ve been lucky enough to meet some of mine and it doesn’t matter if they’re a footballer, actor or musician, usually it’s been a great experience and they’ve been everything I’d hoped they would be. One bloke in particular stands out […]
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Tags: Blog, Computer, feedback, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, Jonathon Brandmeier, journalism, life, Monty Python, Morning Show Boot Camp, Radio, Radio Today, Talentmasters, WLUP, work
Radio Reception
We’ve been invited to a wedding! My old boss from BOBfm, Brett Harley, is finally getting married to Carolyn in a few weeks time. They’ve been together for more than 20 years so it’s about time! Being the boss, it always felt like he was more of a grown-up than me, even though this year, […]
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Tags: Blog, BOBfm, Computer, feedback, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, life, Media, Music, Radio
John Myers – A Person of Note
John Myers has been a big part of my life for a while now, even though I never knew him that well. I woke up this morning to the sad news that John had died. He was in charge of Century Radio when I worked there in the North East in 1998 and 1999. The […]
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Tags: BBC, BBC Wiltshire, Century Radio, DQF, Graham Mack, John Myers, North East, North West
Howzat
I don’t know who to support in the Cricket World Cup. I was born in England and have lived in New Zealand and Australia, I have passports for each country. I’m leaning towards Australia because I didn’t get to pick where I was born and moved with my parents to New Zealand when they emigrated. […]
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Tags: 2GO, Australia, Blog, Central Coast, Google, Inspiration, Internet, Media, Music, New Zealand, Radio
BOB Job
As we get closer to BOBfm in Hertfordshire closing and becoming another Heart station, I thought you might like to hear my favourite April Fools Day prank we pulled at BOB. The radio station is in the grounds of Knebworth Park, literally yards away from where hundreds of the worlds top artists have played in […]
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Tags: April Fools Day, Blog, BOBfm, Bruno Mars, Dire Straits, Duran Duran, Eric Clapton, feedback, George Michael, Google, Hertfordshire, Inspiration, Internet, Knebworth, Knebworth Park, Lady Gaga, Led Zeppelin, life, Marshall, Media, Music, Oasis., Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Status Quo, Tom Jones
Jack Off
In a few weeks time, BOB fm in Hertfordshire will disappear and become Heart. I presented the Breakfast Show there for five years. When I first got there in 2013, the station was called JACKfm. Here’s what I sounded like back then… Craic on! If you enjoyed this Craic, please click “like” and tweet a […]
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Tags: Blog, feedback, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, JACKfm, life, Radio
