How an air-conditioning mechanic in Sydney Australia became an award winning broadcaster in Britain; Part 170.

13Jun15

I’ve mentioned before that when you leave the safety of a radio studio, things always go wrong. People who organise live events make the mistake of booking radio presenters to ‘host’ them. Radio presenters work on the outskirts of showbusiness. That means they don’t have an ‘act’. All they can do is introduce things and […]

Filed under: AFTRS, Broadcasting, Comedy, Railways, Trains   |  Closed
Tags: 2CR, 2CRFM, AFTRS, Aircheck, Bournemouth, Broadcasting, carols, Christmas lights, Dorset, GCap, GWR, Level crossing, Poole, Radio, Railways, Trains

How an air-conditioning mechanic in Sydney Australia became an award winning broadcaster in Britain; Part 169.

06Jun15

Commercial radio in Australia is more cutthroat than here in the UK. It took me a while to adjust. In Australia, winning at all costs is the only goal. Unfortunately, not all of the bosses I’ve worked for in the UK appreciate that. For your radio station’s ratings to go up, someone else’s have to […]

Filed under: AFTRS, Broadcasting, Radio Wars   |  Closed
Tags: 2CR, AFTRS, Aircheck, Austereo, Australia, Bournemouth, Broadcasting, Canwest, Dorset, Doug Mulray, GCap, GWR, Original 106, Radio, Today FM, Triple M

How an air-conditioning mechanic in Sydney Australia became an award winning broadcaster in Britain; Part 158.

22Mar15

I accidentally became involved in a big scam once. When I returned to 2CRFM in Dorset as Program Director in January 2004, I was given the biggest office. On the walls were framed autographed photos of some of the artists we played. I can’t remember them all but there was definitely a Mariah Carey, a […]

Filed under: Broadcasting, Crime, Radio   |  Closed
Tags: 2CRFM, AFTRS, Aircheck, BOB fm, Bournemouth, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Celine Dion, counterfeit, Dorset, GCap, GWR, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Police

How an air-conditioning mechanic in Sydney Australia became an award winning broadcaster in Britain; Part 157.

15Mar15

Sometimes history repeats itself. In late 2003, I got a dream job, actually two jobs. I was hired as Program Director and Breakfast Show host at 2CRFM on England’s South Coast. As I was replacing two people, I got the owners to agree to pay me both salaries. Replacing the Program Director was the easy […]

Filed under: AFTRS, Broadcasting, Brodcasting, Comedy   |  Closed
Tags: 106 Century FM, 2CR, AFTRS, Aircheck, Bournemouth, Breakfast Show, GCap, GWR, South Coast