Posts Tagged ‘life’
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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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
Mack Nuggets
Here’s what I’ve been up to on Fix Radio lately including: Piper and her screaming son; A football story; The watch scam; A fart at a funeral; Mark The Shark; Darren and the disrespectful driver. 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, Football, Funeral, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, life, Media, News, scams
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
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
Radio Stuff
Congratulations to Larry Gifford on his promotion to National Director of AM Radio for Corus Entertainment in Canada. Larry is a veteran talk programmer and consultant who also hosts the “When Life Gives You Parkinsons” podcast for Corus’ Curiouscast podcast network. I had the pleasure of being a guest on his Radio Stuff Podcast a few […]
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Tags: Blog, Canada, Corys Entertainment, Fix Radio, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, Larry Gifford, life, Media, News, Parkinsons, Radio, Travel
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
Art Attack
There’s been a major art theft from London’s Tate Modern and it’s all my fault. The Tate Modern is just a short walk from where I work at Fix Radio in Southwark. Often at lunchtime I stroll around and look at the art. One of my favourite pieces is on level 2. It’s an oil […]
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Tags: 1937, Bankside, Blog, Computer, feedback, Fix Radio, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, life, London, Media, News, Picasso, Radio, Southwark, The Tate Modern, Weeping Woman
Mack Nuggets
Here’s what I’ve been up to with Gaz Drinkwater on Fix Radio Manchester, including;Show Us Your Tips; Greater Manchester Police using GPS data from speeding drivers; Why democracy doesn’t work; Travis Perkins v the cat; Rednecks in New Zealand; The dispute with Steve Brookstein. Craic on! If you enjoyed this Craic, please click “like” and […]
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Tags: Blog, Cats, Computer, feedback, Fix Radio, Gaz Drinkwater, GMP, Google, GPs, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, life, Manchester, Media, New Zealand, News, Police, Politics, Radio, Rednecks, Steve Brookstein, Travel, Travis Perkins
Wacko Jacko
That’s what it sounded like when I announcement that I’d banned all Michael Jackson songs from Fix Radio in London and Manchester. I made the decision after watching, “Leaving Neverland”. We were the first radio station in Britain to do this and the only one that has openly admitted that there is a ban in […]
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Tags: BBC Radio 5 Live, Blog, Daily Express, feedback, Fix Radio, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, Leaving Neverland, life, London, Manchester, Michael Jackson, Music, News, Radio, The Times
Look Black In Anger
Is it offensive to homeless people? On my way to work the other morning, I saw two people sleeping rough at the South Bank entrance to Blackfriars station. I say “rough”, they didn’t look like they were down and out. They had sleeping bags that looked brand new and nice backpacks that they were using […]
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Tags: Blackfriars, Blackfriars station, Blog, Camping, Fix Radio, Google, Graham Mack, health, homeless, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, life, Media, News, Radio, sleeping rough, Travel, work
Mars Attacks
Alexa doesn’t like me. When we first got Amazon’s virtual assistant, about a year ago, she was fine. Now she’s gone off me. She prefers Julie’s voice to mine. Alexa has started behaving like a moody teenager. Often when I ask her a question, she just ignores me. When Julie asks, she’s straight onto it. […]
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Tags: A.I., AI, Alexa, Amazon Echo, Blog, Bruno Mars, Computer, feedback, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, life, Mars, Media, Radio, Shopping List
Welcome Back Russ & Jono!
In the 90s, the biggest commercial radio Breakfast Show in the UK was Russ & Jono on Virgin. They had millions of listeners and won just about every major award going. Now they’re back and they’re on Fix Radio. All of their classic features have returned including, ‘House Of Crap’, ‘Sad But True’, ‘Dumb Crime […]
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Tags: Computer, feedback, Fix Radio, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, life, News, Prostate cancer, Russ & Jono
Secret Sound Part 4
The weird noise in the hallway of our new build apartment is still there! The builders have been, switched off all of the power in our place and the noise continues. This confirms that it’s coming from our neighbours. The other side of the wall is their bathroom, what are they doing in there day […]
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Tags: Blog, Fix Radio, flat, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, life, Neighbours, Noise, Radio, Youtube
A Brush With Fame
It was the coat that gave it away. It wasn’t even that nice a coat, a grey, rumpled overcoat that wouldn’t look good on anybody. On Monday, sat opposite me on the 18:17 from London St Pancras to Peterborough via Hitchin, was the multi-award-winning playwright, screenwriter, actor and author, Alan Bennett. At first I wasn’t […]
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Tags: Alan Bennett, Apple, Beyond The Fringe, Blog, Books, Celebrity, feedback, Google, Hitchin, Inspiration, journalism, life, Music, Overcoat, Radio, St Pancras, Train, Travel, work
The Heat is On
Every time I put something in the oven it reminds me of a classic George Carlin bit about the concept of a “preheated” oven. George said… “It’s ridiculous! There are only two states an oven can possibly exist in, heated or unheated!” I don’t get it either, surely, putting the food in AFTER you’ve heated […]
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Tags: Blog, Convenience food, feedback, George Carlin, Google, health, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, life, Media, Preheat, Radio
