Dead Wrong

18Jul17

Spend any amount of time with my family and you’ll feel like you’re in a sitcom. I’ve just spent two weeks with them in the North West. Last week, I called my uncle Norman to set up lunch. On the phone he told me that my mother’s cousin, Agnes had died. I rang my mother […]

Filed under: 1960s, 1970s, 80s, AFTRS, blog, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Graham Mack, Liverpool, London, Radio, true story, TV, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: Blog, BOBfm, Bread, Carla Lane, Death, family, Google, Graham Mack, health, Inspiration, Internet, Liverpool, Media, Radio

Mack Nuggets

28Feb17

Here’s what I’ve been doing lately on BBC Radio Merseyside, including: Buffalo Bill, his connection to Liverpool and how he’s responsible for a funny phone call in Australia; Getting words mixed up; Bush poetry; Harsh rejection; The scouser who was drafted into the Vietnam war; A tribute to Peter Allen; A ruined wedding with a […]

Filed under: 1970s, AFTRS, BBC, BBC Radio Merseyside, blog, Broadcasting, Comedy, Google, Inside look, Liverpool, Media, podcast, Radio, Sydney, Trump, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: Australia, Banjo Patterson, Blog, Buffalo Bill, feedback, Google, Inspiration, Internet, Liverpool, Music, Peter Allen, Radio, video, Vietnam War

Blame Me!

24Jan17

I am responsible for Liverpool’s defeat to Swansea on Saturday. It’s the first game I’ve managed to get to all season. I bought a new hat and scarf for the occasion. I can now, never wear that hat and scarf to another game. I want to get rid of them but how can a risk […]

Filed under: AFTRS, blog, Broadcasting, Comedy, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, FIFA, Football, Graham Mack, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, podcast, Radio, true story, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: Anfield, Blog, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, LFC, Liverpool, Media, News, Radio

The Old Shell Game

19Jan17

When I record an interview for broadcast, the first thing I do is set the levels. I usually ask the guest what they had for breakfast. This week, I got an answer I wasn’t expecting. I was at BBC Radio Merseyside, my guest was John Gorman. You may remember him from The Scaffold (‘Lily The […]

Filed under: AFTRS, BBC, BBC Radio Merseyside, blog, Broadcasting, Comedy, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Funny stories, Google, Graham Mack, Inside look, Liverpool, Media, podcast, Politics, Radio, Syria, true story, Trump, Truth, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: BBC Radio Merseyside, Comedy, Graham Mack, Irish, John Gorman, Liverpool, Liverpool Echo, Merseyside, No More Tears, St George's Hall, The Scaffold, Welsh

Institutionalised

23Sep16

I now have something in common with fifteen Nobel Prize winners. I’ve given a speech at the Royal Institution in London. It was the venue for a broadcasting conference called, “Next Radio”. The room was filled with people who work in the radio industry. The Royal Institution was founded in 1799 by the leading British […]

Filed under: AFTRS, blog, Broadcasting, Comedy, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, England, Graham Mack, Inspiration, podcast, Technology, Television, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: 2GO, AFTRS, Aircheck, Australia, BBC, BBC Radio Merseyside, Blog, BOB fm, BOBfm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Comedy, Faraday Cage, Graham Mack, Liverpool, London, Michael Faraday, Next Radio, Nobel Prize, NSW, Radio, Royal Institution, SCA, Sydney, Travel

Funny Brummie?

30Aug16

Is Birmingham really the funniest place to live in Britain? A new survey from Lastminute.com looked at over three million social conversations and combined the results with consumer research to uncover the laughter profiles of 25 towns and cities across the UK. They found that Birmingham is the funniest. Well done Brum, I lived there […]

Filed under: AFTRS, BBC Radio Merseyside, Comedy, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, podcast, Radio, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Anfield, Birmingham, Blog, BOB fm, BOBfm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Comedy, Graham Mack, Lastminute.co, Liverpool, Radio

A Middle Class Hero Is Something To Be.

25Jul16

Are working class people allowed to be satirical in Britain? That’s the question I found myself asking as I watched the latest episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s show, ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”. His guest was John Oliver, the host of ‘Last Week Tonight’, a satirical show on HBO . ‘Last Week Tonight’ is huge in […]

Filed under: 1960s, 1970s, AFTRS, America, Athiest, BBC, blog, Broadcasting, Coincidence, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Conspiracy, Graham Mack, Inside look, Inspiration, Media, podcast, Politics, Radio, Television, true story, TV, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, BBC Radio 4, Birmingham, Blog, BOB fm, BOBfm, Breakfast Show, Britain, Broadcasting, Cambridge, Comedy, David Frost, Graham Mack, Jerry Seinfeld, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, Liverpool, London, News, Peter Cook, Private Eye, Radio, Satire, television, That Was The Week That Was, The Establishment, The Frost Report, The News Quiz, Travel, West Middlands, Working Class

Let Your Freak Flag Fly!

09Jul16

If you want to succeed, you have to be a freak. Evolution happens because of freaks. When the environment changes, the herd is thinned and the only ones that survive are the mutants who are suited to the new environment. Survival of the fittest is really survival of the freaks. Elvis was a freak, so […]

Filed under: 1960s, 1970s, AFTRS, Broadcasting, Comedy, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Graham Mack, Inside look, Inspiration, Live Music, podcast, Radio, Rock n Roll, Terrorism, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Beatles, Blog, BOB fm, BOBfm, Bogart, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Chaplin, Comedy, Elvis, Evolutiin, Freak, Graham Mack, Hitchcock, Hurricane Higgins, Jagger, Johnny Rotten, Kenny Everett, Liverpool, Muhammed Ali, Natural selection, Radio, Spielberg, Steve Jobs, Survival of the fittest, television, The Rolling Stones, Travel

Mack Nuggets

08Jul16

This is what I’ve been up to on BOBfm recently, including: Paula Abdul gets puked on; Your feelings over Brexit and the English football team; The longest day; Why you should never ride a bike naked; The Avocado crime wave; Kids don’t get the freedom we got to create great memories; Food served but not […]

Filed under: AFTRS, America, Australia, blog, Brexit, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Commercials, communication, Graham Mack, Hillsborough, Inspiration, Internet, Interview, Ofcom, podcast, Politcs, Radio, Ratings, true story, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Avacado, bike, BOB fm, Brexit, Broadcasting, Cigarettes, David Cameron, EgyptAir, England., Fancy Dress, Geri Halliwell, Graham Mack, Justice for the 96., Liverpool, naked, pancakes, Paula Abdul, Queen, Radio, Solstice, Spice Girls, We Want Plates, West End

Crazy Daze

13Jun16

“Whatever happened to crazy?”, asked the American comedian Chris Rock in his 1999 TV special, ‘Bigger & Blacker’. He was talking about how when a lunatic goes on a shooting spree, modern society looks for something to blame. It can be anything from rap music to violent video games. Why do we refuse to admit […]

Filed under: AFTRS, America, Atheist, BBC Radio Merseyside, blog, Brexit, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Crime, Graham Mack, Inside look, Inspiration, Islamic State, podcast, Politics, Radio, Religion, Republican, Truth, TV, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: 2GB, 2UE, AFTRS, Aircheck, BBC Radio Merseyside, Blog, BOB fm, BOBfm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Chris Rock, CKNW, crazy, Florida, Gay, Graham Mack, Hate Crime, homosexuals, ISIS, LBC, Liverpool, muslim, Omar Mateen, Orlando, Radio, rap music, TalkRadio, Terrorism

Mack Nuggets

12Jun16

Here’s what I’ve been up to on BOB fm lately, including: How Nancy got wound up by her husband for 25 years; How bad Chris Evans was on Top Gear; Australia is BIG; Navigational nightmares; Why I don’t trust Cambridge; The truth about plain cigarette packaging; Strange ways you’ve injured yourself; What you got up […]

Filed under: AFTRS, Australia, BBC Radio Merseyside, blog, Broadcasting, Comedy, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Conspiracy, Graham Mack, Hillsborough, Internet, LFC, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, Media, podcast, Radio, Television, true story, Trump, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: 2PK, 5SE, AFTRS, Aircheck, Apple, Australia, Blog, Boaty McBoatface, BOB fm, BOBfm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Cambridge, Central Coast, Chris Evans, Comedy, Commercial Radio, David Bowie, David Cameron, Dorset, EgyptAir, Graham Mack, Gri Haliwell, JF96, LFC, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, Mount Gambier, New South Wales, News, obesity, Parkes, Program Director, Queen's Birthday, Radio, South Australia, Spice Girls, Sydney, television, The Queen, Top Gear, USA

Up Close And Far Out!

10May16

I had the honor and privilege of appearing on the PodcastOne international hit podcast “Up Close and Far Out” this week with the wonderful Michael Harrison from Talkers.com. The Talkers.com website described it as,”…an extensive chat with Graham Mack, the personable “breakfast show” host and program director of independent music and talk station BOB-FM located in the […]

Filed under: AFTRS, America, BBC Radio Merseyside, Beatles, blog, Britain, Broadcast, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, communication, Construction, Graham Mack, Inspiration, LFC, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, Media, New York, Newspapers, podcast, Police, Politics, Radio, Radio Wars, Ratings, Social Media, true story, Truth, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Australia, Bauer, Blog, BOB fm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Central Coast, Global, Graham Mack, Great Britain, GWR, Liverpool, MichaelHarrison, New South Wales, New Zealand, NFL, NSW, podcast, PodcastOne, Radio, Sydney, Talkers, Talkers.com, Travel

Mack Nuggets

06May16

Here’s what I’ve been up to on BOB fm lately, including: The Graham Mack Theory of Everything; How I almost got thrown out of a West End theatre; The best way to have pancakes; How to look good in every photo; David Cameron is not dead; The answer to Britain’s obesity epidemic; Fancy dress stories; […]

Filed under: AFTRS, Britain, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Graham Mack, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, Media, podcast, Radio, TV, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Blog, Boaty McBoatface, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, David Cameron, Fancy Dress, Geri Halliwell, Graham Mack, Justice for the 96., LFC, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, News, Radio, Spice Girls, The Queen, USA

Leicster City, The Game Changers

03May16

Leicester City have changed the world. Now ANY club can win the Premiership. It’s the Roger Bannister effect. For years, experts said that the human body was simply not capable of running a mile in under four minutes, it was impossible. In the 1940’s, the mile record was pushed to four minutes and one second, where […]

Filed under: AFTRS, BBC, BBC Radio Merseyside, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Leadership, LFC, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, London, Media, podcast, Radio, true story, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Blog, BOB fm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Graham Mack, Leicster City, Liverpool, Premiership, Radio, Roger Bannister

I have to Kop it Sweet.

02May16

I won’t be a Liverpool Football Club season ticket holder next season. I’ve been on the season ticket waiting list for ten years so far. I really thought I’d be in with a chance of getting to the top of the list next season because the club are increasing the capacity of Anfield by more […]

Filed under: AFTRS, BBC Radio Merseyside, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, FIFA, Football, Graham Mack, LFC, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, Media, podcast, Radio, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Anfield, BOB fm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Graham Mack, Kop, LFC, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, Main Stand, Radio, Season Ticket

Mack Nuggets

01May16

Here’s what I’ve been on about on BOB fm lately… Boaty McBoatface and the end of democracy; Did Kim Jong-Un know I was back? Are the Spice Girls getting back together? I talk to Geri Horner (Halliwell), Ginger Spice; Pranks; Sarcasm can be good; The voice of BOB talks about performing love scenes; Justice for […]

Filed under: AFTRS, Broadcasting, Comedy, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Conspiracy, corruption, Family, Football, Graham Mack, Inspiration, LFC, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, Police, Politics, Radio, Roads, true story, TV, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Blog, Boaty McBoatface, BOB, BOB fm, BOBfm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, France, Francois Holland, French, Geri Halliwell, Ginger Spice, Graham Mack, Johnny Depp, Kim Jong-Un, Liverpool, Radio, Spice Girls, The Queen, USA

Here’s What I Said on The Radio About Hillsborough The Day After The Inquest Verdicts.

27Apr16

Craic on! Listen to the latest Mack Nuggets at; http://www.mackmedia.co.uk/8th-mack-nuggets-audio-video If you enjoyed this Craic, please click “like” and tweet a link. If you’d like to talk to me about it, call me on +44 1438 422106 between 6am and 9am (UK time) this week on BOB fm.

Filed under: AFTRS, BBC Radio Merseyside, blog, Broadcast, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Conspiracy, Graham Mack, Inspiration, LFC, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, Ofcom, podcast, Politics, Radio, Television, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, Blog, BOB fm, BOBfm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Graham Mack, Hillsborough, Hillsborough Inquest, LFC, Liverpool, Liverpool FC, Radio

The Justice Bell

26Apr16

A schoolboy holds a leather ball In a photograph on a bedroom wall the bed is made, the curtains drawn as silence greets the break of dawn. The dusk gives way to morning light revealing shades of red and white which hang from posters locked in time of the Liverpool team of 89. Upon a […]

Filed under: AFTRS, BBC Radio Merseyside, Britain, Broadcasting, Children, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Conspiracy, corruption, Crime, Family, Football, Graham Mack, Inspiration, LFC, Life, Liverpool Football Club, Media, Memory, People, podcast, Police, Politics, Radio, Sport, Story, true story, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: 1989, 96, Anfield, April 15th, Cover up, Dave Kirby, David Duckenfield, Eternal Flame, Hillsborough, Justice for the 96., Leppings Lane, LFC, Liverpool, Memorial, Police corruption, Sheffield, South Yorkshire Police, The Justice Bell, Unlawful killing, Yorkshire, You'll Never Walk Alone

How to get People to Call in to Radio Stations Again.

24Apr16

To get great phone calls on the radio these days, you have to work like a magician. I realised this when I stumbled on a Youtube video today that shows you how to do a trick that makes it look like you’ve put a penny in a glass bottle without taking the top off the […]

Filed under: AFTRS, BBC Radio Merseyside, blog, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, FM, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Life Skills, London, Media, podcast, Radio, true story, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, BOB fm, BOBfm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Callers to radio stations, Graham Mack, Liverpool, Radio

The Seaport of Short

20Apr16

You can tell how much Liverpudlians like you by how short your name gets. Scousers go beyond just dropping your last name and start abbreviating your first name. In other parts of the world, it’s not uncommon for Stuart to become, “Stu” or David to become “Dave” but on Merseyside, Steve, which is already an […]

Filed under: 1960s, 1970s, AFTRS, Broadcasting, Commercial Radio, Commercial Television, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, Travel, true story, Uncategorized, Youtube   |  Closed
Tags: AFTRS, Aircheck, BBC Radio Merseyside, Blog, BOB fm, BOBfm, Breakfast Show, Broadcasting, Graham Mack, Liverpool, Liverpudlians, Radio, Radio Merseyside, Scoucers, Scouse