Posts Tagged ‘Music’
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
London Calling
I really enjoy working in London every day. Everywhere you look is a photo opportunity. I took this one a few days ago when I got off the train at Blackfriars just after 6am. I’ve been at Fix Radio since July last year, it’s not the first time I’ve worked in the capital. In 2012 […]
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Tags: BBC London, Blackfriars, Blog, Google, Inspiration, journalism, London, Media, Music, News, Radio
Bye Bye BOB
Sad news this week, Bob FM has been bought by Communicorp and will be rebranded as Heart Hertfordshire. I worked there for five years and had a great time, I left in July last year. It means that every commercial radio station I’ve worked on in the UK has now disappeared. 2CRFM in Dorset and […]
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Tags: 2CR, Blog, BOBfm, Century, Fix Radi, GEM, Google, Graham Mack, Heart, Inspiration, Internet, jack, Media, Music, News, Radio, Sam, TFM
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
The Boys Are Back In Town!
Russ & Jono, the multi award-winning radio show hosts are back! They appeared as guest stars on Fix Radio last month and the audience response was so big that now they’re back, permanently. The Russ and Jono Fix Radio Experience will be heard weekdays 12-1pm and Saturdays 8-10am on Fix Radio London and Fix Radio […]
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Tags: Blog, DAB, Fix Radio, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, Mark Kermode, Media, Music, Radio, Russ & Jono, television, UK, Virgin
Mack Nuggets
I went to a radio station reunion this weekend. It was BRMB’s 45th reunion at Bacchus Bar in Birmingham. I worked there from March 99 to January 02. I caught up with James Blonde and Ollie Hayes who’ve got hairier and balder respectively… Everyone has got older except Les Ross who should be 70 now […]
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Tags: Blog, BRMB, BRMB Radio, FM, Google, Inspiration, Internet, Les Ross, Media, Music, Radio, Youtube
Mack Nuggets
Listen to what happened when Gaz climbed 150 feet to the top of a tower crane. We broadcast from a building site in Salford. “Downtown” which is being built by McGoff Construction. 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, Downtown, feedback, Fix Radio, Gaz Drinkwater, Google, Graham Mack, Manchester, McGoff, Music, Radio, Salford
Birth Of A Station
This is what it sounded like when we launched a brand new radio station for Manchester this week. If you like it, you can listen live here; http://www.fixradio.co.uk/player/manchester/ I present the Breakfast show with the brilliant Gaz Drinkwater, weekdays 7am to 9am. Craic on! If you enjoyed this Craic, please click “like” and tweet a […]
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Tags: Blog, Fix Radio, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, Launch, Manchester, Music, Radio
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
Mack Nuggets
Here’s what I’ve been up to on Fix Radio in London, including: International intrigue Farts in the jungle A scammer gets scammed Lost love Badger and the drone A neighbourhood dispute Your life as a movie Sex in a churchyard Darren hates criminal talk Sex on a beach Mistaken identity Neighbour from hell Attacked by […]
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Tags: Blog, Drone, Fart, feedback, Google, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, Media, Music, Neigbours, News, Picasso, Politics, Psycho, Radio, scam, sex
Listen To The Banned
I won’t be playing Britain’s favourite Christmas song on the radio. “Fairytale of New York” by The Pogues is consistently voted Britain’s most popular Christmas song but thanks to a ruling by the broadcast regulator, Ofcom, I won’t be playing it on London’s Fix Radio, the radio station for builders and tradespeople. In August this […]
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Tags: Blog, BOBfm, Christmas, Fairytale of New York, feedback, Fix Radio, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, Maggot, Media, Music, Ofcom, Radio, Radio Today, Scumbag, The Pogues
Nothing Is Real
Everything is not as it seems. You get to do some interesting stuff when you’re the Program Director of Fix Radio, the Commercial Radio Station in London for builders. Saturday morning, I was invited to the filming of a commercial for one of our advertisers Hitachi, who make power tools, as they are changing their […]
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Tags: Battersea, Blog, feedback, Fix Radio, Graham Mack, HiKoke, Hitachi, Internet, Music, Radio
The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth
Radio people who are interested in what other radio stations and other presenters have done call themselves, “geeks”, why is that? Singers who study other artists don’t call themselves geeks. Guitarists who are inspired by other great players don’t call themselves geeks. Comedians who study the comedy of other great comics never refer to themselves […]
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Tags: Blog, geek, Google, Inspiration, Internet, Media, Music, Radio
London Calling
In the latest episode of my show for America, Kim Wilde and Jeff Wayne talk about the space aliens that inspired their musical work. For Kim it was a close encounter and for Jeff it was H.G. Wells, The War Of The Worlds. They both chat about their amazing lives and careers on both sides […]
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Tags: feedback, Google, H.G. Wells, Here Come The Aliens, Inspiration, Internet, Jeff Wayne, Kim Wilde, Mars, Media, Music, News, War Of The Worlds
Inconvenience Store
Our new flat is in a great location. The block is right next door to a convenience store. I call that kind of shop a “Stop and Rob”. I’ve mentioned it on the radio a couple of times. I went in there today, picked up a few things, said hello to the bloke behind the […]
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Tags: Blog, Convenience store, Google, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, Media, Music, Stop And Rob
Mack Nuggets
Here’s what I’ve been up to on BOBfm lately, including: Harry Kane; Stormy Daniels; Disaster at Titanic the Musical; A stuck story; The ultimate protest song; Miscommunication; What was on the roof of the car?; The gender bender; Why you should pee on your tomatoes; Andy Summers from The Police; Skiving; Neighbour from hell; Siri […]
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Tags: Andy Summers, Apple, Blog, BOBfm, Eurovision, Google, Graham Mack, Harry Kane, Inspiration, Internet, life, Music, News, The Police, Titanic
Science Friction
I heard a couple of powerful things on a train this week. Both of them relate to radio. The first was a lady I overheard talking to her friend. She said, “I’m reading a book about the people who first split the atom. It’s getting boring now, it’s all about the science, not the people”. […]
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Tags: Blog, Brandwidth On Demand, feedback, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, journalism, Media, Music, Nick Michaels, Radio
London Calling
In the latest episode of my show for America; Part two of my chat with Magnus Walker, the Urban Outlaw talks about his Porsches, his book and how to get into the fashion industry. As well as that, should men fight back against a ban on wolf whistling? No more cheap booze in Scotland and […]
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Tags: Blog, booze, feedback, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, life, London Calling, Magnus Walker, Media, Music, News, Politics, Porsche, Radio, Scotland., Travel
War Of The Worlds
On the 40th anniversary of the double album, War Of The Worlds, Jeff Wayne talks about how the project came about, his life, moving from the USA to the UK, working with David Essex and Richard Burton and how Paul Rodgers missed out on being on the original recording. He also talks about the new […]
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Tags: Blog, Computer, David Essex, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, Jeff Wayne, journalism, Mars, Media, Music, Paul Rodgers, Radio, Richard Burton, UK, USA, War Of The Worlds
London Calling
In the latest episode of my show for America, Engelbert talks about coping with his wife’s Alzheimer’s, his new album, singing with his granddaughter, how he got started in show business, his friendship with Elvis and Dean Martin and why he doesn’t talk to Tom Jones anymore. As well as that, a preview of my […]
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Tags: Blog, Dean Martin, Dr Who, Elvis, Engelbert Humperdinck, Google, Graham Mack, Inspiration, Internet, Kim Wilde, Music, News, Prince Charles, Radio, Stormy Daniels, Talkers.com, Tom Jones
