"Wild" Al Kelly
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Does anybody know if former Talk Radio UK overnight naughty boy Al Kelly is currently on the airwaves? Somebody on the forum mentioned he sometimes goes under the name of Tony Staples.
I haven't heard him since his Real Yorkshire days 3 or 4 years ago.
I haven't heard him since his Real Yorkshire days 3 or 4 years ago.
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They have spoken to him about filling in when Bubba the Love Sponge takes time off in May.
Anyone else heard this rumour???
Also used to go under the name "Bradley Stokes".
Any more news on The Sirius Gig??
Ooh I don't know about that. He was as bland as white emulsion on Real Radio.
Find some clips of him on the internet from his few weeks there. He was far from bland. I know everyone mentions the "I've lost my bollocks" crank call to Chicago airport but that has to be one of the funniest things I have ever heard on the radio.
Why don't talkSPORT bring him back they have with Terry Christian who was also sacked. I doubt the current management have any problem with him.
They could have a presenter who did about 3 months of programmes which are still talked about 12 years later but instead they have Gaunt/Mendoza/James Max.
And isn't the point about Talksport that it doesn't really matter who the presenters are - the station's mostly-male demographic is very appealing to advertisers and they don't need to rock the boat too much. They have never been about inventive, innovative radio in the way early Talk Radio UK was.
Part of me wonders if Al was only ever contracted to do 3 weeks at TRUK and if his chop was part of some publicity effort
Well on another forum once someone said that in the original press pack Ian Collins was listed in the schedule as hosting overnights saying "starting May". That would tie in with your theory.
Trust me, it is beneficial, in so many different ways... For a start, if you're looking at radio work as a viable full time career - at least, that's how I did it.
Well, my old man works in radio and he used two names - but mostly so that his fulltime employers didn't find out he was moonlighting for another broadcaster.
I just thought that building a reputation would be harder if you kept changing your identity....both in terms of developing a fan base and also grabbing programme controllers' attention.
In any case, I'm glad Al is still working, although it would be great to get him in front of the mic. Maybe the internet is the way forward for proper, innovative speech radio...
It's not a great show, unfortunately, been listening for 15 mins tonight (after finally remembering to tune in) and it's mostly music with a bit of 'pointless talk', shame, i loved him on TRUK.
He's in the schedules for every mon-thur night, 7pm - 10pm. Maybe it gets better as it gets later, but i doubt it.
The music isn't bad though, classic 80s songs.