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Brazil sacked...again
Donald Dallas
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http://media.guardian.co.uk/radio/story/0,,1777068,00.html
"TalkSport breakfast host Alan Brazil is set to leave the station after next month's World Cup following a bust-up with bosses at parent company Ulster Television.
Brazil, one of the station's biggest names, has been put on three months' notice after management decided to terminate his contract. He is expected to leave in July.
It is understood the row was prompted by the station's on-air trails about Brazil's party lifestyle. He has been fined between £20,000 and £30,000 for failing to turn up to work on time on four occasions."
"TalkSport breakfast host Alan Brazil is set to leave the station after next month's World Cup following a bust-up with bosses at parent company Ulster Television.
Brazil, one of the station's biggest names, has been put on three months' notice after management decided to terminate his contract. He is expected to leave in July.
It is understood the row was prompted by the station's on-air trails about Brazil's party lifestyle. He has been fined between £20,000 and £30,000 for failing to turn up to work on time on four occasions."
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Ian Collins for breakfast! How about Ian Collins and The Creatures of The Morn?
Are people like you still around? Talk Radio DIED nearly 7 YEARS ago.
'Died'? Please tell me how Talk Radio died?
But I could be wrong.
Anyway, I agree.
Bring back Tommy Boyd and let him do the flagship 6am - 6pm shift.
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Hmm, break the bank and bring Kelly and Baker back
It and Virgin have some serious re-thinks to be done if they're to ever get anywhere from here.
It didn't "die", it merely regenerated!
Someone who hasn't a pompous attitude towards sport (football..) would be welcome a choice.
Tom Watt & Michael Hann
Baker & Kelly
Hawksbee & Jacobs
McGrath AND Hancock would be a good shout.
I thought their show on TalkRadio was one of the best. I'd love to see them back.
I always thought Mark Green was of the non-sports variety on TS?
Both on 5 Live and when they went to TalkRadio, as it was then.
Oh yes him, IIRC he took over the slots vacated when Tommy Boyd was removed.
Mark Green (or Ian Meadows if you listened to him on Ocean FM) was so boring, he did nothing but go on about how brilliant the Labour Party was
BTW hope this doesn't mean any proposed improvements to the Breakfast show have been shelved too?
Shame if Beeky misses out though, when everyone else is going......
You know Beeky is SO wasted on Breakfast, and having to say "Al" after every sentence. He was a really good Saturday evening post-match phone-in host once.....much better than that Muppet KingPrawn. :rolleyes:
BTW any news on whether John Gregory will be signed up for the station permanently? I though he was terrific, and successfully put the Muppet in his place on many occasions with his superior knowledge of Football. [KingPrawn prefers Rugby League anyway!]. :yawn:
At best, if there was any real row, I think it was something like the recent drop in listeners making management want to reduce costs by sending out fewer people to Germany, and there aren't going to be many important games during breakfast hours (and I doubt Brazil would agree to being put up in a B&B!) so he was taken off the list and threw a strop. Or maybe his contract expires in the summer and he was just playing hard to get the best deal possible.
Either way, I prefered the old breakfast show that wasn't just about Brazil.