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occyoccy Posts: 65,188
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Very sad it's Lynn last show on Smooth ( Friday ). I hope she will be back somewhere in the future. Possibly Radio 2?

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    AL89AL89 Posts: 2,170
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    the further the better sorry I'm no fan
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    number6number6 Posts: 1,131
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    I like her. She's a Radio presenter not a celeb.

    Very few celebs can make the grade on radio. I think Michael Ball is one who can.
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    occyoccy Posts: 65,188
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    John Inverdale was good when he covered Radio 2 Drivetime a few years ago.
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    dpbdpb Posts: 12,031
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    occy wrote: »
    John Inverdale was good when he covered Radio 2 Drivetime a few years ago.

    Bit random, was it because celebrities were mentioned?

    In the case of John he started his career in radio - check out this week's Radio Academy podcast for a good interview with him.
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    TUCTUC Posts: 5,105
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    occy wrote: »
    John Inverdale was good when he covered Radio 2 Drivetime a few years ago.

    ????-and no he wasn't
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    Jimmy ConnorsJimmy Connors Posts: 117,895
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    occy wrote: »
    John Inverdale was good when he covered Radio 2 Drivetime a few years ago.

    I wonder if R5 will have him back this year for their Wimbledon coverage after his little faux pas about Marion Bartoli last year? :o

    Anyway, yes, I wish Lynn well. I think she'll turn up on R2 before long.
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    ShrewnShrewn Posts: 6,855
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    occy wrote: »
    John Inverdale was good when he covered Radio 2 Drivetime a few years ago.

    Think he was first on R2 1985 ish?? BBC Local before that

    Anyway i liked Lynn, would rather have had her on earlies than Vanessa on R2
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    PubcrawlerPubcrawler Posts: 505
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    Shrewn wrote: »
    would rather have had her on earlies than Vanessa on R2

    Agree, in fact anyone on earlies is better than posh speaking plum in her mouth VF >:(
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    iain_stevenson1iain_stevenson1 Posts: 1,349
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    occy wrote: »
    Very sad it's Lynn last show on Smooth ( Friday ). I hope she will be back somewhere in the future. Possibly Radio 2?

    I wish her all the very best for the future. She's always come across to me as being a really nice person,She deserves a decent slot somewhere.

    Sadly she's not likely to get Vanessas show on radio 2. I have a feeling that they're lining up Sara Cox to do that when Vanessa moves elsewhere
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    hanssolohanssolo Posts: 22,674
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    Just before One she gave a short farewell with names of her family and daffodils left for Kate on Monday?
    On twitter a photo and "Some of my Lovely work Colleagues & the Rainbow cake mmmm"
    https://twitter.com/LynnParsonsUK/status/439365168049688576/photo/1

    Seems she is back to daily podcasts? but sounds she left on good terms and good presenters are back having on air farewells.
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    darkislanddarkisland Posts: 3,178
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    I'm baffled as to why she thinks she has anything to offer as a radio person. :confused:
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    dpbdpb Posts: 12,031
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    I'm baffled as to why she thinks she has anything to offer as a radio person. :confused:

    Now I have admit I find some of Lynn's quirks have me switching over but I can see what she has to offer as a radio person and I can see why she has her fans.

    Great voice and she always seems to sound quite natural. I imagine you could meet her for a coffee and she'll be exactly the same.
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    dpb wrote: »
    Great voice and she always seems to sound quite natural. I imagine you could meet her for a coffee and she'll be exactly the same.
    In the early days of her Smooth show she has talked fondly of the time she and Tony Blackburn were at Capital and Capital Gold together and she learnt a lot from him. sadly a style that is out of favour with a lot of commercial radio.
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    RidgiemanRidgieman Posts: 1,159
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    I remember listening to Lynn when she started off on what was 'County Sound Radio'. I am sure she will appear somewhere soon.......Heart maybe???
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    occyoccy Posts: 65,188
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    Ridgieman wrote: »
    I remember listening to Lynn when she started off on what was 'County Sound Radio'. I am sure she will appear somewhere soon.......Heart maybe???

    She's left Global? I can't see her returning.
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    dlmccabedlmccabe Posts: 1,027
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    Listened to Lynn for years at Radio 1, Virgin and lastly on Smooth. Great presenter.
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    occyoccy Posts: 65,188
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    That's why a lot are suited to BBC Radio style. Able to open mic and say more and not tired down too much.
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    According to Wikipedia Lynn Parsons is hosting various shows for Radio 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Parsons
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    FM LoverFM Lover Posts: 50,842
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    Nice to hear Lynn on Steve Wright this afternoon standing in for Janey Lee Grace:)
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    FM Lover wrote: »
    Nice to hear Lynn on Steve Wright this afternoon standing in for Janey Lee Grace:)

    Pity she wasn't standing in for Wright!

    Hopefully this is a foot in the door for a regular gig there.
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    FM Lover wrote: »
    Nice to hear Lynn on Steve Wright this afternoon standing in for Janey Lee Grace:)

    Enjoyed her on Jazzfm standing in at Breakfast yesterday.
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    occyoccy Posts: 65,188
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    I hope she comes back to her home Radio 2. Remember she was allowed under GMG smooth to work between both, but global didn't let her. That's why Tony left. Global have a list of radio stations they don't want you to work for and one is the beeb:-)
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    radio tunerradio tuner Posts: 3,030
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    occy wrote: »
    I hope she comes back to her home Radio 2. Remember she was allowed under GMG smooth to work between both, but global didn't let her. That's why Tony left. Global have a list of radio stations they don't want you to work for and one is the beeb:-)

    tony blackburn didnt work for global when he was at smooth . it was my understanding that the bbc wouldnt let him work on any other station that had (nearly) national coverage
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    occyoccy Posts: 65,188
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    Nice hearing Lynn back on Radio 2 again today with Steve and Tim
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    FM LoverFM Lover Posts: 50,842
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    occy wrote: »
    Global have a list of radio stations they don't want you to work for and one is the beeb:-)

    That 'list' must be very short by now, there's not much out there apart from BBC, Global and Bauer these days.
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