Originally Posted by occy:
“Interesting point as some have come down with colds, Was it stress because of contract renew time. High ratings for James Whale and they didn't keep him.”
Were the rating that high though ? i'm not in a position to comment as i haven't seen figures for the drive slot before JW but from the latest RAJAR graphs the figures for that slot look ok but not brilliant. I would personally of thought that they should be higher especially as breakfast is reaching number 2/3 in the commercial ratings now.
Originally Posted by Richard1960:
“Ferrari is nuch worse he is a Murdoch product not only that he talks down to callers a lot.! saying to a caller who he knew the name of "I will be the judge of that madam" this morning.Its like car crash radio which is why i listen to the sun man.
Ian Collins would be a good choice so would Duncan Barkes but in my honest opionion James Whale would be better,he also did not let slippery politicians off the hook with weasel answers on plenty of occasions.”
Ferrari is a well polished act though and while i'm not a fan he is great at what he does and he had great figures as well. i would love Duncan for drive, i personally think he would fit great but i have a feeling LBC see him as a night voice and that the promotion he will get eventually will be 10 - 1.
Originally Posted by occy:
“James W still doing Thursday Sky News Sunrise paper review. It's a shock for the listeners he's leaving LBC. FIve Live next?”
5live is pretty much the only place left for him apart from BBC London but i think he's still far to "shock jock" for any of the BBC even though he's tamed his act a lot for LBC. If Whale were to join the BBC he would have to be completely different and he wouldn't be aloud to get away with having a solid opinion, he would have to fit on the fence a lot more. Is that something The Whale can do ? Only he knows.
Personally i can see the replacement being The Max, if he doesn't get it then i can see him replacing O'Brien in the not to far distant future.