Originally Posted by Styker:
“No she is not. I'm quite glad to say that I have never listened to more than a few minutes of her show and probably less than half an hours worth in total ever since she first appeared on LBC.
If the political slot on Saturday mornings has been scrapped, then LBC have lost the plot. Its obvious with the amount of heavyweight political guests they had coming on that the show is listened too by the political establishment bigtime. The changes I'd make is go back to a 3 hour session and tell Mellor to give callers more airtime.
As for KT Hopkins, I think she needs to go too. LBC going into shock jock mode with the likes of her and Ian Collins really does them no favours whatsoever. Leave it to others to do shock jock rubbish!”
It must be wonderful to be able to make a firm judgement about something or somebody after only a few minutes exposure. This morning KH did an hour on London being closed for the big cycle ride and the second hour on 'home alone' children. I found both interesting and, at times, amusing. She attracts a wide variety of callers, all of whom she listens to with more courtesy than most of the other presenters.
As for shock jocks, I believe the term refers to presenters who set out deliberately to offend and stir up dissent. They've never flourished in this country, partly because we have fairly strict broadcasting regulations but mostly, I believe, because there's no appetite for them.