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What letter is Nick up to now? I need to know when it is safe to tune back to his show.
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Around J or something. You'll have to wait until new year if you want the normal show.
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Yes, breaking News isn't really Nick's area but he's always made it clear that he's not a journalist, and I get the impression he plans his shows very carefully and that's just how he works. He's also not the type of bloke to pretend he knows about someone if he doesn't.
I thought he handled last night as well as he could really, facilitating and prompting the various news people that were dropped into the show but making it clear that they needed to lead the reporting as he wasn't an expert himself. Nick does struggle with breaking news stories but as stated he is not a journalist. I thought it was a bit silly the way they changed the whole show for George Michael and you could tell Nick was displeased. Must have messed up the whole A-Z thing too. I wondered if the direction came straight from Richard Parks as he was on the radio himself by 1am and stayed on for a long time. He also said what a good friend he was of Georges and about how George had supported all their charities over the years. |
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Nick does struggle with breaking news stories but as stated he is not a journalist.
I thought it was a bit silly the way they changed the whole show for George Michael and you could tell Nick was displeased. Must have messed up the whole A-Z thing too. I wondered if the direction came straight from Richard Parks as he was on the radio himself by 1am and stayed on for a long time. He also said what a good friend he was of Georges and about how George had supported all their charities over the years. |
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Ultimately it would have been Park that made the call, the procedure is the most senior producer on the program would decide on if to go full breaking news mode and would call James Rea or Tom Cheal for guidance on what to do. In this case i'm guessing Park would have notified James Rea or phoned the XD at LBC and said to do rolling news.
He's an ex-jock cum PD & record label manager. Admittedly, among the most established and time served in the country, but still, unless I'm mistaken, not a journalist. It was absolute overkill and out of place with LBC's normal format. They usually barely touch music/showbiz. They did the same when Whitney Houston went. |
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If that's the chain of command, that's ridiculous. In what way is Park a news journalist?
He's an ex-jock cum PD & record label manager. Admittedly, among the most established and time served in the country, but still, unless I'm mistaken, not a journalist. It was absolute overkill and out of place with LBC's normal format. They usually barely touch music/showbiz. They did the same when Whitney Houston went. My advice is to switch it all off and play charades with the family. |
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If that's the chain of command, that's ridiculous. In what way is Park a news journalist?
He's an ex-jock cum PD & record label manager. Admittedly, among the most established and time served in the country, but still, unless I'm mistaken, not a journalist. It was absolute overkill and out of place with LBC's normal format. They usually barely touch music/showbiz. They did the same when Whitney Houston went. |
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I gave Nick a miss this week. I'm guessing it was the usual Trump/Brexit stuff again?
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I gave Nick a miss this week. I'm guessing it was the usual Trump/Brexit stuff again?
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I gave Nick a miss this week. I'm guessing it was the usual Trump/Brexit stuff again?
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Not at all, it's the 2016 A-Z.
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But he did that last week!?!?
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odd how anytime i tuned into the show ,brexit/trump got mentioned within about a minute ! looks like i might be missing a lot of his shows this year
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Turned on at approx 22:15 and he was talking about Trump, so I switched to TalkSport. Just switched back over and he's still talking about Trump.
The man is obsessed.
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Surely he is losing a substantial number of listeners by spending 3 hours talking about Trump every week. Is this what it's going to be for the next 4 years
If so, I'll have to find something else to listen to I guess |
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Is that it he's gone. Wonder where he'll turn up next?
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Is that it he's gone. Wonder where he'll turn up next?
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Thank heavens the A-Z bore-fest is over. Though he will probably just move across to the Trump-fest
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Is that it he's gone. Wonder where he'll turn up next?
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Anyone?
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He's still listed here: http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/schedule/
Schedule is slightly confusing for shows that cross midnight, but think that's still saying Fri & Sat night. |
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Is that it he's gone. Wonder where he'll turn up next?
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He's still listed here: http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/schedule/
Schedule is slightly confusing for shows that cross midnight, but think that's still saying Fri & Sat night. |
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I imagine if Nick had left, it would have been mentioned on the LBC thread.
Or have that lot even stopped listening to him? |
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I imagine if Nick had left, it would have been mentioned on the LBC thread.
Or have that lot even stopped listening to him? And am part of that lot
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