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Mike Dickin Dies (merged)
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rhod
31-08-2007
Yeah, and if she waffles too much I bet he wouldn't be afraid to cut her off & go to the next caller!
myscimitar
31-08-2007
Originally Posted by airfix:
“I hate to think what Gaunt will do with news of Saddam's demise. One thing for sure, it won't get the same treatment it would have received from Messrs Dickin and Wolf.”

Mind it be funny to hear Gaunt try and cover a breaking major story.. he voice would just get higher and higher. How Talksport has him on the morning show when they had the Great, missed Mike Dickens do it for years is beyond me. Talk about dropping standards
Miss Sixty
31-08-2007
It was ten years ago today that Mike Dicken informed me that Princess Diana had died.

I was driving in to work, after receiving a call from my programme controller at the time, asking me to come in to the station as Diana had been in a crash.

I'll never forget the way Mike Dicken handled that night.

It was the best radio I have ever heard. Ever.

Years later I had the absolute pleasure of working with Mike but if he knew how much of a fan I was, he'd have been very embarassed.
Clare B
31-08-2007
Dickin: Icon. Legend. The man will never be replaced.
capt hangover
31-08-2007
Originally Posted by Clare B:
“Dickin: Icon. Legend. The man will never be replaced.”

Yes, yes and yes.

Well said Clare.
haggler
31-08-2007
the more gaunt i hear the more i miss mike . i bet his widow would be proud if she could read this thread , a fine man and first rank at his job
Tc7
07-09-2007
Originally Posted by Sweetlord:
“Dickin...Good Bad and Ugly

My Tribute to Mike... ”

Any idea where I can get your excellent tribute? My mum was a huge fan wand I told her about your great bit of audio.

Tc
Tabbythecat
07-09-2007
Originally Posted by Clare B:
“Dickin: Icon. Legend. The man will never be replaced.”

you cannot put into words what Dickin brought to talk radio in the UK he was a maverick argumentative & contreversial broadcaster BUT I LOVED HIM!
Radiomaniac
07-09-2007
I still can't believe the fact that the legendary giant of broadcasting, Mike Dickin, has gone. He was the greatest and there is still an enormous dark hole in the radio where he should be.

NEVER forgotten, Mike.
Tc7
08-09-2007
I always remember the 'Oh Fooo' caller!!
Mike tied this well spoken lady in knots, all she could say was, 'Ohhhh, Foooo' and put the phone down!!

Classic!

Tc
debut
08-09-2007
The best and a huge void yet to be filled on talkSPORT. Listened to Mike as a teenager on LBC right through to his Talk Radio/Sport days. Reason i loved and still love Speech Radio. A much funnier man than many will remember him for, he had great wit. Radio gold for me were the days of Tommy Boyd on weekends at 10pm -1am then Dickin on after (1am-6am). Nothing of that quality on talkSPORT now sadly.
gazzap666
10-09-2007
Simple thoughts that may have been expressed earlier in this thread.

Listening between 10pm til 1am Friday and Saturday nights Mike was trully a legend with wide variety and solid views.

George Galloway has his place which is more suited to a political debate. On the airwaves he is not fit to lace Mike's shoes.

Still such a sad loss, call me sentimental....
Tc7
11-09-2007
Originally Posted by debut:
“The best and a huge void yet to be filled on talkSPORT. Listened to Mike as a teenager on LBC right through to his Talk Radio/Sport days. Reason i loved and still love Speech Radio. ”


Me too! I even followed him to Three Counties Radio where he did a lunchtime show for a brief period.


Tc
airfix
11-09-2007
I did too. He never seemed to settle there though did he? I'm sure it was a wrench to go from LBC to the more sedate Three Counties.
CloughOfFife
08-07-2008
Originally Posted by Tanya Hyde:
“Mike Dickin was a genuine spokesman for a whole generation - his true constituency were those curmudgeonly 40, 50, & 60 somethings who did rather nicely, thanking you, out of the years of Thatcher. They tend to live in Kent, Essex, or the Home Counties, they bought their houses at give away prices, but now bitterly resent the Labour Government, for spoiling their party, having the gall to get elected in 1997, and detest it for all it's perceived "failings". No doubt they'll be leaving the country in droves, if Labour ever get in again. For that I am deeply grateful.

Mike was that lone voice preaching in the wilderness - his adoring fans were the white van men, the truckers, the taxi men, the right wingers, the Daily Mail readers, the Tories, UKIP, and all points extreme right. Theirs is a world of complacency, self-satisfaction, and stuff the lot of you. They bitterly resent paying taxes, paying speed camera fines - because of their ignorant over-speeding, and just love to cock a snoot at laws which don't suit, such as fox-hunting.

Mike specialised in reserving his opprobrium for the dispossessed, the immigrants, the gypsies, the single mothers, and berated them in true right-wing style for all their failings, saying their problems were solely due to their fickleness, wantonness, and sloth. Mike never had answers to their real pressings problems, only making snide, sneering comments, and chuckling contentedly as he played to the talk sport right-wing gallery.

Fare thee well Mike Dickin, you have either gone to meet your maker, or have joined the eternal indifference of oblivion. Somehow it's the latter, as you didn't have a spiritual bone in your body.

Good-byeee Mikey - it really wasn't nice knowing you.”

Hear hear. Great that someone had the bottle to tell it like it really is. Incidentally, I remember Mike often talking about the rank hypocrisy which reigns upon someones death, when they suddenly become the most amazing human being ever.

It's sad when anyone dies - but Mike Dickin, in my opinion, was a genuinely unpleasant human being.
the wellser
08-07-2008
Well, he certainly seems to has left an impression on you, to drag up this thread, a sign of great broadcaster.
PaulEvansDorset
08-07-2008
Originally Posted by the wellser:
“a sign of great broadcaster.”

And that, my friend, is all that matters.
Can't understand why a presenter has to qualify as being someone's friend for them to like him/her.
Such a person would be the type who yells expletives at Steve McFadden in the street when Phil Mitchell beats up his wife...
RTD259
08-07-2008
Originally Posted by CloughOfFife:
“Hear hear. Great that someone had the bottle to tell it like it really is. Incidentally, I remember Mike often talking about the rank hypocrisy which reigns upon someones death, when they suddenly become the most amazing human being ever.

It's sad when anyone dies - but Mike Dickin, in my opinion, was a genuinely unpleasant human being.”

So it took you nearly a year to think up such a distasteful response. Shame on you.
Ennerjee
08-07-2008
And it's great that you have the bottle to agree with that statement. It sums up the game he played, and he played it well. A caller on LBC once called him 'Dickin the Dictator'.

Most of his views were in the Jeremy Clarkson and Norman Tebbit mould, but apparently that's what the 'people' like and it pulls in the listeners - that's why the Sun is so widely bought, read and believed.

However, he was a good broadcaster with a good radio voice and also an excellent raconteur.
twofnine
09-07-2008
Originally Posted by CloughOfFife:
“Hear hear. Great that someone had the bottle to tell it like it really is. Incidentally, I remember Mike often talking about the rank hypocrisy which reigns upon someones death, when they suddenly become the most amazing human being ever.

It's sad when anyone dies - but Mike Dickin, in my opinion, was a genuinely unpleasant human being.”

IMHO, Mike Dickin was a fantastic Broadcaster, a legend. I remember travelling back from North Devon, on the night of Princess Diana"s Death. Mike handled that with the Proffessionalism that it needed on Talk Radio!

Sadly these days, we havent got many good Presenters that could handle these delicate situations!

Luckily, I have an On/Off switch , and these days I prefer the Off Switch! Its time to bring back Offshore Radio again!
davethecue
09-07-2008
Irrespective of their views, what makes a great talk radio presenter(imho) is their 'listenability'. This is certainly an area where Mike was one of the best.
This is why the current crop are so poor. Quite often I agree with what they're saying but switch off because it's so poorly delivered. Gaunt is a prime example of this. He gives no thought to the callers' point of view. Instead of debating with them to prove his point, he shouts over them and cuts them off. This may be entertaining to listen to for a short while, but everyday !! I think not.
(I wonder whether anyone in the afterlife has asked Mike " How are you"?)
Last edited by davethecue : 09-07-2008 at 07:51
Tc7
09-07-2008
Originally Posted by davethecue:
“Irrespective of their views, what makes a great talk radio presenter(imho) is their 'listenability'. This is certainly an area where Mike was one of the best.
This is why the current crop are so poor. Quite often I agree with what they're saying but switch off because it's so poorly delivered. Gaunt is a prime example of this. He gives no thought to the callers' point of view. Instead of debating with them to prove his point, he shouts over them and cuts them off. This may be entertaining to listen to for a short while, but everyday !! I think not.
(I wonder whether anyone in the afterlife has asked Mike " How are you"?)”

Also Mike didnt really have an ego as such. That Gaunt bloke has a huge ego, hence the reason he calls himself 'Gaunty'.

You could listen to Mike at breakfast of the dead of night and he worked.

Bet he's now enjoing his legendary 'four bottle' lunch up there in the sky.

Tc
PaulEvansDorset
09-07-2008
Originally Posted by twofnine:
“IMHO, Mike Dickin was a fantastic Broadcaster, a legend. I remember travelling back from North Devon, on the night of Princess Diana"s Death. Mike handled that with the Proffessionalism that it needed on Talk Radio!”

Well said.

Originally Posted by twofnine:
“Sadly these days, we havent got many good Presenters that could handle these delicate situations! ”

Simon Mayo, Peter Allen... John Humphrys, James Naughtie, Eddie Mair...

Originally Posted by twofnine:
“Its time to bring back Offshore Radio again!”

You were making sense up until then.
I'm sure experienced and well-rounded presenters of the calibre of the above will be quite willing to work on a boat.
EleanorRigby
09-07-2008
I wish they would get rid of that pompous pig who is on TS in the mornings.
twofnine
09-07-2008
Originally Posted by PaulEvansDorset:
“Well said.



Simon Mayo, Peter Allen... John Humphrys, James Naughtie, Eddie Mair...



You were making sense up until then.
I'm sure experienced and well-rounded presenters of the calibre of the above will be quite willing to work on a boat.”


Sorry, I still am making sense. Many of the best DJs/Presnters came from the world of offshore radio!
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