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1, O'Brien(LBC..10am)Total turn off these days.Has undoubtedly got worse since we voted to leave.Any caller who disagrees is talked over and ridiculed.
2,Chris Evans (Radio2 6.30 am)..Just LOVES himself and comes across as Charlie big potatoes.Tired old format.Like groundhog day each and every morning.Never lets a tune play to the end because he loves the sound of his own voice.
3,Nick Abbot (LBC Weekends 10pm)...The man is Trump obsessed.Always manages to rubbish the POUS within the first few minutes of his show.Anyone who supports Brexit is given short shrift.
2,Chris Evans (Radio2 6.30 am)..Just LOVES himself and comes across as Charlie big potatoes.Tired old format.Like groundhog day each and every morning.Never lets a tune play to the end because he loves the sound of his own voice.
3,Nick Abbot (LBC Weekends 10pm)...The man is Trump obsessed.Always manages to rubbish the POUS within the first few minutes of his show.Anyone who supports Brexit is given short shrift.
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Jeremy Vine (NAP) cant even type about him,boils my fkin p1ss 
His voice when he read out listenteners views...a constant whining tone to his voice.
Aha.
Jeremy Whine.
Aha.
Jeremy Whine.
1 Chris Evans ... the shouty man. I hate everything about him. Annoying when we b&b somewhere they have him on whilst you’re having breakfast. Just play the records and shut the f up. Paid a fortune (as they all are), I would pay never to hear him again.
2 O’Brien .... give it a rest man. I remember seeing him on Christmas University challenge a while back and he really is not as smart as he makes out. Also a mouth breather. A good face for radio as they say.
3 Vine. He’s a bit simple or perhaps he thinks we are simple and of course shockingly overpaid.
2 O’Brien .... give it a rest man. I remember seeing him on Christmas University challenge a while back and he really is not as smart as he makes out. Also a mouth breather. A good face for radio as they say.
3 Vine. He’s a bit simple or perhaps he thinks we are simple and of course shockingly overpaid.
when he first started he was good now hes rearly bad has about 4 callers a hour and got a very silly laugh
With you mad dog..and those annoying fcking stupid noises he frequently plays ad nauseaum like some kind of "wacky " American radio show.
Can I add northern nutter Shaun Keaveny (R6 Music Breakfast Show) as, like Evans, is a self obsessed failed stand up that thinks he is extremely funny.
Racing ..Glad we're on the shame hymn sheet.I also HATE Evans with a passion and only tune in when the delightful Sara Cox stands in for him which unfortunately is not often enough.And whilst i'm on a moanathon..his newsreader..Moira Stuart..should have been retired decades ago..her false laugh makes me want to puke.
Only 3 allowed? 
How ever will we manage to squeeze Doton Adebayo, Stephen Nolan and Nicky Campbell in too?
How ever will we manage to squeeze Doton Adebayo, Stephen Nolan and Nicky Campbell in too?
Have to add the nauseating Steve Allen to the list. Drivel, drivel, drivel.
And in the worst news since Brexit, 6Music have changed their schedules. Radcliffe and Maconie have been binned off to some unlistenable weekend shift to be replaced by Keaveny (he could be ok), Lauren Laverne going to breakfast (seems completely unsuited to me) and the utterly unlistenable Mary Ann Hobbs now has her own mid-morning show.
Just terrible.
Just terrible.
I don't know what qualifies a presenter for being the worst, but certainly the rudest and the most biased is James O'Brien.
I can't think why anyone would bother phoning in if they held a different view to his.
I can't think why anyone would bother phoning in if they held a different view to his.
racing cert right steve allen is another useless presenter keeps on saying hes got the most listeners hes on at 4.00 am been there over 30 years if he was any good would have got better time slot
Aug 9, 2018 -- 11:22AM, PorcupineorPineapple wrote:
Billy Butler - Radio MerseysideHe's got to be (checks wiki) 76 now. Think he was a bit of a local celeb, being a dj in the clubs during the Merseybeat era and then was most famous locally for Hold Your Plums, a radio jokey quiz show which poked fun at stupid people for being stupid essentially.Anyway, he's still at it. Just awful. Just the worst of that sentimental scouser thing. Oh we're funnier/warmer/kinder than everyone else nonsense.
pop give us a fooooookin break,bb is fckn awful,gawd knows why hes near a fckn microphone
adebayo on 5 is getting embarassing,and phil williams is a smug git
Blimey..how did i forget that sanctimonious twit Steve Allen on the LBC graveyard shift.Have the hierarchy at LBC ever listened to this car crash of a "presenter".Wont take calls because he hasn't the intellect to argue and talks utter $hit for 3 hours.Goes on incessantly about men in tight speedos.What a fckwit he is.
Jeremy Vine
and Stephen Nolan , only employed by the BBC to film quotas
He’s working class and from N Ireland
and Stephen Nolan , only employed by the BBC to film quotas
He’s working class and from N Ireland
The bloke that does the grave yard shift on talk sport aswell
anti-brexit fkin spangle
anti-brexit fkin spangle
Scaredmoney, do you mean Matt Stadlen. He’s a bit of a plonker.
Cant mind his name,sounds a manc or bolton accent ? Loves his trainers.....
alan brazil , money obsessed and sychphantic creep
steve wright - time to hang your boots up mate
nicky campbell -just awful and i mean awful
steve wright - time to hang your boots up mate
nicky campbell -just awful and i mean awful
General comment about radio,rather than any presenter.
I listen to 5 Live,but someone there,eg a producer,seems to think that regularly playing commentators calling (shouting!) a previous sporting event is exciting or interesting.IT IS NOT! It's irritating,deafening, boring and lazy broadcasting.
Whenever it comes on,which is often,I change to another channel.
I listen to 5 Live,but someone there,eg a producer,seems to think that regularly playing commentators calling (shouting!) a previous sporting event is exciting or interesting.IT IS NOT! It's irritating,deafening, boring and lazy broadcasting.
Whenever it comes on,which is often,I change to another channel.
To be fair to Steve Allen he keeps going for three hours without anyone to help him.
He doesn't take callers, so most of the tripe he spouts must be off the top of his head.
I remember once, he took to task a shop assistant who had been less than friendly towards him. He gave out the name of the store, the time and date he was served and the position of the till where he was served.
If that isn't trying to get someone the sack then I don't know what is.
Not very nice.
He doesn't take callers, so most of the tripe he spouts must be off the top of his head.
I remember once, he took to task a shop assistant who had been less than friendly towards him. He gave out the name of the store, the time and date he was served and the position of the till where he was served.
If that isn't trying to get someone the sack then I don't know what is.
Not very nice.
don't listen to radio anymore and not sure if these people still on radio 1 but these disc jockeys are appalling- dlt ( aka the hairy cornflake ) , andy peebles, and peter powell.
Radio Five Live breakfast show with Nicky Campbell and some lady exchanging patter tends to grate. It simply doesn't work.
I don't how who finds that entertaining.
I don't how who finds that entertaining.
Steve Wright an absolutely shocking omission!!!
There aren't very many I like, so I listen to BBC4extra most of the time (no presentation, no news), well, after popmaster - Ken Bruce is alright.
There aren't very many I like, so I listen to BBC4extra most of the time (no presentation, no news), well, after popmaster - Ken Bruce is alright.
I listen to LBC a lot. James O'Brien does tend to interrupt and can be very rude. Although not rude, in recent weeks Maajid Nawaz seems to be adopting the tactic of interrupting the callers he disagrees with.
That said, I like listening to both of them as they cover intersesting topics.
Ian Payne, for me, is the least knowledgeable.
I find Nick Ferrari extremely irritating. He hosts the 'flagship' show yet is forever stubling over his words, mispronouncing them or mishearing callers.
That said, I like listening to both of them as they cover intersesting topics.
Ian Payne, for me, is the least knowledgeable.
I find Nick Ferrari extremely irritating. He hosts the 'flagship' show yet is forever stubling over his words, mispronouncing them or mishearing callers.
I used to work at LBC many years ago. Funnily enough some of the presenters didn't seem to have a very high opinion of their listeners. I doubt if that's changed much.
James O'Brien bragged on the BBC's One Show that you don't have to be right in order to win an argument.
He does this all the time by stopping people from making their points.
Never letting them get much past the first sentence in most cases before he picks them up on something trivial and ruining their flow.
Quite frankly, who wants to listen to that?
It's not a regular call in show, it's more like a ''who's going to dare to come on here and disagree with the mighty James O'Brien show?''
He does this all the time by stopping people from making their points.
Never letting them get much past the first sentence in most cases before he picks them up on something trivial and ruining their flow.
Quite frankly, who wants to listen to that?
It's not a regular call in show, it's more like a ''who's going to dare to come on here and disagree with the mighty James O'Brien show?''
Take Farage in comparison.
He lets all who phone in have their say. That's why he gets so many callers with different views to his.
That's how it should be. We then hear both sides to the argument.
He lets all who phone in have their say. That's why he gets so many callers with different views to his.
That's how it should be. We then hear both sides to the argument.
Nigel Farage does treat all his callers with respect.
I think the abuse JOB gives him is a bit childish but this and the way he interacts with callers is all part of the routine. I believe he's done some stand-up so he can probably pull off a 'comedy' act that other presenters wouldn't be capable of even if they wanted to.
Based on his audience figures, he must be doing something right.
I think the abuse JOB gives him is a bit childish but this and the way he interacts with callers is all part of the routine. I believe he's done some stand-up so he can probably pull off a 'comedy' act that other presenters wouldn't be capable of even if they wanted to.
Based on his audience figures, he must be doing something right.
Based on his audience figures, he must be doing something right.
So what are these audience figures?
So what are these audience figures?
Across the UK, LBC now reaches 2.1 million listeners every week (+3% YoY).
Nick Ferrari at Breakfast now reaches 1.1 million listeners every week for a total of 4 million hours.
James O’Brien now reaches 943,000 (+4% YoY) listeners every week for a total of 3.2 million hours.
Source: RAJAR Q2 2018, all stations and groups results are reported on their specified reporting period and TSA.
Nick Ferrari at Breakfast now reaches 1.1 million listeners every week for a total of 4 million hours.
James O’Brien now reaches 943,000 (+4% YoY) listeners every week for a total of 3.2 million hours.
Source: RAJAR Q2 2018, all stations and groups results are reported on their specified reporting period and TSA.
Thanks for that.
Needless to say I'm not one of his regular listeners.
It's amazing how they compile these figures.
I believe they take a set number of people, then ask them what they listen to over a time period. The results are then extrapolated.
I like to note the amount of advertising space a show takes up, i.e., paying customers.
Nick Ferrari's show is spoiled by the extensive advertising.
I can't comment on James O'Brien and his advertisements because I can't stand listening to his show long enough to make a judgement.
Needless to say I'm not one of his regular listeners.
It's amazing how they compile these figures.
I believe they take a set number of people, then ask them what they listen to over a time period. The results are then extrapolated.
I like to note the amount of advertising space a show takes up, i.e., paying customers.
Nick Ferrari's show is spoiled by the extensive advertising.
I can't comment on James O'Brien and his advertisements because I can't stand listening to his show long enough to make a judgement.
I always wonder about the accuracy of TV audience numbers and the radio figures are probably less scientific in terms of their compilation.
I think you're correct. A sample of people are asked to maintain a diary of what they have listened to whereas with TV, the sample have ome sort of device connected to their set.
I think you're correct. A sample of people are asked to maintain a diary of what they have listened to whereas with TV, the sample have ome sort of device connected to their set.
Shocking omission - Dreary O'Dermott, totally agree about Steve Wright - Was funny years ago when on R1 but now well past sellby date and now v irritating. JOB on LBC is awful - never allows a debate with anyone pro brexit but just constantly interrupts with questions pretty impossible to answer and often out of context. Suspect he was a bully at school.
1 Grimmy 2 Grimmy 3 Grimmy
Hopeless drivel for impressionable kids, the future is bleak
Hopeless drivel for impressionable kids, the future is bleak
At the end of the day private radio companies are only there to pull in advertising revenue.
The BBC are not saddled with stuff like that. Their presenters have to pursue an agenda set out for them by the BBC.
It's all propaganda of one kind or another from the lot of them.
I wouldn't be surprised if James O'Brien voted Tory. Such is the contempt I have for presenters and their opinions.
The BBC are not saddled with stuff like that. Their presenters have to pursue an agenda set out for them by the BBC.
It's all propaganda of one kind or another from the lot of them.
I wouldn't be surprised if James O'Brien voted Tory. Such is the contempt I have for presenters and their opinions.
James O'Brien is no fan of Corbyn. He (JOB) has said many times on air that he's voted for all three main parties at one time or another.
John Humphreys - such a miserable old man. Always looking to put a negative slant on anything.
When interviewing Carney last week he used the words 'disaster' and Armageddon' to describe Brexit and the rise in Interest Rates (to 0.75%....)
When interviewing Carney last week he used the words 'disaster' and Armageddon' to describe Brexit and the rise in Interest Rates (to 0.75%....)
I listen to LBC a lot. James O'Brien does tend to interrupt and can be very rude. Although not rude, in recent weeks Maajid Nawaz seems to be adopting the tactic of interrupting the callers he disagrees with.
That said, I like listening to both of them as they cover intersesting topics.
Ian Payne, for me, is the least knowledgeable.
I find Nick Ferrari extremely irritating. He hosts the 'flagship' show yet is forever stubling over his words, mispronouncing them or mishearing callers.
Ian Payne is on now. Count the number of times he says "I don't know". Sometimes it's more of a verbal punctuation mark but he's still the weakest presenter imo.
That said, I like listening to both of them as they cover intersesting topics.
Ian Payne, for me, is the least knowledgeable.
I find Nick Ferrari extremely irritating. He hosts the 'flagship' show yet is forever stubling over his words, mispronouncing them or mishearing callers.
Ian Payne is on now. Count the number of times he says "I don't know". Sometimes it's more of a verbal punctuation mark but he's still the weakest presenter imo.
I'll throw the nauseating Zoe Ball at the top of the resurrected list.
Can't find the awful, vile Vanessa Feltz on this list, one woman who just loves the sound of her own voice and speaks down to people even experts in their field who she doesn't agree with.
Jim white on talkSPORT
Fence sittting
changes his opinion in a second can’t stand the fella
Moyes can’t stand his chat on x boring
Fence sittting
changes his opinion in a second can’t stand the fella
Moyes can’t stand his chat on x boring
Nick Abbot can be funny, but he's obsessed with insulting Trump, which is so boring.
And when he isn't insulting Trump he's ridiculing his callers.
A wasted talent.
And when he isn't insulting Trump he's ridiculing his callers.
A wasted talent.
nick abbot the worst presenter on the radio just a very boringgggggggggggggg man
All the daytime/early evening women on radio 2, they seem to think they are entertaining by talking endless very childish drivel as if the average age of their listeners is 5.
Vine is also a bit thick, whenever he interviews people on his show he asks them a question that they had explained a few seconds before, which shows he isn't listening to them, just waiting to talk himself.
Vine is also a bit thick, whenever he interviews people on his show he asks them a question that they had explained a few seconds before, which shows he isn't listening to them, just waiting to talk himself.
Another vote here for Feltz - she is atrocious but 3 seconds of her voice at 5.30am gets me out of bed
Adding Steve Allen on LBC to the list...probably the most inarticulate presenter on the air waves.Spouts utter garbage for 3 hours every weekday morning.
he keeps on saying l.b.c got lots more people listening only saying that for adverts they need steve another boring old man
Regional not mainstream i know but that Alan Partridge on Radio Norwich early morning shift does seem to be a bit of a plonker
Shelagh Fogarty -toned down version of James O'Brien but with more whingy voice.
Radio 5 live with Campbell and Bannister put me offorward talk radio for life and that was about 15 years ago
My dislike of James O'Brien is such, that if he wrote for a newspaper, I would not buy that newspaper.
Nicky Campbell is immensely overrated, yet he's one of the highest paid gravy trainers working for the BBC.
The BBC could replace the lot of their presenters, and start the new ones on a quarter of the money and we wouldn't notice any difference.
The BBC could replace the lot of their presenters, and start the new ones on a quarter of the money and we wouldn't notice any difference.
Have I missed something as I can't see the token Welshman/Man U fan (the excruciating Robbie Savage)
My dislike of James O'Brien is such, that if he wrote for a newspaper, I would not buy that newspaper.
He does. The Mirror, I think. He also writes for the TES and possibly some magazines.
Not sure if he does any of this on a regular or ad hoc basis.
Did you know that the founder and president of Global, which owns LBC, Capital, Heart and several other radio stations, is Michael Tabor's son, Ashley?
He does. The Mirror, I think. He also writes for the TES and possibly some magazines.
Not sure if he does any of this on a regular or ad hoc basis.
Did you know that the founder and president of Global, which owns LBC, Capital, Heart and several other radio stations, is Michael Tabor's son, Ashley?
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