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The worst radio presenter
- Thread starter BensGrandad
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,630
I think I must be getting on a bit, as I'm increasingly inclined to agree with you. Sometimes I finish shifts at half ten at night, and my lift-share & used to drive home and struggle to find something on the car radio beyond the usual monotonous late night drivel. Then we stumbled on the Paul Miller show. I started out hating it, but have come round to finding it quite endearing.
It's the mix of completely hopeless but inadvertently funny moments that are wasted on radio, like when he's talking to himself about what the quiz answer might be "ooooh....is it that...I don't know...I'm sure I....yes, I think it's definitely that", and the unique mix of pensioners and mentalists that phone in (repeatedly).
Oh look, it's Betty from Guildford, for the fourth time tonight.
Genius.
MattBackHome
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 11,873
This is EXACTLY it! Haha!
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,630
In terms of sheer, cringing awfulness, though, I would like to volunteer someone who tops even Richard Madeley.
I don't even know the bloke's name, but a couple of weeks ago, I was driving through Newhaven, when the usual radio station tuned out. Pressing the scan button to find something else, the radio settled on something called (I think) Seahaven FM. Now even in your worst nightmares of cliched old DJ bullshit, you cannot even begin to imagine how embarrassing this guy was.
You know when you used to play as a kid and press the button on your walkman (other devices are available) and pretend to be the DJ introducing the song...well that's what this guy sounded like, complete with absurdly elongated words in a vain attempt to stretch what little he had to say out to the point where the vocal cut in. Every other word was er, or um, or mmmm, in a chronically poor attempt to fill the airtime. He was also astoundingly proficient at that corny old DJ trick of making every T sound like a D.
Please, someone from Newhaven or Seaford- I presume that's where he broadcasts to- tell me he does exist and I didn't just imagine his entire appalling performance?
I don't even know the bloke's name, but a couple of weeks ago, I was driving through Newhaven, when the usual radio station tuned out. Pressing the scan button to find something else, the radio settled on something called (I think) Seahaven FM. Now even in your worst nightmares of cliched old DJ bullshit, you cannot even begin to imagine how embarrassing this guy was.
You know when you used to play as a kid and press the button on your walkman (other devices are available) and pretend to be the DJ introducing the song...well that's what this guy sounded like, complete with absurdly elongated words in a vain attempt to stretch what little he had to say out to the point where the vocal cut in. Every other word was er, or um, or mmmm, in a chronically poor attempt to fill the airtime. He was also astoundingly proficient at that corny old DJ trick of making every T sound like a D.
Please, someone from Newhaven or Seaford- I presume that's where he broadcasts to- tell me he does exist and I didn't just imagine his entire appalling performance?
Manx Shearwater
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I like it best when an obviously p*ssed jack-the-lad rings up and you can tell he's about to swear and can visualise Miller trying to be as friendly and jovial as possible, while knowing he's crapping it and has his hand hovering over the mute button.
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,630
Scrap everything we've all just said. Look who I've just discovered has his very own show on Seahaven FM (96.3 on your dial, pop-pickers)
Norman gets out the LPs, EPs and singles - and sometimes the 78s too - for an eclectic mix of jazz, blues, swing, country and a lot more besides, from the 1920s to the present day, with the emphasis on the laid back - a perfect start to your Sunday morning.
Norman says: "In my shows, I like to play records, and I do mean records, that are a little bit offbeat, such as obscure versions of well-known songs, rare B sides by famous artists, tracks that spring a surprise. You'll hear everything from 1920s jazz, 1930s dance bands, 1940s country, and 1950s blues through, (occasionally!) to the latest CD. Nowhere else will you hear Jelly Roll Morton, Ken "Snakehips" Johnson, Cab Calloway, Jack Hylton, Big Bill Broonzy, Georgie Fame, Eartha Kitt, Manfred Mann, Jamie Cullum and Hank Williams on the same programme!
"I like the fact that Seahaven FM is genuinely local, and I have a good chance of knowing those who call or email in to the programme. And it's great to be able to share my records with others. Music has always been very important to me."
When Norman is not presenting on Seahaven FM, he is the Lib Dem MP for the Lewes constituency and his party's transport spokesman. He lives with his family in Lewes.
Norman gets out the LPs, EPs and singles - and sometimes the 78s too - for an eclectic mix of jazz, blues, swing, country and a lot more besides, from the 1920s to the present day, with the emphasis on the laid back - a perfect start to your Sunday morning.
Norman says: "In my shows, I like to play records, and I do mean records, that are a little bit offbeat, such as obscure versions of well-known songs, rare B sides by famous artists, tracks that spring a surprise. You'll hear everything from 1920s jazz, 1930s dance bands, 1940s country, and 1950s blues through, (occasionally!) to the latest CD. Nowhere else will you hear Jelly Roll Morton, Ken "Snakehips" Johnson, Cab Calloway, Jack Hylton, Big Bill Broonzy, Georgie Fame, Eartha Kitt, Manfred Mann, Jamie Cullum and Hank Williams on the same programme!
"I like the fact that Seahaven FM is genuinely local, and I have a good chance of knowing those who call or email in to the programme. And it's great to be able to share my records with others. Music has always been very important to me."
When Norman is not presenting on Seahaven FM, he is the Lib Dem MP for the Lewes constituency and his party's transport spokesman. He lives with his family in Lewes.
Manx Shearwater
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Chav FM, by the look of it.
gully is my god
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Chris Evans
His look at me im a slightly quirky not very funny annoying voice stuff had its day in the 90's. Time to update!
Still, he has the face for radio....
His look at me im a slightly quirky not very funny annoying voice stuff had its day in the 90's. Time to update!
Still, he has the face for radio....
Pot noodles for everyone
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Has to be said, that loud-mouth West Ham fan, Jack the Lad. The accent really grates and no-one needs to shout/get excited 1st thing in the morning.
HalifaxSeagull
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- Aug 24, 2010
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I miss Terry Wogan!
Buzzer
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- Oct 1, 2006
- 26,121
He's still going. He now presents an underground drum and bass show on pirate radio. Well worth checking out. Still gives big shout-outs to the TOGS.
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peejay1958
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Grombleton
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- Dec 31, 2011
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I know he's not technically a presenter, but whenever Alan Green is on 5 Live most of the local cats hide, or else they get a severe kicking from one side of Littlehampton to the other. He's the cause of 95.6% of the problems in this world.
But would you ever phone in to PM and give the answers to the Bag??
The HQ of Seahaven FM is a pub. Don't know if that explains anything!
bassking
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Adrian durham talk sport, TOOL.
HalifaxSeagull
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- Aug 24, 2010
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I miss Terry Wogan!
TheBlueAndWhiteStrips
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Be thankful that you don't have to listen to this women every morning because your only alternative is Radio One One One One. We can only only get two stations due to the electronics in the Bakery, so its either fat **** Chris Moyles followed by the worlds stupidest radio presenter Fearne Cotton or Chris Evans.
But it has to be Vanessa Feltz her voice makes me want to climb in the oven and slowly kill myself.
But it has to be Vanessa Feltz her voice makes me want to climb in the oven and slowly kill myself.