LBC Radio Megathread

PacMan · 11-06-2012 12:10pm #1

Great to hear Clive Bull back on LBC last night.
However I missed the end of the show, and just want to ask if anyone knows if it weekends only or is he back full time, or was last night a once off.
I always looked forward to his shows. he is a true radio professional. :pac:

vince · 11-06-2012 11:10pm

sundays only, but have to say antony davis in hes place week nights has grown on me now. ian collins dose fri sat evenings now from 7 before nick abbot whos great too. good to listen to proper talk phone in shows that isnt full of doom and gloom that we hear on irish stations atm

dvcireland · 11-06-2012 11:12pm

from LBC website:

Clive Bull

London's Late Night Legend Clive Bull is back on LBC 97.3.

After taking a short break from the station after 25 years, Clive is back, presenting a three-hour show every Sunday evening from 7-10pm.

PacMan · 12-06-2012 7:55am

Thanks for the replies.
Clive Bull is one of the best talk show presenters.

I can never understand as to why Newstalk have never put on a show similiar to Clive Bull on LBC 97.3.

I know that 4FM have a late night talk show, which seems to be appealing to the lowest common dominator, but a show like Clive's would be great.:pac:

More Music · 30-01-2014 11:55pm

LBC currently stands for "London's Biggest conversation". It will change to "Leading Britain's Conversation".

Wonder if staff/presenters get more money now that they'll have a much bigger audience?

I'd like to see a talk station like that here.

http://www.lbc.co.uk/lbc-to-go-national-as-uks-first-news-talk-station-85193

Just because it's JNLR time, here's some recent RAJAR info for LBC.

It broadcasts to one city and it has higher reach than any station here in the country (nationals included). Obviously because of population.

TSA:
This radio station broadcast to a total survey area of 11,703,000 adults (aged 15+).

Reach:
It was listened to by 1,073,000 people (9.0%) each week.

Hours:
Each listener tuned in for 10.2 hours per week - a total of 10,933,000.

Share:
In its area, it had a 5.3% market share.

Mr. Rabbit · 31-01-2014 12:54am

Pity Newstalk is only quasi national rather than national.

L1011 · 31-01-2014 1:49pm

Mr. Rabbit wrote: »

Pity Newstalk is only quasi national rather than national.

Very, very few places you can't get it - careful frequency planning and use of mono has extended coverage beyond what you'd expect.

"National" FM stations in the Netherlands often have about 60% coverage, in a very flat country, so Newstalk's coverage is well, well beyond that.

vince · 31-01-2014 3:04pm

I listen every night via freesat. I hope it dosent change too much I like its focus on london. Ni ck abbot is one of the wittyest guys on radio. Antony davis was good on weeknights but gone onto smooth fm. Duncon barks is on now instead and the show has become more political maybe this is the future of lbc a serious talk station it was more light hearted before. It was whilst I had ask nick on thursday morning when news broke of expansion via dab.

Mr. Rabbit · 01-02-2014 9:39pm

MYOB wrote: »

Very, very few places you can't get it - careful frequency planning and use of mono has extended coverage beyond what you'd expect.

"National" FM stations in the Netherlands often have about 60% coverage, in a very flat country, so Newstalk's coverage is well, well beyond that.

Doesn't get into NI much unfortunately. Something on Clermont Cairn and Kippure would improve things considerably, but there doesn't seem to be any sign of that happening any time soon.

LBC did originally stand for London Broadcasting Corporation so "London's Biggest Conversation" is really just a snappy slogan.

Still, it'll be good to have an alternative to 5 Live. Talksport was quite good before it went 100% sport.

colossus-x · 11-09-2014 3:06am

Doing a search for Nick Abbot here on boards reveals he has a few fans. Well he's back on LBC every morning 1am to 4am weekdays.

I've only recently started listening to him. I think he's an utter gem of a presenter. Seems he's been around for years but I'd never heard of him until recently. The show is a political phone in with a dollop of satire. Love him.

end of the road · 11-09-2014 1:35pm

he's absolutely brilliant. however i believe he is only covering for a bit. more to the pity. it would be nice to have him on full time but i think he doesn't wish to be full time now. and it means his show will never get boaring (it probably wouldn't be anyway) . friday and saturday 10 AM to 1 AM is his regular show.

colossus-x · 11-09-2014 3:34pm

Only covering ? oh no , but thanks for correcting my kinda mis-information. I wonder what hes does the rest of time

vince · 11-09-2014 10:35pm

Listening to him now I record him on my freesat box. Hes been doing lots of overnights in the last 3 weeks. Great show always.

colossus-x · 12-09-2014 12:11am

vince wrote: »

Listening to him now I record him on my freesat box. Hes been doing lots of overnights in the last 3 weeks. Great show always.

Yeah it's great you can get LBC on the satellite.

kneemos · 17-07-2015 9:57pm

Happened upon him and thought he was hilarious . Phone in type of thing about all sorts.
Definitely worth a listen,10.00-13.00 weekdays presumably.

Greenman · 18-07-2015 5:49pm

kneemos wrote: »

Happened upon him and thought he was hilarious . Phone in type of thing about all sorts.
Definitely worth a listen,10.00-13.00 weekdays presumably.

It's the guy before him I listen to Nick Ferrari http://www.lbc.co.uk/nick-ferrari-110688

end of the road · 18-07-2015 11:44pm

kneemos wrote: »

Happened upon him and thought he was hilarious . Phone in type of thing about all sorts.
Definitely worth a listen,10.00-13.00 weekdays presumably.

completely agree. brilliant show

Trick of the Tail · 22-07-2015 12:17am

The whole station is superb, with very few exceptions.

The legend that is Nick Abbot is on 10pm-1am this week standing in for the also excellent Ian Collins.

And their 4-8pm guy, Ian Dale, has only been on radio for about 4 years, he is so, so good.

Radio of a standard that pisses all over anything you'll hear in Ireland, I'm afraid to say.

More Music · 23-07-2015 11:28pm

LBC is an excellent station, been listening regularly for years.

Not sure it pisses over all Irish radio though.

What's it counterpart here? Newstalk is about the only station with a similar format. It does piss over that, but that's all really.

Nick Abbot is ok but needs to keep his SFX hotkeys in check.

Collins is excellent, but of course he always has been. Even in his Talk Sport days.

vince · 24-07-2015 12:13am

Love LBC dislike JoB

vince · 24-07-2015 12:13am

Love LBC dislike JoB

Greenman · 26-07-2015 11:40am

vince wrote: »

Love LBC dislike JoB

IMHO he's very boring.

Give me Clive Bull any day.

I miss Robbie Vincent.

vince · 26-07-2015 11:51am

Clive bull nick abbott ian colllins petri hoskins ken and dave nick ferrari all good shows . JoB repats himself to ofton and likes the sound of hes own voice.

kneemos · 30-07-2015 10:07pm

Greenman wrote: »

IMHO he's very boring.

Give me Clive Bull any day.

I miss Robbie Vincent.

His question and answer thing on Thursday is comedy gold.

Realist2 · 30-07-2015 10:27pm

kneemos wrote: »

Happened upon him and thought he was hilarious . Phone in type of thing about all sorts.
Definitely worth a listen,10.00-13.00 weekdays presumably.

I find James O'Brian very annoying, a bit of a waffler, LBC is a great station, I've been listening for years, it won station of the year in England, I love Nick Abbot, he is so funny and Steve Allan in the morning is hilarious, He's on from 4-7, i would literally be laughing out loud on the bus to work, he doesn't take callers, Just comments on story's in the morning papers, usually taking the Mick out of celebrities, hes definitely in the top 5 all time radio DJs i ever heard. I prefer Talksport though, in general the radio stations in England are miles better than in Ireland, i was wondering does anyone know is there a radio i could buy where i could listen to all these English stations in Ireland?

kneemos · 30-07-2015 10:36pm

Realist2 wrote: »

I find James O'Brian very annoying, a bit of a waffler, LBC is a great station, I've been listening for years, it won station of the year in England, I love Nick Abbot, he is so funny and Steve Allan in the morning is hilarious, He's on from 4-7, i would literally be laughing out loud on the bus to work, he doesn't take callers, Just comments on story's in the morning papers, usually taking the Mick out of celebrities, hes definitely in the top 5 all time radio DJs i ever heard. I prefer Talksport though, in general the radio stations in England are miles better than in Ireland, i was wondering does anyone know is there a radio i could buy where i could listen to all these English stations in Ireland?

I hear Allen occasionally,very good.

An internet radio is your man I think.

PacMan · 30-07-2015 10:59pm

Clive Bull is fantastic. Really enjoy his shows.
As for Steve Allen, yes he does take the pee out of Celebs.
Also a good show

Trick of the Tail · 30-07-2015 11:40pm

All their presenters are good, with the possible exception of the bloke that does 1-5 sat and sun mornings.

Nick Ferrari at Breakfast: quick, incisive, funny when he needs to be. Tabloid, but intelligent with it. He packs a lot into each hour.
James O'Brien: very intelligent, very quick. Very opinionated, easy to disagree with but great listening.
Sheila Fogarty at 1pm: good afternoon content.
Ian Dale at Drive: stunningly good. Highly intelligent, very personable. Indulges in good arguments with callers sometimes.
Clive Bull: relaxing, clever, excellent technique with callers.
Ian Collins (10pm): mischievous, clever, provocative.
(The legendary Nick Abbot standing in for him this week, superb radio)
Steve Allen 4-7:30am: unique!
Weekends not quite as universally excellent, breakfasts are good, David and Ken on Saturday mornings are good.

Tribute must also be paid to the producers of each show, and the call handlers. They all know how to do really good radio.

Far better than anything you'll hear in Ireland.

Mearings · 31-07-2015 9:56am

My favouite LBC presenter was Brian Hayes who presented the morning phone-in,
he did not suffer fools but was always very well prepared.
George Gale preceeded him. The Private Eye character Lunchtime O'Booze was based on George, which maybe is why when GG was moved to an afternoon slot the programme was not a success.

antonymin · 26-09-2015 11:40pm

great phone-in station and worth a listen. My radios are permanently tuned to this station. It's on FM, DAB and worldwide on the net. Give it a whirl. OK, it's a London based station but the callers are from all over the world.

Trick of the Tail · 28-09-2015 9:02pm

Me too. It's superb. There are many presenters and a couple of stations here that could learn a lot by listening to LBC.

More Music · 28-09-2015 11:36pm

Agreed.

03-10-2017 8:01pm

Available via the TuneIn Radio app and probably from the LBC website (LBC = Leading Britain's Conversation)

Can't believe I've only begun tuning into this show recently.

It's an odd mixture of Liveline and RTÉ News At One, with the same odd mixture of journalistic balance and explicit bias. The content is current affairs, but is "an unfiltered, uncensored, caller-driven show"

Over the past few days, Farage has focused on the Catalonian referendum debate, with Farage (predictably) seeming to blame the European Union at every opportunity.

http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/nigel-farage/

Birneybau · 03-10-2017 9:21pm

Yeah, I'll give it a miss.

vince · 03-10-2017 9:38pm

Its lbc or talk radio James Whale for me after 7pm nightly.

MikeyTaylor · 03-10-2017 9:41pm

Whstever next? The Donald Trump Show?

9or10 · 03-10-2017 9:47pm

I just can't remain calm if Farage is anywhere in sight or earshot.

Jamess O'Brien is easy to listen to though.

Arthur Daley · 03-10-2017 10:23pm

Farage is such a chancer. Where's the £350m p.w. for the NHS Nigel eh.

Just as EU septic in his own way funnily enough, Try George Galloway friday night on talk radio. Or it's up on youtube each week.

03-10-2017 10:53pm

Arthur Daley wrote: »

Farage is such a chancer. Where's the £350m p.w. for the NHS Nigel eh.

Well, that wasn't Farage, in fairness.

That claim was made by Boris Johnson end his fellow ne'er-do-wells in the Vote Leave campaign, whom Farage called "apparatchiks" and cretins".

Anyway, this isn't about the Referendum, it's about Farage's radio chat show.

Birneybau · 03-10-2017 11:18pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Well, that wasn't Farage, in fairness.

That claim was made by Boris Johnson end his fellow ne'er-do-wells in the Vote Leave campaign, whom Farage called "apparatchiks" and cretins".

Anyway, this isn't about the Referendum, it's about Farage's radio chat show.

Ok, not the referendum but former the leader of Ukip's radio show, got ya.

Expunge · 04-10-2017 10:14am

I must say I can't get enough of Nigel on this show. I try and catch it every evening. Not because of his politics but because he is a very engaging host.
He has a really good presence as an anchor, in my view.

The comparison with something like Liveline is good one - some nutter callers, biased one way or the other and a host who's pretty biased.

Farage is much more composed than Joe Duffy when personal criticism comes his way - and he gets plenty of it each evening from Remainers.

I also like the way LBC facilitate him when he's working his real job in Brussels or Strasbourg - the show goes ahead regardless. I accept this does allow him airtime for clips of him berating Juncker in the European Parliament or whatever, which probably would not be heard in the UK otherwise.
I doubt he takes as much time off as Duffy, either.
Global Radio expect their presenters to be doing what they pay them to do for most of the year! Helloooo RTE?

PacMan · 04-10-2017 8:48pm

Expunge wrote: »

I must say I can't get enough of Nigel on this show. I try and catch it every evening. Not because of his politics but because he is a very engaging host.
He has a really good presence as an anchor, in my view.

I agree with you.
His show, his reaction and interaction with callers is really excellent.

Ian Dale on Drive is also excellent .

seachto7 · 04-10-2017 9:51pm

Is it not just a fancier version of the Boylan show?
I've listened to bits and bobs and half of the callers are crackpots

Expunge · 05-10-2017 9:36am

seachto7 wrote: »

Is it not just a fancier version of the Boylan show?
I've listened to bits and bobs and half of the callers are crackpots

I'm not disagreeing on that point but I just think that Farage has great potential as a host if he could broaden his act past Brexit and the 'evil EU' Schtick.

seachto7 · 05-10-2017 9:41am

Expunge wrote: »

I'm not disagreeing on that point but I just think that Farage has great potential as a host if he could broaden his act past Brexit and the 'evil EU' Schtick.

Agreed.

Spanish Eyes · 05-10-2017 9:45am

The entire LBC format is phone in comment.

Just select the presenter that suits your mood.

Even Katie Hopkins was good craic on Sunday mornings before she got the boot.

etselbbuns · 05-10-2017 9:49am

Expunge wrote: »

I'm not disagreeing on that point but I just think that Farage has great potential as a host if he could broaden his act past Brexit and the 'evil EU' Schtick.

He only has 1 hour though - Consevatives shambles, IndyRef, USA, Catalunya etc.
Have been listening on/off since January. He is seriously popular not just in UK but abroad. He is more akin to Pat Kenny with his wit, knowledge etc
Nigel is all about Brexit though and 10's millions agree with him, he single-handedly pressured UK Govt down this route - and for that he will be forever known. Well done to LBC for giving him a platform

mang0 · 05-10-2017 10:33am

Isn't the main issue with this show that Farage is a noxious, bigoted, racist, lying ****, thus rendering any broadcasting talent irrelevant?

Like, would people be pleased if Justin Barrett got a show on Newstalk (not ruling out this happening, btw)?

Expunge · 05-10-2017 12:03pm

mang0 wrote: »

Isn't the main issue with this show that Farage is a noxious, bigoted, racist, lying ****, thus rendering any broadcasting talent irrelevant?

Like, would people be pleased if Justin Barrett got a show on Newstalk (not ruling out this happening, btw)?

Farage led his party in to third place in the 2015 General Election in Britain with almost 10% of the popular vote. He had an awful lot to do with there being a Brexit referendum in the first place - for better or worse. He has a very high profile in the UK.

Maybe if Justin Barrett had achievements similar to these but, more importantly, could be a talk radio anchor with Farage's qualities and potential, then yes.
As I can't remember what he sounds like and have no idea what kind of a presenter he would make, maybe not at the moment.

Trick of the Tail · 12-10-2017 3:02pm

mang0 wrote: »

Isn't the main issue with this show that Farage is a noxious, bigoted, racist, lying ****, thus rendering any broadcasting talent irrelevant?

Like, would people be pleased if Justin Barrett got a show on Newstalk (not ruling out this happening, btw)?

No, I don't think he is any of those. He's a man passionate and proud of his country, with a wealth of knowledge, quick recall and fine wit.

You don't have to agree with a radio host to like them - James O'Brien at 10am on LBC is one of the best radio presenters I've ever heard, but I rarely agree with his political views.

While we're on the subject (well, deviating from it) of good talk radio, the UK stations are far and away better than anything in Ireland.

For phone-in radio, the best schedule is:

1am: Duncan Adam LBC good mix of politics and other topics, intelligent guy.
4am: Steve Allen LBC (his demented ramblings are quite fun!)
7am: Nick Ferrari LBC an amazingly talented broadcaster.
10am: James O'Brien LBC
1pm: Jon Holmes TalkRadio - brilliantly funny, clever and surreal
4pm: Iain Dale, LBC - for a guy who'd never done radio before, he's really good.
7pm: Clive Bull, LBC - legend. or James Whale, TalkRadio.
10pm: Ian Collins, LBC or for surreality and amazing originality, Iain Lee on TalkRadio.

For news and documentary content, there's nothing better than Radio 4.

Dan Jaman · 20-10-2017 9:34pm

etselbbuns wrote: »

He only has 1 hour though - Consevatives shambles, IndyRef, USA, Catalunya etc.
Have been listening on/off since January. He is seriously popular not just in UK but abroad. He is more akin to Pat Kenny with his wit, knowledge etc
Nigel is all about Brexit though and 10's millions agree with him, he single-handedly pressured UK Govt down this route - and for that he will be forever known. Well done to LBC for giving him a platform

Just because he's erudite, eloquent and can shake a mike, doesn't endear him to me in the slightest.
Because of him, the country over there was riven down the middle like no other time in living memory, and some right nasty peculiarites and prejudices were enabled in the minds of those who'd previously kept themselves under some sort of control.
For that, I will forever spit on him (figuratively).

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