LBC Radio Megathread

end of the road

Steve Allen is brilliant as well. Nick Ferrari is alright but can engage in fo-outrage now and then.

ballyargus

Maajid Nawaz is fantastic too. Nick Ferrari is also funny for his curmudgeonliness. Farage is sticking in six shifts now for his financial woes-good enough for the c**t

kmurph

Mystery Hour FTW!

Mc Love

The Sun has taken aim and James has asked their editor to come onto the show. No response yet.

Radio bore
IF you’ve never heard of James O’Brien, you’re not missing anything.
The radio host is the epitome of a smug, sanctimonious, condescending, obsessively politically-correct, champagne-socialist public schoolboy Remoaner.

The BBC should ditch James O'Brien
He imagines himself on a higher moral plane than anyone voting Tory or backing Leave, yet wilfully spreads lies on social media if they fit his worldview.
How can the BBC still feign political impartiality with this professional leftie propagandist presenting Newsnight?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5358683/its-too-late-for-the-eu-to-change-voters-minds-on-brexit-but-the-tories-must-push-back/

kneemos

Mc Love wrote: »

Mystery hour is indeed funny. I know he can come across as smug but he does applaud the callers that know what they are talking about and rightly calls out those that think they know what they are saying but actually dont.

Very occasionally listen to mystery hour,very funny.


Steve Allen is usually my go to if I'm up early. That man could talk for Britain.

Mc Love

Brexit alert! Caller on now talking completely out of his hoop

Mc Love

Talking about travellers coming up. JOB is on hols but they have a good stand in.

Mc Love

One for the mystery hour maybe

I'm going to bump this old thread and then merge the thread with the various LBC threads that have arisen in this Forum down the years.

I'm not sure if anyone else is listening to much of LBC these days but this is a good way to find out.

Its Brexit coverage is particularly good, but they're also covering Trump (tonight's show with Tom Swarbrick, for example. The coverage is a lot more balanced (in terms of Trump and Brexit) than much of the coverage airing on domestic stations. On the whole, its a fairly Conservative platform.

In fact, with hosts like Nigel Farage and Ian Dale, it's fair to say the station probably leans close to being very pro Brexit. So it's a useful way to listen to some intelligent views we might not always hear on Irish stations.

As I said I'll soon merge this thread with some others, but that shouldn't affect the chronology of the posts from this point forwards.

Mongfinder General

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I'm going to bump this old thread and then merge the thread with the various LBC threads that have arisen in this Forum down the years.

I'm not sure if anyone else is listening to much of LBC these days but this is a good way to find out.

Its Brexit coverage is particularly good, but they're also covering Trump (tonight's show with Tom Swarbrick, for example. The coverage is a lot more balanced (in terms of Trump and Brexit) than much of the coverage airing on domestic stations. On the whole, its a fairly Conservative platform.

In fact, with hosts like Nigel Farage and Ian Dale, it's fair to say the station probably leans close to being very pro Brexit. So it's a useful way to listen to some intelligent views we might not always hear on Irish stations.

As I said I'll soon merge this thread with some others, but that shouldn't affect the chronology of the posts from this point forwards.

Conservative? O’Brien, Fogarty and that Maajid guy. The latter is particularly obnoxious. They hate the Tories, Trump and even moderate right wingers. However I do sense that O’Brien is beginning to see the left for what it has become.

Mongfinder General

Mongfinder General wrote: »

Conservative? O’Brien, Fogarty and that Maajid guy. The latter is particularly obnoxious. They hate the Tories, Trump and even moderate right wingers. However I do sense that O’Brien is beginning to see the left for what it has become.

James O'Brien isn't pro Brexit but he is not on the left. He is a centrist by any standard measure.

Sheelagh Fogarty, whilst not pro-Brexit either, strongly dislikes Jeremy Corbyn and regularly takes the piss out of him.

I'm not familiar enough with the third presenter (can't spell his name) to know what his views are. But on top of the foregoing, and then adding in Ian Dale, Nigel Farage, and Tom Swarbrick (previously worked for Theresa May), it's clearly a station with a more Conservative bent than is typical. And maybe we should hear more about that.

Mc Love

The station as whole is full of conservatives apart from the likes of O'Brien & Fogarty. O'Brien even voted for Johnson for Mayor of London until it dawned on him how inept Johnson is.

One thing for sure, its a whole lot better listening to LBC than it is to listen to anything we have on this side of the pond. It really is a talk radio station..

Mearings

I've been listening to LBC since it started in 1973. The morning phone-in was hosted by George Gale aka George G Ale & Lunchtime O'Booze
(both curtesy of PrivateEye). The Norther Ireland situation was one of the main topics. I like George, a true curmudgeon. Later his show was changed to 3pm but the afternoons never seemed to suit George. London pubs in those days shut at 3pm.
GG was succeeded by Brian Hayes probably the most cerebral phone host that I've heard. Maybe because of his intellect he did not suffer fools gladly. There were a lot of fools about in the 80s.
Then there was Richard Littlejohn, about this time I retuned to Radio 4.

I listen to Nick Abbot late on Fridays & Saturdays nowadays, can be funny and acerbic.

Robert2012

I love LBC for reasons like this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRc0by2vZ7k

Robert2012

Mearings wrote: »

I've been listening to LBC since it started in 1973. The morning phone-in was hosted by George Gale aka George G Ale & Lunchtime O'Booze
(both curtesy of PrivateEye). The Norther Ireland situation was one of the main topics. I like George, a true curmudgeon. Later his show was changed to 3pm but the afternoons never seemed to suit George. London pubs in those days shut at 3pm.
GG was succeeded by Brian Hayes probably the most cerebral phone host that I've heard. Maybe because of his intellect he did not suffer fools gladly. There were a lot of fools about in the 80s.
Then there was Richard Littlejohn, about this time I retuned to Radio 4.

I listen to Nick Abbot late on Fridays & Saturdays nowadays, can be funny and acerbic.

Nick is great, I'm waiting for him to come on here..

54and56

Robert2012 wrote: »

Nick is great, I'm waiting for him to come on here..

Whether you agree or not with his stance on Brexit James O'Brien is a fairly entertaining and educational listen. His ability to calmly take apart hard "out at any cost" Brexiteers using logic and hard data is something to behold.

Robert2012

54and56 wrote: »

Whether you agree or not with his stance on Brexit James O'Brien is a fairly entertaining and educational listen. His ability to calmly take apart hard "out at any cost" Brexiteers using logic and hard data is something to behold.

I agree absolutely, I sometimes find his "bleeding heart liberal" stance a bit difficult to take, but I listen every day, and he's great on Brexit, well researched, eloquent, and quite funny...Loves the sound of his own voice too, mind you..lol

Also he's very proud of his Irish heritage, and very knowledgeable about Ireland, which is good when he's dealing with the "out at any cost" Brexiteers..

I'm surprised at the amount of Irish people listening to and calling him, and LBC in general, it's great to hear, I love the station, it's like Liveline on steroids, 24 hours a day..lol

54and56

He can be a bit self indulgent all right but he's across the detail and doesn't let unsubstantiated claims go unchallenged.

The way he constantly refers to the border as "the British border in Ireland" cracks me up.

Robert2012

Robert2012 wrote: »

I love LBC for reasons like this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRc0by2vZ7k

The timing alone was just magnificent.

As Nick Abbot said on his programme later that evening, it was Groucho Marx stuff.

That's another thing I like about LBC -- presenters who aren't afraid to take the piss out of one another. Even Ian Dale and Tom Swarbrick take the piss out of Farage, and they're both pro Brexit.

In this jurisdiction, you get the sense that most presenters are too timid to criticise any other broadcaster, in case they bump into them in an elevator. But that's not how real life works. You can lampoon someone and still be perfectly nice to them ... That's almost part of our culture.

But for some reason, most broadcasters in Irish media prefer an almost formal politeness. Sean Moncreiff and Ivan Yates are the only exception I can think of.

More Music

Robert2012 wrote: »

I love LBC for reasons like this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRc0by2vZ7k

Excellent stuff.

Been listening to LBC for well over 10 years.

James Whale (gone)
Ian Collins (gone)
Nick Abbot
Tom Swarbrick
Nick Ferrari
Andrew Castle

Steve Allen does a 3 hour talk show without any callers. That deserves some kind award just for that alone.

Great station.

Expunge

Joe Duffy claims to be a regular listener to the station. It amazes me then that he hasn't seemed to have learned anything from LBC eg....

Ad break discipline (LBC's are :15, :30, :45 without exception - no matter how big the ego of the presenter)
not asking the caller the same questions again and again,
audibly yawning (and worse) while callers are speaking
patronising certain types of callers: "mind yerself, Petal"
Losing the rag and getting personal with callers from time.

I think it's time Joe and his 15 staff went on a little fact finding mission to LBC to see how a presenter and 2 staff can run really good speech/phone in content hour after hour.

Mc Love

Joe Duffy? He must just listen to Nick Ferrari I'd imagine

Mc Love

Mc Love wrote: »

Joe Duffy? He must just listen to Nick Ferrari I'd imagine

Hey what's wrong with Nick Ferrari?!

Ferrari is quite good at calling-out excessive BBC salaries, so I don't suppose Joe is a fan

https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/nick-ferrari/nick-ferrari-goes-through-bbc-top-pay-list/

Mc Love

Nick is a bit of a gammon to be fair, often fawning over his tory guests.

Mc Love

Mc Love wrote: »

Nick is a bit of a gammon to be fair, often fawning over his tory guests.

Yeah, true.
It's a strange old world when anyone to the left of Nigel Farage starts to look like someone you can identify with, isn't it. Brexit Goggles.

Spanish Eyes

I do like LBC but avoid for the most part the Brexity presenters, apart from Ian Dale, he's OK. He has a good podcast of interviews from the Edinburgh Fringe too called "All Talk".

Majid Nawaz is far too intense for me. James O'B can be rambling at times, but omg does he fillet his callers to back up their assertions.

I kinda like Shelagh Fogarty too. AFAIK she is the only weekday female presenter on LBC and she is soft as silk, but has a tough as nails attitude when required.

I must be nerdy or a bit mad, but I put my timer on the phone for 3min30seconds and take the earphones out to avoid the interminable ads!

Need to get a life, ok so.

Mc Love

The ads are what make LBC! They are super catchy too! Agreed re: Shelagh! Iain Dale is very much to the right and a leaver, so I cant really stand listening to him. He is a smart bloke so maybe its an act, as he seems like a nice guy. Eddie Mair is very good but only gets 2 hour slot.

The lawyer for the family OF Shameema Bagem (15 year old Isis bride) on LBC now. Fascinating stuff.

He's talking about his experience of dealing with Shameema and these (frankly nuts) young ladies, and sounds really personally affected by it. Not whitewashing anything. He's no apologist but has a very balanced insight. If you miss it, it's worth podcasting.

Expunge

Mc Love wrote: »

The ads are what make LBC! They are super catchy too!

I like the ads for Lawyers helping men get a good divorce deal...."a partner you can depend upon" and dental implants from Darwood and Tanner.

But, above all, it has to be that damn fine jingle package which gives me the horn every time I hear it.
Written by David Arnold (James Bond, Independence Day etc. as well as Classic FM and Lyric FM) It is just perfect for LBC.
While RTE Radio 1 likes to get themes and jingles recorded on a Casio keyboard (despite knowing where to find 2 orchestras!), Global does it right, as usual.

https://earshotcreative.com/2014/02/lbc-goes-national-new-jingle-package/

There's definitely something James Bond about that alright. Fantastic stuff.

I don't know what LBC's budget is, but it can't be more than RTÉ Radio. It can't be even close, and yet the difference in quality is astonishing.