He is rather like Steve Bray who just looks obsessed. It is right in a democracy that people can protest but some lose the plot.
I think it is also true that James has little else to talk about these days. He has gone stale.
LBC Chit Chat #8 Steve Allen has left the building
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I think it is also true that James has little else to talk about these days. He has gone stale.
I am willing to come out of retirement to take on his job, when he hangs up his headphones !!
Obviously I meant to type prostate but with Steve you never know. It could have been prostrate related
Whenever I happen upon a picture of O'Brien I always note how downhill his appearance has gone, that he looks unwell & defeated. The name calling is repulsive and so immature. He's such a downer. Three voices I cannot bear are Megan & Harry and James O'Brien.
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I saw a bit of this and found it repulsive rather than suggestive.
This is most enjoyable:
Attention-seeking twit.
This is from a report on the latest RAJAR figures
In radio terms – LBC is streets ahead of both TalkRadio and GB News. And it doesn’t carry all those costs of broadcasting a TV service, with owner Global preferring to offer its video as a live stream which can be suitably clipped up for social networks as needed.
In the past I’d wondered if Global wasn’t missing a trick by not placing the video output of LBC on TV. I’m not so sure now – there are significant costs involved in getting onto Freeview, Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media. And the station is doing just fine being mostly exclusive to radio.
By the way, for those interested, James O’Brien’s mid-morning show on LBC remains just a hair ahead of Nick Ferrari’s breakfast show. O’Brien’s reach is 1,372,000 compared to Ferrari’s 1,353,000.
In radio terms – LBC is streets ahead of both TalkRadio and GB News. And it doesn’t carry all those costs of broadcasting a TV service, with owner Global preferring to offer its video as a live stream which can be suitably clipped up for social networks as needed.
In the past I’d wondered if Global wasn’t missing a trick by not placing the video output of LBC on TV. I’m not so sure now – there are significant costs involved in getting onto Freeview, Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media. And the station is doing just fine being mostly exclusive to radio.
By the way, for those interested, James O’Brien’s mid-morning show on LBC remains just a hair ahead of Nick Ferrari’s breakfast show. O’Brien’s reach is 1,372,000 compared to Ferrari’s 1,353,000.
I listened to a little bit of Allen's show this morning & he mentioned that he drove past Brinsworth House recently.
Swears he spotted Norman Collier sitting at a window.
But Ferrari wins in London:
'In London, Nick Ferrari at Breakfast is the number one commercial breakfast show for all three measures – reach, hours and share. In terms of Weekly Reach, LBC has 827k, Heart Breakfast is in second place with 628k closely followed by Magic Breakfast at 619k.' Radio Today.
According to the graphs Paul Easton used to post, Jobbie picked up high figures following on from Nick and then dropped as the morning went on.
In summary, around 1/70th of the UK population listen to either of those 2 broadcasting blowhards on their valve radios.
For an experiment I'd love to see James and Nick swap slots then compare and contrast figures. And just for shits and giggles then try the same but with AI Robots who aggregate all the guff on talkradio and present the resulting confection.
That's true, but radio people seem to take these figures seriously!
Being supported by the license fee, BBC don't have to worry about money but commercial radio does. Their income depends on popularity. No listeners = no ads = no income.
10:07. Click off. I've never known a host to talk about himself so much ... and it's not as if the stories are interesting! He has about 6 in total, all dull.
I've never known a host to talk about himself so much ... and it's not as if the stories are interesting! He has about 6 in total, all dull.Oh for gawd's sake. Poor Carl Beech springs to mind ...
That is a hair's breadth. They seem to leapfrog each other each time the RAJAR figures come out.
They are both very good at what they do and LBC/Global must be delighted. They both have a very firm fan base.
However, James must thank his lucky stars for radio. He said today that he did a pilot for Chanel 4 and once they saw it, it was binned. So that's C4, ITV and BBC he's tried. Chanel 5 next??
He was insufferable during Mystery Hour today desperately trying to answer all the questions. Mind you even I was shouting 'osmosis' at one of the questions.
I know it's an awful thing to say but Nick, James and Shelagh really do have faces best suited for the wireless medium.However, James must thank his lucky stars for radio. He said today that he did a pilot for Chanel 4 and once they saw it, it was binned. So that's C4, ITV and BBC he's tried. Chanel 5 next??
Yes the numbers are a peak but the pattern is very different.
For example Steve Allen pushes the LBC numbers higher with his "spikers". Then the push higher continues with Nick Ferrari.
James O'Brien benefits from the above but then his audience falls. In the days of the Paul Easton graphs I think it used to halve.
It was going well ... I like a bit of Boris bashing ... then the obligatory 'I'm writing a book' plug, then the usual 'I was being interviewed last night' ... does the bloke ever stop self-promoting? The very thing he criticizes (quite rightly) Johnson for! duck SAKE. 
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