LBC Chit Chat #4

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Redvers36 said:
I know that the news agenda has worked for LBC in terms of audience numbers but I think they could lighten things up at the weekend. Have a news show ( for today Tom Swarbricks) but then lighten things up for the others.
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LBC would argue that there are plenty of light-entertainment shows available (Radio 2, for example). LBC gets its audience from being newsy.
 
Tom Swarbrick (?) is James O'Briens little witch. Dreadful. Seriously, I don't get why these people seem to have such a hatred of the Tory Party. I am no fan myself, but christ, it's as if these guys are over-compensating or something. If the war in Ukraine can be blamed on Boris trust me, James and Tom will find a way. duck sake, give it a rest already lol.

How do we all think Andrew Marr will do? Personally I don't hold out much hope. I hate to be judgemental. Well, no I don't. But any man who spent years secrectly cheating on his wife isn't really the kind of man I want to listen to.
 
Ndrangheta said:
Tom Swarbrick (?) is James O'Briens little witch. Dreadful. Seriously, I don't get why these people seem to have such a hatred of the Tory Party. I am no fan myself, but christ, it's as if these guys are over-compensating or something. If the war in Ukraine can be blamed on Boris trust me, James and Tom will find a way. duck sake, give it a rest already lol.

How do we all think Andrew Marr will do? Personally I don't hold out much hope. I hate to be judgemental. Well, no I don't. But any man who spent years secrectly cheating on his wife isn't really the kind of man I want to listen to.
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That was always JOB take on Boris. If a man can lie and cheat on his wife so easily how can we trust him in government.

I hope LBC keep their style even though they are employing some political big guns. One of the reasons why I've stuck with LBC is that I find it informative without being to too highbrow or condescending. If I want that I'd be listening to Radio 4.
 
Ndrangheta said:
Tom Swarbrick (?) is James O'Briens little witch. Dreadful. Seriously, I don't get why these people seem to have such a hatred of the Tory Party. I am no fan myself, but christ, it's as if these guys are over-compensating or something. If the war in Ukraine can be blamed on Boris trust me, James and Tom will find a way. duck sake, give it a rest already lol.
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That is surprising inasmuch as he worked for Teresa May's government as ' Head of Broadcast '. Tom was part of a team that briefed the Prime Minister before every major interview .

FenellaTheWitch said:
That was always JOB take on Boris. If a man can lie and cheat on his wife so easily how can we trust him in government.
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I am not condoning what he did, but if he owned the best-value supermarket, would you refuse to shop there?
 
The Big One said:
LBC would argue that there are plenty of light-entertainment shows available (Radio 2, for example). LBC gets its audience from being newsy.
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Substitute 'TV' for 'radio'. You wouldn't watch nothing other than one of the 24-hour news channels, so why listen to nothing but a news station?
 
The Big One said:
That is surprising inasmuch as he worked for Teresa May's government as ' Head of Broadcast '. Tom was part of a team that briefed the Prime Minister before every major interview .



I am not condoning what he did, but if he owned the best-value supermarket, would you refuse to shop there?
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But the role of Prime Minister has also signified trust. If there is a history of lying at multiple points in his life, in multiple roles, and adultery (which implies he will even screw over the people he loves), then there is every chance he will not lose those character traits. The higher he has gotten the greater the consequences of those lies will be.
 
Maggie Moggy said:
Substitute 'TV' for 'radio'. You wouldn't watch nothing other than one of the 24-hour news channels, so why listen to nothing but a news station?
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I think the issue at the moment is every single show on LBC is dominated by Ukraine. Surely there is other news going on out there?
I've been listening to music stations a lot lately and dip in and out of the news.
 
FenellaTheWitch said:
I think the issue at the moment is every single show on LBC is dominated by Ukraine. Surely there is other news going on out there?
I've been listening to music stations a lot lately and dip in and out of the news.
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I was scrolling through TuneIn last night. I was listening to Colombian and Mexican stations, Indian stations, some from USA, from African countries too. I couldn't understand the language, but the music was nice. Fed up of news at the moment.
 
Ndrangheta said:
Tom Swarbrick (?) is James O'Briens little witch. Dreadful. Seriously, I don't get why these people seem to have such a hatred of the Tory Party. I am no fan myself, but christ, it's as if these guys are over-compensating or something. If the war in Ukraine can be blamed on Boris trust me, James and Tom will find a way. duck sake, give it a rest already lol.

How do we all think Andrew Marr will do? Personally I don't hold out much hope. I hate to be judgemental. Well, no I don't. But any man who spent years secrectly cheating on his wife isn't really the kind of man I want to listen to.
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It seems that Andrew Marr is at the same game. Whilst he is something of a coup for LBC I was never a great fan and his first big guest being that charity bloodsucker does not help much.

 
Bobby Chariot said:
Andrew Marr has been well received 😁
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The DS lot have the knives out already. I wonder which presenters they'd be happy with. They really are an intolerant bunch and it's a shame if they can't listen to any presenter who doesn't fully agree with them.

Marr probably has a bit of adjusting to do, first time outside of the BBC handcuffs in a while so it might take time for his LBC approach to develop.
 
glasgow27 said:
The DS lot have the knives out already. I wonder which presenters they'd be happy with. They really are an intolerant bunch and it's a shame if they can't listen to any presenter who doesn't fully agree with them.

Marr probably has a bit of adjusting to do, first time outside of the BBC handcuffs in a while so it might take time for his LBC approach to develop.
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Yes, I agree Marr will soon bed in and kick on, he's a decent interviewer.
I would think that 18 hours of james o'brien followed by 6 hours of nick abbot might keep the ds loons satisfied.
 
glasgow27 said:
The DS lot have the knives out already. I wonder which presenters they'd be happy with. They really are an intolerant bunch and it's a shame if they can't listen to any presenter who doesn't fully agree with them.

Marr probably has a bit of adjusting to do, first time outside of the BBC handcuffs in a while so it might take time for his LBC approach to develop.
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It took Shelagh Fogarty awhile to 'settle' and realise that she could express her own views.
 
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