(05/08/2025 10:32)moreton407 Wrote: [ -> ]Broadcaster and radio personality James Whale has died aged 74 following a cancer diagnosis. His career spanned six decades, including stints on the BBC airwaves as well as stations such as LBC and TalkSport.
He was a pioneer of all night television back when it first started in about 1989.
His radio show on Leeds based Radio Aire and Preston based Red Rose Radio was simultaneously broadcast on the telly.
He pushed the boundaries to new limits.
I remember once the programme developed more towards television he used to have Piers Morgan and Boris Johnson on regularly and properly ridicule them.
Who would think that 25 odd years later one would be very powerful in the media and the other run the country!!!!
RIP James Whale
(05/08/2025 21:20)B10B6514 Wrote: [ -> ]He was a pioneer of all night television back when it first started in about 1989.
His radio show on Leeds based Radio Aire and Preston based Red Rose Radio was simultaneously broadcast on the telly.
He pushed the boundaries to new limits.
I remember once the programme developed more towards television he used to have Piers Morgan and Boris Johnson on regularly and properly ridicule them.
Who would think that 25 odd years later one would be very powerful in the media and the other run the country!!!!
RIP James Whale
Whether he was really running the country is debatable but I get your point
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