James Edward O'Brien (born 13 January 1972) [citation needed] is a British radio presenter, podcaster, author, and former tabloid journalist and television presenter. bug bounty In the social-media age, he is one of the finest practitioners of Radio Twitter. (Picture: LBC) Press Image From: Colin Taylor By Gwendolyn Smith Associate Culture. A juvenile approach to thinking but sometimes amusing and entertaining, sometimes repulsively offensive. Piers Morgan, who was reportedly given a 50m three-year deal to join Murdochs group, attracted a peak audience of 400,000 viewers for his debut Uncensored show. acceptable use Aisha Majid is a data journalist at Press Gazette and New Statesman, having joined New Statesman Media Group in October 2020. Of course theyre all smug, wealthy, middle-class professionals these days, but I for one will remember, and if necessary, if I ever meet any of them (unlikely), remind. Its flagship Today show, airing Monday to Saturday, attracted an average of 6.5m listeners each week - unchanged from the previous quarter. . James said: "What he did to this young woman by using her essentially as a human shield is that he turned the spotlight onto her. If it hadnt been for James O Boring I would never have discovered Talk Radio so for that I thank him. I should acknowledge, incidentally, that its terribly unfair to bring up Sawyers joke. World Business Radio Traffic Travel Tech Weather Topics Join the conversation Skip navigation Listen Tom Swarbrick 4pm 6pm Air Now Listen Join The Conversation Presenters James Brien James Brien Top Brexit Calls Now. The only way this can possibly get better is if @photomikeyhere gives OBriens show a call. Use the Global Player app to listen to live radio for LBC & LBC News. Sent at around 10am UK time. Jobby did a comical handbrake turn and started being polite. LBC - listening figures How many people listen to LBC? Hold a mirror up for narcissists and youll never be out of work. The numbers, the stations third RAJAR results, are its best yet. Beechs lies ruined peoples lives. He gets the best from his guests. NOW REACHES MORE THAN 1 MILLION LISTENERSIN LONDON ALONE, GLOBAL HAS THE #1 & #2COMMERCIAL BREAKFAST SHOWS IN LONDONFOR REACH, HOURS AND SHARE, LBCs NICK FERRARI AT BREAKFAST Lots of people have been talking about Talk Radio this week after one of its presenters suggested you could grow concrete. Only people who agree with him are allowed to be heard. World Business Radio Traffic Travel Tech Weather Topics Join the conversation Skip navigation Listen Tom Swarbrick 4pm 6pm Air Now Listen Join The Conversation Presenters James Brien James Brien Top Brexit Calls Now. The weird thing is, Leavers could so easily have been seen as brave heroes had the narrative been different. You know, open, honest debate. Official RAJAR listener figures, released on Thursday, reveal that Ferrari now reached 1.295 million listeners in the 7am-10am slot. James continued: "Its quite funny listening to them trying to work out what theyre supposed to be angry about. We are building new audiences across an array of platforms, and showing steady growth. Copyright 2022 New Statesman Media Group Ltd. Weekly insight into the big strategic issues affecting the future of the news industry. James took aim at Boris Johnson's original appointment of cabinet secretary Simon Case to undertake the Partygate investigation, despite his implication in the rule breaches. Fighting for quality news media in the digital age. "The details of her life are not fit for public consumption so inevitably people on Twitter and beyond dived into the details of her life. This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's live, daily show on LBC Radio. In this episode of The Six Figure Home Studio, Chris rants about irresponsible business partners and contractors. I keep trying the O Brien show because my friends like it, I dont and want to check Ive got it right. The latter comment seemed to be straying into conspiracist territory, a sometimes unclear but always present danger on social media. LBC Radio presenter James O'Brien is either the stupidest motherfucker alive, or the biggest shill who has ever opened a microphone. View our Privacy Statement for more details. No. BBC impartiality! Asked if Rishi Sunak might return to Brussels to . Thanks for reminding me. And OBrien celebrated his latest listening figures, published this week, in the best way possible. He sneers at such length and with such frequency and intensity that his features have set into a permanent sneer that is frightening to behold. There has been a concerted effort to associate being conservative or right wing with anything bad. I love listening to Nick Abbott Fri/Sat/Sun at 10pm. RECORD-BREAKING 1.1m WEEKLY LISTENERS, LBC BREAKFAST WITH NICK FERRARI ACHIEVES A RECORD 1.4m WEEKLY LISTENERS, GLOBAL HAS THE #1 & #2COMMERCIAL STATIONS IN LONDON This requires a different attitude, which is why OBrien never really made the grade when presenting Newsnight. Surly would it not be common sense for say TalkRadio to look at LBC schedules and rotate presenters so at least listeners have the option to tune to a remainer or leave presenter, the only one example of this is James O'Brien at 10am on LBC vs TalkRadio with Mike Graham - This works and both shows have impressive listening figures. Save. My morning routine is Ferrari (LBC) and then just before 10am switch to Mike Graham (TalkRadio) I just cant stand hearing JOBs voice anymore. OBrien is very biased ..we can dress it up with chin scratching waffle about the media today and the feedback loop between MSM and Social media..and the need for journalists to expand beyond the brand and all that..but at the end of the day he is just a nasty person. She called for a final solution to the problem of terrorism, while he spoke against the Covid vaccine and railed against the network of fascists who seek a New World Order. Nick Ferrari is just as opinionated if less predictable in those opinions yet he allows a far greater diversity among those who get put on air. And he remains courteous to all but the most extreme, giving the impression that he means it when he says, I want to hear your calls. OBrien has an animus against the Sun, the Daily Telegraph and, particularly, the Daily Mail though he is quieter about the Express, where he once edited the papers gossip column. The sound of his smug self righteous voice winds me up even when I think he has a good point, which is occasionally true. I struggle to credit that either OBrien or (the then) Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Tom Watson, could have been taken in by such obvious fantasy, but they seemed to be so keen to believe that prominent people were involved in the rape and murder of children that they put aside all their critical faculties in order to convince themselves. FOR REACH, HOURS AND SHARE, LBC REMAINS THE NO.1 COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION IN LONDON "As the national and international news agenda continues to be a focus for more and more people, listeners are turning to brands they trust for analysis. James O'Brien spoke to listeners after a Tory MP controversially used his staffer as an example of a person who can get by living in London on less than 30,000 a year. Mr Anderson, who was dubbed "30p Lee" for past comments that people could get by eating very low-price meals, wrote with the photo on Twitter: "Katy works for me. Speech radio stations saw a large audience boost in the first quarter of 2022 with a number of stations seeing record reaches, according to the latest RAJAR radio listening figures. "She is single & earns less than 30k, rents a room for 775pcm in Central London has student debt, 120 a month on travelling to work saves money every month, goes on foreign holidays & does not need to use a food bank.". Everyone listening knew what Farage was nudging towards. And we're very glad they did because the response from O'Brien - no stranger to schooling people on Twitter - was 10/10. By continuing to browse you are agreeing to our use of these cookies. James O'Brien is a presenter on LBC, which has seen a spike in listeners, according to RAJAR figures. Its also why LBC has with the exceptions of Eddie Mair and Shelagh Fogarty not poached presenters from the BBC. on the web. There is no room for any changes to be made to the new Brexit deal, No 10 has indicated following the announcement of the "historic" agreement. Perhaps theyve stopped calling in now. The point was not to explore the issue, but simply to display open hostility to Farage, and maybe even trap him into saying something overtly racist. Listen and learn. Listen to the episode to hear Chris and Brian discuss the ways that you can nurture or kill your business. Thats whats destroyed it. I see the psychopathology of James OBrien as the archetypal guilt of the public school class. But he is at least aware of his own humble place in the pantheon of polite society: When did you realise you were clever? he fawningly asked the fox-killing, kimono-wearing celebrity tax-lawyer Jolyon Maugham. 28/02/2023 22:47. LBC James o Brian is simply passionate about speaking out against corruption and problems with society and does an extremely good job at speaking the truth about our current government. Meanwhile, pretty much everything comes back to Brexit in the end, even. He has a range of tones, from sympathy for callers with tales of suffering, through to patronising sarcasm for those who dont agree with him. SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth Fresh from her record-breaking double at last weekend's County of Cornwall Athletics Association Western Championships at the St Elizabeth Technical Sports Complex, Petersfield High's Alexis James is hoping to carry her form into next month's Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Of course Hitchens eventually changed Grahams mind. He has a range of tones, from sympathy for callers with tales of suffering, through to patronising sarcasm for those who dont agree with him. . After some Tory MPs expressed anger that Partygate investigator Sue Gray was offered a job as Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff, James O'Brien ridiculed the MPs, claiming they were . OBrien long since drove away most of those who might not share his views on such subjects as Trump, Johnson, and Brexit, and his show resembles a familiar social media echo chamber. Brian brings the discussion around to talk about the three business beliefs that can make or break your business. Only now do we know the claims were not true but, most importantly, not at all credible. REACHES A MASSIVE 2.8m LISTENERS, RADIO XS CHRIS MOYLES GROWS HIS BREAKFAST AUDIENCE TO A The LBC brand stations also all saw increases in total time spent listening to their programming. My responsibilities included: -. Emily Sheffield OBrien is a particularly egregious example of the host who doesnt argue in good faith. Unless your life was horribly affected by Beechs fantasies, this is mostly good knockabout fun. I have lately become suspicious of phone-ins, as I think activists have woken up to their potential, like a form of entryism, and have just now started wondering about all those emails MPs are said to be receiving. Ive better ways to spend my time than listening to an opinionated, intolerant, unpleasant host. He speaks to James about going to a Chinese school, his views on empire and his new extended tour, Wang In There, Baby! Radio 4 reached 10.6m people (a quarter-on-quarter gain of just 1%), while Radio 5 Live reached 5.6m people (down 6% quarter-on-quarter). James O'Brien absolutely destroys Conservative MP '30p' Lee Anderson for using his staffer 'essentially as a human shield' as he slammed food bank users. GB News Radio meanwhile recorded 1.5m listening hours. Total listening hours for Talkradio were up 23% compared to the last quarter to reach 5.7m hours each week, while Times Radios listening hours were up 16% to 3.6m hours weekly. Sound familiar? Lee Anderson shared a photo of his parliamentary researcher Katy as he said anyone earning more and using a food bank must have a budgeting problem. ", READ more: Anger after Tory MP uses own staffer to show it's possible to live off 30k, go on holiday and not use food banks. Its the result, perhaps, of having been on the losing side of every national vote since his run-in with Frank Lampard, and because its not possible to sustain three hours of anger every day. O'Brien on top Meanwhile O'Brien has hit 1.307 million. Reference Julia Hartley Brewer, Mike even accepts the mockery for his concrete comment. Add message. 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FOR SHARE & HOURSWITH AN 8.1% SHARE OF THE MARKET He was right about Brexit and anyone who disagrees is in denial. And in the comments sections, especially in Unherd, were similarly narcissistic but it provides an outlet for our frustrations. Talk Radios Insulate Britain gotcha was a magnificent self-own, 2023 The Poke. Ferraris audience figures were back up after slumping slightly at the end of last year. He has no guests and rants on about Brexit and Trump every day. JOB gives us challenge, curiosity and a useful check on a right wing biased press. I just dont. But he is happy to suggest that democracy is dictated by a small group of press barons the non-dom billionaires who installed Boris Johnson in Downing Street and even to allude to the one at the back of the room, pulling all the strings. People like JOB insinuate it must be corrupt Tories who cover up child abusers, as if that is what it means to be right wing when we all know a lot of that goes on on the left, from Cyril Smith and PIE to the systematic cover ups of Muslim grooming gangs overwhelmingly in Labour constituencies. ", He finally asked: "How does Keir Starmer giving her a job somehow make her responsible for all of those things that led the metropolitical police quite independently to issue 126 fines? Sometimes you should think about things before you speak about them, he said, which isnt really how it works. He nearly did with Frank Lampard. Been following Maajid for years and I respect him a lot for his willingness to question things, including himself (his journey out of Islamism a case in point reminds me more than a bit of Malcolm X who had that same quality). The question to ask is why LBC chose to be a propaganda vehicle for Covid vaccines and vaccine mandates. This debacle was the finest example of the inadequacy, ineptitude and weakness of CPS and police leadership. To play this role in these times in an honour. GLOBAL HAS THE TOP 2 COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BREAKFAST SHOWS IN THE UK, HEART BREAKFAST WITH JAMIE THEAKSTON & AMANDA HOLDENIS THE BIGGEST COMMERCIAL BREAKFAST SHOW IN THE UKWITH A MASSIVE 4.1m WEEKLY LISTENERS, CAPITAL BREAKFAST WITH ROMAN KEMP