Tribute to Alan Freeman

As some of you may know, I used to work for Capital FM in London, in the mid- 90's.

When I was there, doing my demo (which is the hardest thing any Dj will ever do, Alan Freeman walked in the studio. Here was a man who I spent my childhood listening to- I loved his style.

What I didn't realise until then was that unlike many presenters, he didn't put a voice on, it was his real voice.

"Hi Alan"

"Alright"

"How are you"

"F******* awful, but at my age that's all you can expect. Alright"

"Got any advice for a newboy"

"The day you stop learning is the day you should give up!"

Wise words.

I can honestly say, he was one of the nicest man I have ever met in the industry. Very loved, and will be missed.

And thank you for the advice, and for years of great radio Alan.

Not 'arf

You can hear a bit of Alan here

http://uproar.fortunecity.com/galaxy/399/alanf.htm

Drawing a Crowd

Over the past few days we have had the pleasure (me and my co-presenter Nicky) of pretending to be local celebrities and turning on Christmas lights in the area.

So how to draw a crowd quickly- how do you draw that "passing trade"

Easy.

Give stuff away. Cheap stuff. Preferably soft stuff that you can throw (but be careful with that)- a favourite line of mine is "Sorry, we'ill remove it later"

Even in the pouring rain the other day, we drew a crowd of 50 just by giving cheap T-shirts and cuddly vibrating Furbys away.

Crowds are funny things, no one likes the attention on them mostly- and there's always one that.. just stands and stares! Don't let them psyche you out.

Here's that cheap laff I promised you, The Cheesy Countdown with DJ Dave Spangles and Martine Mixalot....

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Mick Brown of Capital Gold.


Mick has had , and is still having a fantastic career as breakfast presenter on Capital Gold.

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