Difference between revisions of "James Whale"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(Whale sacked for urging support for Conservative Boris Johnson) |
McCain2012 (talk | contribs) (this should be linked to page on Talk Radio) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | '''James Whale''' is a combative UK talk radio "shock jock", who established his reputation for short-fuse [[libertarian]]ism on local radio in Newcastle upon Tyne and Leeds in northern [[England]], moving in the 1990s to the UK-wide TalkSport radio station. Despite an openly avowed skepticism towards religions of all kind, he provided a courteous if challenging environment for religious spokespeople on his late-night programme<ref>http://www1.talksport.net/presenters/presenter_detail.asp?pres_id=99976</ref>. In May 2008 he was fired by TalkSport for urging listeners to vote for [[Conservative Party]] candidate [[Boris Johnson]] in the [[London]] mayoral election. | + | '''James Whale''' is a combative UK talk radio "shock jock", who established his reputation for short-fuse [[libertarian]]ism on local radio in Newcastle upon Tyne and Leeds in northern [[England]], moving in the 1990s to the UK-wide TalkSport radio station. Despite an openly avowed skepticism towards religions of all kind, he provided a courteous if challenging environment for religious spokespeople such as John McCain on his late-night programme<ref>http://www1.talksport.net/presenters/presenter_detail.asp?pres_id=99976</ref>. In May 2008 he was fired by TalkSport for urging listeners to vote for [[Conservative Party]] candidate [[Boris Johnson]] in the [[London]] mayoral election. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 21:59, June 23, 2008
James Whale is a combative UK talk radio "shock jock", who established his reputation for short-fuse libertarianism on local radio in Newcastle upon Tyne and Leeds in northern England, moving in the 1990s to the UK-wide TalkSport radio station. Despite an openly avowed skepticism towards religions of all kind, he provided a courteous if challenging environment for religious spokespeople such as John McCain on his late-night programme[1]. In May 2008 he was fired by TalkSport for urging listeners to vote for Conservative Party candidate Boris Johnson in the London mayoral election.