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Tommy Boyd
22:00 - 02:00 (Fri & Sun)20:00 - 01:00 (Sat)
"I've got a huge house. I've got a TVR. I've got a Renault Turbo Sport. I went out with Madonna. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a personal friend of our family. I was invited to the Prime Minister's house for birthday drinks. I've got a HUGE bank balance. I could go out with any woman in the country, and I could beat the living daylights out of any man, woman, or child, who walks planet Earth. I am a genius! I've got twelve O'Levels, four A'Levels. I've swum with the whales. I've swum with the dolphins. I've seen the sun rise over the Ethiopian mountains, I've planted rice in the paddy fields of Thailand, and I have sat and meditated looking out over Machu Picchu. I'm a complete human being. A genius. The closest thing on Earth to the Angel Gabriel... and you are a lost soul."
Wonderful? I'll tell you what's wonderful... BOYD is BACK!! He's a breath of fresh air in a stale, stagnant atmosphere. He's a yellow duster sweeping across radio's filthy surface. He's bleach in the toilet basin of broadcasting. So listen, as he treads the tightrope of mischievous child and sagacious man. Give it six weeks and you'll be hooked.
TOMMY BOYD & TEAM SACKED!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT and HERE.
16th April 2002: talkSPY writes..."As you probably know it is a skeleton staff overnight (Tommy, Zack and a producer). To have three members of staff is a luxury (Charlie Wolf survived with just Robin) and the third person was bought in to cope with the weight of caller activity for Tommy's shows. At the time of the call which was straight to air Tommy was scanning emails whilst maintaining the conversation. The printed emails had just been bought into him by Zack who was then cleaning up the studio ready for the next show. (It is a big issue in TS if you leave a studio with cups etc lying around.) The producer who's name escapes me was lining up the feed of adverts for the next break, which is quite an involved job.
You are given five seconds to press the dump button if you hear or sense that something untoward is about to be aired. In this case it happened and before it could be stopped the damage was done. If you notice the caller is cut off immediately and Tommy tries to make amends in my opinion a very professional way. Remember that you are not listening in 'real time' and this whole debacle has been caused for the want of one and a half seconds at the very most.
As I am sure you will agree an unfortunate and costly delay. It is worth noting that there was only one complaint and this has not even been judged yet by the Radio Authority. They are obliged to inform the station of any complaint within twelve hours of it being received and a ruling is usually made in about a week.
TS have made a knee-jerk reaction to this incident which might seem rash until you learn that they have been trying for some time to cut the staff headcount and both Zack and the producer are two of TS longest serving back room staff!?!?!"
