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Suzanne Virdee's sudden departure from BBC Midlands (September 2004)

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nattyatty200
Dan has gone to the news channel for 6 months.
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Westy2
dvboy posted:
Westy2, have you noticed WM appear to have finally sorted their listings out on the website now!?


About bloody time, but I'll be interested to see what happens to the Friday schedule when the footy phone in comes back!

Can I have some of what Jenny Wilkes is on please! Laughing
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gregmc
I am a bit worried for Nick's face:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/2565513456_695ed66bf0.jpg

A new one to add to the collection of the eyebrow moves and grins?
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Mike W
gregmc posted:

A new one to add to the collection of the eyebrow moves and grins?

Line of the week!
CONGRATULATIONS!
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Joe
Beep posted:
CONGRATULATIONS!

Yeah, if Beep thinks it, then it's quite an honour.
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Mike W
Jugalug posted:
Beep posted:
CONGRATULATIONS!

Yeah, if Beep thinks it, then it's quite an honour.

If you feel my post was pointless, then why were you petty enough to reply, saddo.
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Westy2
Bit of WM news now.

Monday's Flupton Breakfast Show came live from the Highways Agency premises in Quinton, Birmingham, to partly promote WM's new traffic email newsletter, along with other things.

Mollie 'jealous' Laughing

Uncle Ed's back from 'down under', & he came in early just before 6am, to read his emails & say 'GDay' to the Early Show listeners.

Text knackered on Monday during Mollie's show. (Silly cow never said until today! I still can't get through on my new phone either!)

Tomorrow, Flupton says he's gonna cycle all the way from his home in Warwickshire to the Mailbox, do his show, then cycle back, all as a precursor to a cycle trip to Paris early next month!

(What's the betting Mollie might say to us listeners, 'If you spot Flupton on his bike, text in !)

Rolling Eyes
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Primetime
I'm unsure if this has been mentioned in the thread but I found a piece on YouTube regarding a Central News and GMTV cock-up. Clicky.
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tellywatcher
Primetime posted:
I'm unsure if this has been mentioned in the thread but I found a piece on YouTube regarding a Central News and GMTV cock-up. Clicky.

LOL - quite a bit of pouting from good old Yvonne there!
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Westy2
Well, Flupton appeared in his Lycra apparantly, according to Mollie. Rolling Eyes

The Birmingham newsroom must have done some remensincing, for want of a better word, over the Donald 'Black Panther' Neilson news, as Nick was on the BBC Radio Birmingham reporting team back in the 70's, when the story originally broke.

Groans from yours truly, as he heard The Krankies were on the radio earlier, being interviewed by Jenny Jones, during Les Ross' show.

(Yes this year's Wolvo Grand panto is Peter Pan with Paul 'Just Good Friends' Nicholas as Captain Hook!)

Talking of Wolverhampton, there was another programme change, which didn't affect WM directly.

The Community Magazine now appears to now only go out on WM DAB in
Wolverhampton, plus online presumbly.

Replacing it on WCR FM (The Voice Of Wolverhampton Rolling Eyes ) is an extra hour of 'StuB's Supergold' !

(Of course, as I've mentioned before, the 'sad trekkie' sister used to work with StuB himself in another life !)
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gregmc
Good to see the back of that god awful sting on MT, a return to a nicer sting in the style of the 2007 Behind The Scenes stings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF0rw86G7YQ
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Mike W
gregmc posted:
Good to see the back of that god awful sting on MT, a return to a nicer sting in the style of the 2007 Behind The Scenes stings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF0rw86G7YQ

I noticed this and it fits in well with the new brand!

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