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  • 标题:THE EXPERT'S EXPERT
  • 作者:Steve Wright
  • 期刊名称:Sunday Mirror
  • 印刷版ISSN:0956-8077
  • 出版年度:1996
  • 卷号:Aug 4, 1996
  • 出版社:Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd.

THE EXPERT'S EXPERT

Steve Wright

I think Simon Bates is almost the perfect broadcaster. He can present any style of radio programme and is never intimidated or afraid to say what he thinks. He has a good voice, he is stimulating and will always come up with something different to say on any subject.

This means keeping in touch with the news, views and preoccupations of the day. You have to have a strong journalistic instinct to do this kind of work and nowadays we all hate being called "disc jockeys". That's a very old-fashioned concept and the old-style DJ has almost disappeared. Good music will attract people to a show, but it can be developed to have a broader appeal.

Simon is English, but he began his radio career in Australia and in the USA before joining the BBC. He has also written newspaper columns and appeared on TV shows. For all these years I have admired his energy and intelligence. Someone like Bates has to have a terrific brain. Paul Ross also has a great brain and so does Jonathan King. Their radio shows are great listening, too.

I first met Simon at Radio 1 and I bumped into him again when we were both working at Talk Radio. I'd say we are friends as well as colleagues, although I haven't seen him for a while. Off the air he is great company, enormous fun and very provocative. He'll say something outrageous just to get a conversation alive and kicking. He's left Talk Radio and I think it's a damn shame he is not on the air in the UK at the moment.

My other great hero is Alistair Cooke. I like anyone who has a sense of social history. He has a compelling voice and he really knows how to get inside people's heads. I can remember editions of his Letter From America from the Seventies - phrases and opinions that have stayed with me ever since. And if any broadcaster can do that for listeners, it's fantastic.

Copyright 1996 MGN LTD
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