Iain Lee

15Sep

On Sunday night on-air, Iain Lee kicked off the week with two bits of news. The first was bad, as it was to announce that it was Iain’s last show on a Sunday night. The second though was marvellous…

From October 12th Iain will present a nightly show on Absolute Radio through the week. He’ll be bring the calls and humour to a wider audience from Monday to Thursday nights, with 11pm and 1am becoming the new home of Iain’s unique and wonderful style of broadcasting.

I’m overjoyed to have a lot more of Iain on the schedule, cementing his position alongside the other talented broadcasters and comedians that now include Frank Skinner, Christian O’Connell, Geoff Lloyd and Dave Gorman. As Iain said himself last night, Monday to Thursday at eleven o’clock, it’s almost a breakfast show.

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The full version 2.0 of Absolute Radio’s schedule will follow, but for now please join me in congratulating Iain, I can’t wait for the first show.

Tony Moorey

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Posted by carrie on September 15, 2009

Comments (7)

  1. Adam @ September 15, 2009 at 11:07 am | Permalink

    Excellent news, a real talented broadcaster doing something a little bit different. Exactly what Absolute Radio should be about.

  2. Harry from Catford @ September 15, 2009 at 11:25 am | Permalink

    Iain lee is good.

  3. Mr Red @ September 15, 2009 at 6:30 pm | Permalink

    I suspect this will be seen as a bad idea by many. Iain has a very specific sense of humour, which is either liked or hated. Its like Marmite. Ben Jones however seems to appeal to many.

    Having someone on every night who polarises opinion is yet another way Absolute is becoming more like Radio One. Trying to meet everyones tastes, and actually meeting none. I’m 34 if that matters.

  4. nasher1966 @ September 17, 2009 at 10:03 am | Permalink

    To many celeb presenters and not enough music. Get the music right first and then decide if you need stars to make your station attractive. Rock Radio in Manchester is a mile better than Absolute at the moment

  5. Munky @ September 17, 2009 at 5:29 pm | Permalink

    How can you be mainstream and like marmite (very niche) both at the same time? There are pleanty of other stations that are run of the mill and it’s ace that Absolute and Iain both know their audience and aren’t afraid to say “don’t like it, then don’t listen”.

  6. Mr Red @ September 23, 2009 at 11:47 am | Permalink

    I thought Absolute was about the music, not the presenter. Iain may be a talented broadcaster, but I don’t select a music station to listen to a person talking or doing stand up.

    Maybe Absolute need to launch another spinoff station, Absolute Talk ?

    The original aims of the station that Clive posted on this blog was all about the music. Is that getting lost?

  7. Tom @ September 24, 2009 at 3:01 pm | Permalink

    I couldn’t agree more with Mr Red. Absolute is becoming unlistenable with Christian in the mornings playing about three songs an hour, and Iain Lee and the likes of Tim Shaw wallocking on in the evenings. The music selection’s still the best around – why not let us have more of it.

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