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Michael Whale, better known as James Whale is a British radio and television broadcaster, born on 13 May 1951 in Ewell, Surrey, England). He was brought up in and around Epsom, Surrey by his Welsh mother and English father, who was of at least partial Scottish descent and owned a pub. is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Note that Temple Ewell is in Kent Ewell is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, close to the southern boundary of Greater London. ...
Not to be confused with Surry. ...
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Epsom is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, to the south of Greater London. ...
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He has been married to Melinda Whale since 1970, and has two children, James and Peter[1].
Early career Whale has presented a late night talk phone in show on UK radio for several decades, starting on Metro Radio in Newcastle where he was the original presenter of the Nightowls Late Evening Phone-In Show from the station's launch date in 1974. He later moved to Radio Derby hosting a morning phone-in, where he first worked alongside his now talkSPORT colleague Terry Christian and then to Radio Aire in Leeds (which was also simulcast with Red Rose Radio from Preston - both being part of the same group, Transworld, owned by Owen Oyston). Metro Radio is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to North East England. ...
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Nightowls is a late night radio phone-in on Metro Radio. ...
BBC Radio Derby is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Derbyshire. ...
Terry Christian (born 8 May 1963) is a British radio and former TV presenter. ...
Radio Aire consists of several tropical regions Categories: United Kingdom broadcasting stubs | Leeds | Radio stations in the United Kingdom | Yorkshire media ...
Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. ...
Preston, a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, is located on the River Ribble. ...
Transworld may refer to: Transworld, a video game for the Amiga console. ...
Owen Oyston is a controversial British businessman who was for a time the owner of Blackpool F.C., but who was convicted of rape. ...
At one time, Whale's radio programme was televised simultaneously as The James Whale Radio Show, broadcast on UK channel ITV. Whale has hosted a regular phone-in show on talkSPORT from Sunday to Thursday since 1995. talkSPORT is the only dedicated national commercial sports and talk radio station, based in London, broadcasting to the United Kingdom providing sports talk, live commentaries, phone-in discussion and talk shows. ...
Sony Awards Whale has won three Sony Radio Awards. He has also written a book Bald on Top, inspired by his own premature hair loss. His next book, Almost A Celebrity is due to be published in Autumn 2007.
talkSPORT Radio Show For a number of years Whale has presented a late night talk show, from 10pm - 1am. Unlike the majority of talkSPORT presenters, Whale has little or no interest in football and becomes annoyed if callers, who may have mistaken his show for a football phone-in programme, wish to talk with him about the subject. He has though, in the past, described himself as a Crystal Palace supporter. Crystal Palace Football Club is an English professional football team based in SE25 in London. ...
On 21 December 2006, he presented The Mike Dickin Tribute Show, a fellow talk sport presenter who died in a car accident in December 2006. December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Mike Dickin Mike Dickin (September 28, 1943 – December 18, 2006), was a late-night host on the British radio station talkSPORT. Dickin used to present the 1am to 6am slot at weekends on Talk Radio. ...
Many well-known people have been guests on Whale's show, including Jodie Marsh, David Icke, Lembit Opik and Allistair McGowan. Jodie Louisa Marsh (born 23 December 1978) is a British model, best known for appearing topless in numerous publications and photographs. ...
David Icke David Vaughan Icke (pronounced IKE //) (born April 29, 1952 in Leicester, England) is a British writer and public speaker who has devoted himself since 1990 to researching who and what is really controlling the world. ...
Lembit Öpik (born March 2, 1965) is a British politician in the Liberal Democrat Party. ...
On Sunday nights, Whale has guests playing live music.
Kidney cancer and related charity work In 2000, Whale was diagnosed with kidney cancer, and announced on air why he would be leaving. He survived, and says it has affected his outlook on life. Whale set up a charity in 2006, the "James Whale Fund for Kidney Cancer", to fund research and raise awareness of the disease. As part of this he is developing the "James Whale Network" where sufferers or their carers can contact the Fund and ask to speak to other survivors of kidney cancer. Whale also loudly attacks the government for the 'postcode lottery' in which selective hospitals receive life saving drugs to treat cancer and other diseases while others do not.[2] Whale has often spoken of his dyslexia and is not ashamed to mention this on air.[3] James is a patron of the National Literacy Association.[4] Renal cell carcinoma, a form of kidney cancer that involves cancerous changes in the cells of the renal tubule, is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults. ...
A charity set-up by talkSPORT radio presenter James Whale. ...
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Generally, patronage is the act of supporting or favoring some person, group, or institution. ...
2008 London Mayoral Election After interviewing United Kingdom Independence Party leader Nigel Farage on his TalkSport show, James Whale announced that he hopes to run for election as UKIP candidate in the 2008 London Mayoral Election, although this is now in doubt as 'The Radio Authority' has said Mr Whale would not be able to continue his radio show while being Mayor of London. Nigel Farage said that Whale "not only has guts, but an understanding of what real people think". Whale has still not ruled this out and says he is still 'toying' with the idea.[5] The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced //) is a British political party. ...
Nigel Paul Farage (born 3 April 1964 in Farnborough, Kent) is a British politician, and leader of the eurosceptic United Kingdom Independence Party (Ukip). ...
The mayors office is at City Hall, overlooking the River Thames near Tower Bridge The London mayoral election for the office of Mayor of London takes place every 4 years. ...
Green beliefs Whale participated in a live Newsnight programme shown on 26 April 2007 on BBC 2, also broadcast simultaneously on talkSPORT, in which he referred to the controversial subject of two week refuse pickup throughout the UK and the 'scandal' of global warming. Whale should have had a live webcam link to the Newsnight studio, but due to a technical failure this was not possible. Whale announced he believed global warming was solely a natural phenomenon. He also described the notion of recycling as a 'joke', and that he believed instead of house owners, prisoners should be used to sort rubbish and recyclable waste. When asked while on the show if he thought Green councillors were a good idea, Whale replied 'I don't think Green anything's a good idea!'. Whale also often criticises politicians for jumping on the Green bandwagon, in particular frequently attacks Conservative Party leader David Cameron for his 'vote blue, go green' policy. As expected, Whale is also strongly against the introduction of a 'green tax' which is a possible government policy. Whale often attacks the British recycling system and says that all the bins are an eyesore and make the place look awful. Newsnight is a British daily news analysis, current affairs and politics programme broadcast between 22:30 and 23:20 on weekdays on BBC Two. ...
is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and...
talkSPORT is the only dedicated national commercial sports and talk radio station, based in London, broadcasting to the United Kingdom providing sports talk, live commentaries, phone-in discussion and talk shows. ...
The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ...
David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom, positions he has occupied since December 2005. ...
Whale often talks about how he found a man from the council looking in his bin, Whale says that he jumped out with a pair of pruning shears to make the man jump. Whale says that the man said that he would be hearing from the council about the incident, however has not heard anythind to this date (19/JUL/2007).
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