Radio gaga: George Lamb crowned the 'rising star' of British radio
The Sony Radio Academy Awards took place last night. The big talking points? BBC Radio 4 took the prize for station of the year in its 40th anniversary and the beeb also found success with the voices of Dermot O’Leary (best music programme), Russell Brand (entertainment award), Jonathan Ross (music radio personality of the year) and Chris Moyles (breakfast show award).
It’d be fair to say the BBC dominated, as they do radio audience share, but perhaps of most interest to regular DrownedinSound readers will be the crowning of George Lamb as the ‘rising star’ of the British airwaves.
He won out in a category containing a disproportionate amount of rotten cargo, including Radio 1’s Kelly Osbourne and DJs from Kerrang Radio, Rock FM and Galaxy Manchester.
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Much as I dislike George Lamb
he's not as bad as Kelly Osbourne on the Sunday Surgery - her idea of advice is to talk about herself incessantly, over the top of any callers or professionals on the show. Abhorrent.
As people have pointed out before
this may not be such a bad thing. He may get a load of hype and be 'promoted' off 6 onto Radio 1 or courted by big money commercial ones like capital or virgin, which would be a good thing. Unless, of course, they get some other cretin to replace him.
INSERT INTERNET ANGER
He is a bit of a plank though.
he is a rising star of british radio
He needs to be on Radio one, not these pathetic digital stations no one listens too but people who know lots of 'alternative' music. The sooner more people get to hear his talent the better...........lets start a campaign to get lamb on the the radio station he deserves to be on!!!!!!
(hmm....lets hope this works)
HE IS A GENUINE TALENT
AND HIS UNIQUE BRAND OF GEENIUS NEEDS TO BE RECKONISED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
who is this george lamb guy, and more importantly
what has he done to make everyone hate him so much? did he snort john peel's ashes or something?
WORD magazine
There is an anti-George Lamb article in this month's Word magazine by the way
SHABBA!!!!!!!!!11111111
HE'S EVEN BETTER THAN CHRIS MOYLES!!!11
George Lamb rules !
Bright, witty and inteligent, he would be the ideal replacement for Moyles when he decides to call it a day. Are you listening Radio One ?
Did our licence fee pay for the judges' bribes?
top work 6music!
bright?
witty?
intelligent?
not so much
popular, and accordingly moronic, I'll give you. It really is quite the opposite of witty tho isnt it.
Annoying
I listen to 6Music to hear MUSIC not inane babbling. He plays about 4 songs an hour! Tosser.
Risking ire once more
but the parts where his cohort plays some oft-forgotten hip hop has actually gotten me into Camp Lo and Brand Nubian, which can only be a good thing.
Sorry guys.
LIKE '2 PINTS OF LAGER & LITTLE BRITAIN BEFORE HIM
HE SHOULD BE MOVED TO 1.
YEAY
However bad he is...
...and he IS... why does everyone think the solution is "put him on Radio One"? Don't we want Radio One to be good? There are loads of decent specialist DJs on there, it's not all bad. Why dilute things further?
He is so irritating
His voice actually makes my head hurt
WTF???
"not these pathetic digital stations no one listens too but people who know lots of 'alternative' music"
Do you gain ANYTHING, ANYTHING AT ALL from using this website?
one word
Twatburger
It's unlikely he would take over a specialist DJ slot.
He isn't much of a music dj more of a 'personality' dj, one who would be on during the daytime or at the weekends and wouldn't be any worse than what they have at the moment (Moyles, Mills, Bowman, Whiley, Vernon Kay).
i agree...
although he takes on a whole new twist as a 'personality dj' in that he doesn't have a personality.
Depends...
He may be something of a "personality DJ" but his co-host, Mark Hughes knows his stuff. As someone's pointed out, he plays a lot of often classic hiphop and early acid house, and is a professional club DJ and producer.
This
Only one worth listening to.
Oh and BBC7
for all it's radio 4 repeats.
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