Carlisle Gardens, MorpethTHURSDAY 24 JANUARY
THE COMMUNITY OF TRUCKSHUNTERS....
...is rapidly becoming exactly that - an active, co-operative and growing community. It’s truly awe-inspiring to think of the many things that, between you, you contribute to The Nightshift on a daily basis; Newsreel items, jokes, ‘imponderables’, trivia, questions (and answers), comments, suggestions, requests, good wishes, gifts and so much more - including, of course, the time you spend actually listening.
I often say on-air that the The Nightshift is a ‘multimedia’ programme. At first, I guess I was half-joking but not any more. You have used the whole range of methods available to you to make your contributions. You have written to me (via ‘snail-mail’) in numbers much larger than I would have expected. You email me faithfully every night of the week and from all over the world. There are almost always text messages waiting for me each morning. After 0530, I’m often jumping up from the presenter’s driving desk to answer the phones while there’s a record playing. You make your comments and suggestions freely on this blog - which is one of the reasons it exists, of course. Some of you even call into the Pink Palace in person to leave letters, newspaper cuttings, CDs, gifts.....
You are an awesome bunch of people and I’m so proud to be one of you. Indeed, because of the programme’s surprisingly large and growing community of listeners - and because of the way they are actively involved in the programme - I’m thinking of renaming the it The iNightshift in the manner if the iMac, iPhone and the BBC’s new iPlayer (which, ironically, doesn’t work on iMacs!). That’s how involved I feel you are.
So please don’t forget - your contributions, of whatever kind, are always welcome - and in any quantities you like. Lists for the Brahms and Liszt quiz, anagrams and questions for Bob’s Yer Uncle, Fanny’s Yer Aunt and, of course, the invaluable flotsam and jetsam of information and trivia that keeps The iNightshift world turning.
Thankyou all so very much. So far, so good!
CRAIG IN SEGHILL
As evidence that The iNightshift is reaching parts other, less unconventional programmes don’t, I would like to cite Craig. Craig is 19 years old and lives in Seghill. He texted me at 0300 this morning to congratulate me on the quality of the programme’s music (a rare occurrence indeed) and to ask me to play Meatloaf’s Bat Out Of Hell. I have to admit that I wondered for a moment what a 19-year old Seghill lad was doing up at 0300 on a Thursday morning. But hey, it takes all sorts. And as for Bat Out Of Hell.....well, whatever floats your boat. If I can find it in the BBC’s record skip, I’ll play it. OK, Craig?
MORPETH
I downloaded the picture above from this morning’s featured website: imagesofengland.org.uk. Sponsored largely by English Heritage, it has just completed the herculean task of uploading an image of every listed building in England. The site has been re-drawn, too, to make it easier to navigate. It’s a doddle now - and very impressive. See for yourself.
TONY IN FENHAM
You’re absolutely right, Tony. Neither of the jokes you emailed me is remotely broadcastable. But they both gave me a laugh. Especially the one about the sheep.
CONTACT ME
Post comments on this blog or contact me in any one (or more) of these ways....
ian.robinson@bbc.co.uk
ianstuartrobinson@googlemail.com
text 07786 200954 (while the programme is on-air)
call (between about 0545 and 0630 Monday to Friday) 0191 232 6565
Ian Robinson, The Nightshift, BBC Radio Newcastle, Spital Tongues, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE99 1RN
NOTE
Please bear in mind that the views expressed in this blog are my own and NOT the views of the BBC.
THE COMMUNITY OF TRUCKSHUNTERS....
...is rapidly becoming exactly that - an active, co-operative and growing community. It’s truly awe-inspiring to think of the many things that, between you, you contribute to The Nightshift on a daily basis; Newsreel items, jokes, ‘imponderables’, trivia, questions (and answers), comments, suggestions, requests, good wishes, gifts and so much more - including, of course, the time you spend actually listening.
I often say on-air that the The Nightshift is a ‘multimedia’ programme. At first, I guess I was half-joking but not any more. You have used the whole range of methods available to you to make your contributions. You have written to me (via ‘snail-mail’) in numbers much larger than I would have expected. You email me faithfully every night of the week and from all over the world. There are almost always text messages waiting for me each morning. After 0530, I’m often jumping up from the presenter’s driving desk to answer the phones while there’s a record playing. You make your comments and suggestions freely on this blog - which is one of the reasons it exists, of course. Some of you even call into the Pink Palace in person to leave letters, newspaper cuttings, CDs, gifts.....
You are an awesome bunch of people and I’m so proud to be one of you. Indeed, because of the programme’s surprisingly large and growing community of listeners - and because of the way they are actively involved in the programme - I’m thinking of renaming the it The iNightshift in the manner if the iMac, iPhone and the BBC’s new iPlayer (which, ironically, doesn’t work on iMacs!). That’s how involved I feel you are.
So please don’t forget - your contributions, of whatever kind, are always welcome - and in any quantities you like. Lists for the Brahms and Liszt quiz, anagrams and questions for Bob’s Yer Uncle, Fanny’s Yer Aunt and, of course, the invaluable flotsam and jetsam of information and trivia that keeps The iNightshift world turning.
Thankyou all so very much. So far, so good!
CRAIG IN SEGHILL
As evidence that The iNightshift is reaching parts other, less unconventional programmes don’t, I would like to cite Craig. Craig is 19 years old and lives in Seghill. He texted me at 0300 this morning to congratulate me on the quality of the programme’s music (a rare occurrence indeed) and to ask me to play Meatloaf’s Bat Out Of Hell. I have to admit that I wondered for a moment what a 19-year old Seghill lad was doing up at 0300 on a Thursday morning. But hey, it takes all sorts. And as for Bat Out Of Hell.....well, whatever floats your boat. If I can find it in the BBC’s record skip, I’ll play it. OK, Craig?
MORPETH
I downloaded the picture above from this morning’s featured website: imagesofengland.org.uk. Sponsored largely by English Heritage, it has just completed the herculean task of uploading an image of every listed building in England. The site has been re-drawn, too, to make it easier to navigate. It’s a doddle now - and very impressive. See for yourself.
TONY IN FENHAM
You’re absolutely right, Tony. Neither of the jokes you emailed me is remotely broadcastable. But they both gave me a laugh. Especially the one about the sheep.
CONTACT ME
Post comments on this blog or contact me in any one (or more) of these ways....
ian.robinson@bbc.co.uk
ianstuartrobinson@googlemail.com
text 07786 200954 (while the programme is on-air)
call (between about 0545 and 0630 Monday to Friday) 0191 232 6565
Ian Robinson, The Nightshift, BBC Radio Newcastle, Spital Tongues, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE99 1RN
NOTE
Please bear in mind that the views expressed in this blog are my own and NOT the views of the BBC.
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