"named the actress Julie Walters as their choice for the most powerful person in drama. In January 2005, ""Radio Times"" published the third Most Powerful People in TV Comedy list, which was topped by the comedy duo Matt Lucas and David Walliams for their sketch show ""Little Britain"", which the magazine called ""inspired"". That June, ""Radio Times"" published their final Most Powerful People list, which named the most influential people in radio in the UK. Restricted only to current broadcasters, the poll was won by the DJ and TV host Jonathan Ross, who was praised as ""one of the wittiest"
"""Red Cap"" and ""Out of Control"", was the only soap star to make the list. Speaking about the lack of soap actors, ""Radio Times"" remarked: ""We've taken the view that any actor in a soap derives their power from the programme until they prove themselves elsewhere."" The third Most Powerful People list that ""Radio Times"" created, in June 2005, recognised the forty most influential people in British radio. The listing was based on the opinions of 70 industry experts from both BBC and commercial radio, and was restricted to current broadcasters. The winner was the DJ and TV host Jonathan"
"Radio Times's Most Powerful People ""Radio Times"" Most Powerful People was a series of listings created by the British television and radio magazine ""Radio Times"" from January 2003 to June 2005. The lists charted who the magazine believed were the most powerful people from three different areas of British media: TV comedy, TV drama and radio. The listing for TV comedy was published three times, every January from 2003 to 2005; the drama and radio lists were produced just once each, in July 2004 and June 2005 respectively. The first Most Powerful People listing was published by ""Radio Times"" in"
"people on radio"". The first Most Powerful People listing created by ""Radio Times"" was for TV Comedy. It listed the 50 most influential individuals in British television comedy, and was based on critical reception, viewing figures, financial success and previous successes in comedy, as well as opinions from industry experts, from the previous 12 months. The list was first published in January 2003, and was topped by Ricky Gervais. Gervais was named the most powerful person in TV comedy following the success of the second series of his TV show ""The Office"", which had won two British Academy Television Awards"
"Sony Radio Academy Awards for his interview with Julie Nicholson, who lost her daughter Jenny in the London bombings of 7 July 2005. The ""PM"" programme also won a Gold award the same year for its coverage of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation as president of Egypt. Mair was listed as the fifth most powerful person in British radio in a 2005 poll in the ""Radio Times"", and 28th most influential LGBT person in ""The Independent on Sunday""'s ""Pink List"" 2013. Mair lives with his partner Paul Kerley, a journalist working for BBC Online, in Harrow, North-West London. Eddie Mair Eddie Mair"
"Ross, who was placed at number one as a result of the success of his ""cheeky"" Saturday programme on BBC Radio 2. Fellow Radio 2 presenter Steve Wright described Ross as ""one of the wittiest people on radio"" who ""doesn't follow any of the rules"". Ross had previously been placed in the top 10 of all three of ""Radio Times"" Most Powerful People in TV Comedy lists, peaking at number four in both 2004 and 2005. Radio 2 was the second most successful radio station on the list, with nine names in the top 40. The most successful was BBC"
"Radio 4 with 13, while Radio Five Live was third with eight. Terry Wogan, Ross's colleague at Radio 2, was named the second most powerful person in radio as a result of his breakfast show regularly achieving more than eight million listeners. Accepting the honour, Ross praised Wogan, saying that he ""set the benchmark for others to aspire to"". , Ross keeps a copy of the issue of ""Radio Times"" naming him the most powerful person in radio in his office, next to a caricature of himself falling down a sewer in a ""Dennis the Menace"" cartoon. Radio Times's Most"
"the Order of Canada in 2015. In 2017, as a celebration of his 80th birthday, Louvain set out on a concert tour. One of the concerts was at the Festival d’Été de Québec in Quebec City. Michel Louvain Michel Louvain (July 12, 1937) is a French Canadian singer most popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He recorded many hit songs, and also worked as a host for a variety of shows on television and radio. In 1965 he was voted 'Mr. Radio–TV', French-Canada's top show business personality, at the Gala des Artistes. Louvain was born Michel Poulin in Thetford Mines,"
"Ray Martin (television presenter) Raymond George Martin AM (born Raymond George Grace, 20 December 1944) is an Australian television journalist and entertainment personality. Having won the Gold Logie five times he is the most awarded star of Australian television, along with Graham Kennedy (although Kennedy won the ""Star of the Year Award, the forerunner of the Gold Logie in 1959). He is best known for his various on-air roles on Channel Nine from 1978, particular his long tenure as host of the variety/talk show The Midday Show. In 2011 he returned to Current Affairs ""60 Minutes"", in which he had"
"press clippings, photographs, and recordings, which was bequeathed to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. Robert Trout Robert Trout (born Robert Albert Blondheim; October 15, 1909 – November 14, 2000) was an American broadcast news reporter, best remembered for his radio work before and during World War II for CBS News. He was regarded by some as the ""Iron Man of Radio"" for his ability to ad lib while on the air, as well as for his stamina, composure, and elocution. Trout was born in Washington, D.C.; he added the Trout name"
"Earl Nightingale Earl Nightingale (March 12, 1921 – March 25, 1989) was an American radio speaker and author, dealing mostly with the subjects of human character development, motivation, and meaningful existence. He was the voice during the early 1950s of ""Sky King"", the hero of a radio adventure series, and was a WGN radio program host from 1950 to 1956. Nightingale was the author of ""The Strangest Secret"", which economist Terry Savage has termed “…one of the great motivational books of all time“. Nightingale was born in Long Beach during 1921. His father, Earl the 4th, abandoned his mother during"
"""The World This Weekend"" and ""Broadcasting House"". A ""Radio Times"" poll in 2005 named Mair as the fifth most powerful person in radio. The programme won two accolades in the 2007 Sony Radio Academy Awards: Gold in the Interactive Programme Award, and Silver for Speech Programme. Analogous programmes include ""PM"" on ABC Radio National in Australia and ""All Things Considered"" on NPR in the United States. PM (BBC Radio 4) PM, sometimes referred to as the PM programme to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4's long-running early evening news and current affairs programme. It is currently presented by Evan Davis"
"albums Holiday albums Singles Regis Philbin Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (; born August 25, 1931) is an American media personality, actor, and singer, known for hosting talk and game shows since the 1960s. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame he served in the Navy, and got his television start serving as a page for the ""Tonight Show"" in the 1950s. Philbin gained his first network TV exposure in 1967 as Joey Bishop's sidekick on ""The Joey Bishop Show"". Sometimes called (alternatively attributed to James Brown) ""the hardest working man in show business"", Philbin holds the Guinness World Record"
"Nicholas Parsons Christopher Nicholas Parsons (born 10 October 1923) is an English radio and television presenter and actor. Still active in his 90s, Parsons' long career in television, radio and theatre has made him a household name and he has been described as ""the ultimate quiz show host"" because of his ""geniality, clarity of diction and the speed with which he rattled through questions"". Best known today for his long-standing position as host of the comedy radio game show ""Just a Minute"" in six different decades, Parsons is also famous as the long-term host of ""Sale of the Century"", a"
"the Democratic Party, citing President Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam War policies. Jack Ruby was an admirer of McLendon. In December 1985, McLendon was reported to have been critically wounded while cleaning his a .38-caliber pistol. He died of cancer at his ranch home near Lake Dallas, Texas, on September 14, 1986. He was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1994. Gordon McLendon Gordon Barton McLendon (June 8, 1921 – September 14, 1986) was a radio pioneer and pirate radio broadcaster. He was nicknamed ""the Maverick of Radio."" McLendon is widely credited for perfecting, during the 1950s and 1960s,"
"Ronnie Hilton Ronnie Hilton (26 January 1926 – 21 February 2001) was an English singer and radio presenter. According to his obituary in ""The Guardian"" newspaper, ""For a time Hilton was a star – strictly for home consumption – with nine Top 20 hits between 1954 and 1957, that transitional era between 78 and 45rpm records. A quarter of a century later he became the voice of BBC Radio 2's ""Sounds of the Fifties"" series"". Born Adrian Hill in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hilton left school at 14 and worked in an aircraft factory at the beginning of the"
"Howard Stern Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and television personality, producer, author, actor, and photographer. He is best known for his radio show ""The Howard Stern Show"", which gained popularity when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from 1986 to 2005. Stern has broadcast on Sirius XM Radio since 2006. Stern landed his first radio jobs while at Boston University. From 1976 to 1982, Stern developed his on-air personality through morning positions at WRNW in Briarcliff Manor, New York, WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut, WWWW in Detroit, Michigan, and WWDC in Washington, D.C. Stern"
"Graham Kennedy Graham Cyril Kennedy AO (15 February 1934 – 25 May 2005) was an Australian entertainer, comedian and variety performer, as well as a personality and star of radio, theatre, television and film. He was often called ""Gra Gra"" (pronounced ""gray-gray""). Honoured as an Officer of the Order of Australia, he was a six-time recipient of the Gold Logie, including the Logie Hall of Fame award, and won the Star of the Year Award in 1959. He is the most awarded star of Australian television. He was often referred to as ""The King"" or the ""King of Australian television""."
"Regis Philbin Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (; born August 25, 1931) is an American media personality, actor, and singer, known for hosting talk and game shows since the 1960s. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame he served in the Navy, and got his television start serving as a page for the ""Tonight Show"" in the 1950s. Philbin gained his first network TV exposure in 1967 as Joey Bishop's sidekick on ""The Joey Bishop Show"". Sometimes called (alternatively attributed to James Brown) ""the hardest working man in show business"", Philbin holds the Guinness World Record for the most time"
"was insured by Lloyds for $200 million for the jump which raised money for the charity Global Citizen. Will Smith Willard Carroll Smith Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor and rapper. In April 2007, ""Newsweek"" called him ""the most powerful actor in Hollywood"". Smith has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, and has won four Grammy Awards. In the late 1980s, Smith achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince. In 1990, his popularity increased dramatically when he starred in the NBC television series ""The Fresh Prince of"
"His book ""Emperor Rosko's DJ Book"" was published by Everest in March 1976 (). It was re-published, with additional material, as an eBook on 21 October 2012. Emperor Rosko Michael Joseph ""Mike"" Pasternak (born 26 December 1942), known by his stage name Emperor Rosko, is an American presenter of pop music programmes, most widely known for his shows on Radio Caroline and BBC Radio 1 in the UK in the 1960s and early 1970s. Born in Los Angeles, California, he is the son of Hollywood film producer Joe Pasternak. He was influenced in his career choice by KYA Radio DJs"
"in radio news; he has won a Golden Quill Award for his radio special about the Pittsburgh police under cover drug squad; he has been named Best Talk Show Host by the Achievement in Radio awards in 1997, 2003 and 2005; and the Associated Press named his show the Best Radio Talk Show in Pennsylvania in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Following his death, the ""Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"" described him as a ""Pittsburgh icon"" with ""affectionate yinzer spirit"" on par with Fred Rogers and Myron Cope. Fred Honsberger Fred Honsberger (May 15, 1951 – December 16, 2009) was a radio personality"
"in Los Angeles of brain cancer in 1999, one month short of his 73rd birthday. He was buried in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Regis Cordic Regis John ""Rege"" Cordic (May 15, 1926 – April 16, 1999) was an American radio personality and actor. His career in entertainment was divided roughly in half. From 1948 to 1965, he was the dominant morning drive-time radio host in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. From the late 1950s to the mid-1980s, he was a successful voice, television, and film actor in Los Angeles, California. Cordic was born in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh and attended"
"He brought a great deal of pride to his business."" Larry King Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933) is an American television and radio host, whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys, an Emmy award, and 10 Cable ACE Awards. King began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s and gained prominence beginning in 1978 as host of ""The Larry King Show"", an all-night nationwide call-in radio program heard on the Mutual Broadcasting System. From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program ""Larry King Live"""
"lead singer Bono as the 2005 Persons of the Year for their humanitarian efforts. In 2006, he was voted eighth in the list of ""Heroes of our time"". Gates was listed in the ""Sunday Times"" power list in 1999, named CEO of the year by ""Chief Executive Officers magazine"" in 1994, ranked number one in the ""Top 50 Cyber Elite"" by ""Time"" in 1998, ranked number two in the ""Upside"" Elite 100 in 1999, and was included in ""The Guardian"" as one of the ""Top 100 influential people in media"" in 2001. According to ""Forbes"", Gates was ranked as the"
"Robert Trout Robert Trout (born Robert Albert Blondheim; October 15, 1909 – November 14, 2000) was an American broadcast news reporter, best remembered for his radio work before and during World War II for CBS News. He was regarded by some as the ""Iron Man of Radio"" for his ability to ad lib while on the air, as well as for his stamina, composure, and elocution. Trout was born in Washington, D.C.; he added the Trout name early in his radio career. He entered broadcasting in 1931 as an announcer at WJSV, an independent station in Alexandria, Virginia, founded in"
"January 2003, and recognised the most influentual people in TV comedy in the UK. It was topped by the British comedian Ricky Gervais, as a result of the success of the award-winning second series of his TV show ""The Office"". The second poll, published a year later in January 2004, was won by the Irish comedian Graham Norton, following his signing of two new contracts during 2003, each worth a reported £5 million. Six months later, in July 2004, ""Radio Times"" published their Most Powerful People in TV Drama list. Following a series of votes from industry experts, the magazine"
"story"" He is married to Alison Kallik; they have a daughter. John Ziegler (talk show host) John Ziegler (born March 28, 1967) is a radio program host, documentary film writer/director, and journalist. Ziegler's most prominent work in radio has been as the evening (7-10 PM) host of a radio talk show called ""The John Ziegler Show"" on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles, California, from January 12, 2004, until November 13, 2007. ""Talkers Magazine"" listed John Ziegler as number 54 on their ""Heavy Hundred"" list of the most important U.S. radio talk show hosts in 2007. Currently, he is the"
"Bruce Forsyth Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson (22 February 1928 – 18 August 2017) was a British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer, and screenwriter whose career spanned more than 75 years. In 2012, ""Guinness World Records"" recognised Forsyth as having the longest television career for a male entertainer. Forsyth came to national attention from the mid-1950s through the ITV series ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"". He went on to host several game shows, including ""The Generation Game"", ""Play Your Cards Right"", ""The Price Is Right"" and ""You Bet!"". He co-presented ""Strictly Come Dancing"" from 2004 to 2013. Forsyth was born"
"magazine as the ""Most Powerful Man in Radio."" ""Never before has anyone taken the number one slot on the list in their inaugural year,"" stated Radio Ink Publisher/CEO B. Eric Rhoads. Pittman retained that designation in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Pittman is a philanthropist, building community and philanthropic projects into businesses he managed from Live Aid at MTV to educational efforts using the Internet at AOL. He is former chairman of the non-profit Robin Hood Foundation, which fights poverty in New York City, and still serves on the board; and is former chairman of the New"
"and four step-grandchildren. His son, actor Tony Roberts, described his father's voice as accentless with perfect tones, sounding to him ""as though it came from God"" and telling him ""Don't be an actor"", at least at first. Ken Roberts (announcer) Ken Roberts (February 22, 1910 – June 19, 2009) was an American radio and television announcer known for his work during the Golden Age of Radio and for his work announcing the daytime television soap operas ""The Secret Storm"", ""Texas"" and ""Love of Life"", each for a two-decade span. Roberts was born on February 22, 1910 in Manhattan as Saul"
"· Lillian Gish (1893 – 1993) – Screen and stage actress, director · Barry Gray (1916–1996) – Radio personality; ""The Father of Talk Radio"" · Monty Hall (born 1921) – Game show host; ""Let’s Make a Deal"" · Henry J. Heimlich (1920 – 2016) – Physician and developer of the “Heimlich Maneuver” · Don Hewitt (1922–2009) Television news producer; created ""60 Minutes"" · Adrian G Iselin (1818–1905) – Financier and philanthropist · Elia Kazan (1909–2003) – Director, producer, writer and actor · Walter Lantz (1899–1994) – Cartoonist, film animator; created Woody Woodpecker · Jay Leno (born 1950) – Comedian; hosted"
"of December 24, 1989, as part of a Christmas skit. His brother, Richard, who occasionally filled in for Shadoe on the 1986-89 version of ""Hollywood Squares"", is a disc jockey on Citadel Media's Hits & Favorites format. Shadoe Stevens Shadoe Stevens (born Terry Keith Ingstad; November 3, 1947) is an American radio host, voiceover actor, and television personality. He was the host of ""American Top 40"" from 1988 to 1995. He currently hosts the internationally syndicated radio show, ""Top of the World,"" and co-hosts ""Mental Radio"", an entertaining approach to UFOs and paranormal topics. He is the co-founder and creator"