Lunch with Alex Belfield
November 15, 2008 – 3:23 pm I was lucky enough to spend Saturday lunch time with Alex. We were chatting about his celeb interview programmes coming up on Mansfield 103.2 this Christmas. He’d been at the station to record something with comedian Jim Davison. Alex is well known to local listeners as the presenter of something called the Lunch Time Phone In (I forget when it was 2004? ish)….a controversial show which people still talk about even today , it was only on for three months for gods sake enough already…I was the voice of the jingles on that programme, thats a true fact!
These days Alex peddles his talents gigging and gagging (in his words) with his large organ…doing a bit of radio on the mighty BBC network every now and again and obviously interview celebs….in fact some of his famous interviews can be found at this beautifully constructed website www.celebrityradio.co.uk
Producer Meets Producer (TFF3 and the Start of the LPL)
November 15, 2008 – 12:37 am 
The show is sweaty work……………..TFF 3 starts with the LPL 2. Here are the current standings…..
LPL standings week 1…
15 John B Tannon’s 103.2 breakfast team (feat Jamie M) -16
14 Kia’s Morven avennue team -8
13 Bodily and Cream 0
12 CNFW Fat club 0
11 Bowler’s troop 0
10 The Outsiders 0
9 Mavis Cruit’s Wilo the wisp 0
8 The Little Terror Freaks 3
7 Team Whatever 4
6 The I man Experience 5
5 Taxi Kev 5
4 Team Jo 7.5
3 Team Crazy Dave 9
2 The Crazy Panda Lady team 13
1 The Witches At Ten 25
Post 100…and not out!!!!
November 14, 2008 – 5:08 pm Hi there folks,
for my 100th post on ianwatkinsonline.com I wanted to give a plug to Iain Lee and his return to BBC 6 Music…he’s filling in for Jon Holmes between 2 - 4 tomorrow (Sat 15th Nov) .. should be a good listen. But I would say that because for today’s post I’m being brought to you by the letters A.R.S.E L.I.C.K.E and R.
Else where Ive been doing research about ICED FINGERS today for my weekly radio romp between 7 - 10 on Mansfield 103.2..part of the show will be dedicated to the tasty treat. I’ve been on the phone to Greggs on and off over the last 5 hours trying to find out the all important stats.
I won’t reveal those facts here because I want to EXCLUSIVELY reveal them on the show…..all I will say is WOW.
Currently I’m back at Watko towers putting the finnishing touches to the LPL challenges. Strangely I’m pretty excited about tonights show…after whats been an interesting week dominated by post holiday blues, Christmas Lights and Chico.
I’ve currently got a bit of a cold aswell…so hopefully the callers will take up the slack this evening.
Anyways, thats all I’ve got to say cos my brain is freezing up…oh before I go watch out for the new TFF3 idents produced by regular contributor Kia.
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Saturday Breakfast (2001)
November 11, 2008 – 11:44 pm The Mansfield 103.2 Saturday Breakfast Show was my first major solo live gig in radio. I notice that my producer at the time Robbidoo says he has found some shows from 7 years ago in a recent comment left on this site….so I had a root round and guess what I found one too. Its quite rare because back in the day I never used to record any of my programmes (I think this one was taped by my mother). I’m kicking myself now and over the last few weeks I’ve been pestering a couple of long time listeners to 103.2 for their tapes (The Crafty Cockney and Russell Glapser) in the hope we can unearth some Watko gems. Thank god some people out there have the foresight to record their local radio stations, god bless em! I still havent asked them why they did it..perhaps I should the next time I speak to them.
Anyways if you have just over 1 hour 20 mins to spare listen to an unedited squeeky sounding Watko with music by clicking the link below. This show is from April 21st 2001. The guy who currently sits in the 7 til 10 Saturday slot on Mansfield 103.2 is Si Gilmore.
I intend to put some of the Robbidoo archive on here as well…even though the shows are bloody awful. In fact I didn’t dare listen to this one myself…I’m sorry if it makes your ears bleed. Maybe I should put up some kind of warning.
