Nick Abbot
Promotional photo taken in 2006
Born	22 August 1960 (1960-08-22) (age 46)
Show	Planet Rock with Nick Abbot
Station(s)	Planet Rock
Time slot	2 - 6pm GMT Saturdays & Sundays
Show	'Nick Abbot'
Station(s)	LBC 97.3
Time slot	10pm - 1am GMT Saturdays
Style	Music Radio and Talk radio/Phone-in
Country	England
Previous show(s)	102.2 Smooth FM Real Radio talkSPORT (then Talk Radio) Virgin Radio (then Virgin 1215) BBC GLR Radio Luxembourg
Website	lbc.co.uk: Nick Abbot official nickabbot.com unofficial

Nick Abbot is a British radio presenter, born 22 August 1960.

Contents 1 Early career 2 Life after Talk Radio 3 The Return to the Radio 4 Trivia 5 Memorable Quotes 6 External Links

Early career

Abbot's career began as a Virgin instore.

In early 1987, he joined Radio Luxembourg to present an overnight talk show. The show later became a phone in, and eventually a 'straight to air' format was settled upon, where Abbot would take calls live and unscreened. This format quickly became a hit with listeners. At the time, the absence of the delay system to supposedly 'dump' bad language resulted in callers saying swear words just before they were cut off. It is believed that Abbot was one of the first (if not the first) to take calls straight to air.

Later in October 1988, Abbot launched the new BBC service for London BBC GLR. He presented the breakfast show for a year, however his contract was not renewed. He then returned to VMR, where he stayed until 1993.

Life after Talk Radio

Between March and September 1999, local London station LBC hired both Abbot & McGiffin for a Saturday evening phone-in show, similar in format to the duo's earlier Talk Radio stint. During this time, Abbot continued working for Virgin as a DJ.

Throughout the summer of 2000, Abbot presented a Sunday morning phone in show on Virgin, while continuing to host the daily afternoon show. Later in the year, he moved back to the drive time slot until leaving Virgin once again in May 2001. Two months later, he joined Real Radio (Wales) to host their late night phone in show for a week as holiday cover for regular presenter Adrian Allen. October 2001 saw the beginning of a five-day stint at Manchester's Key 103, during which he presented the 10pm-2am slot.

In January 2002, Abbot moved to Real Radio (Scotland) where he again presented the late night phone in. Later in 2002, his show was networked across all 3 Real Radio stations (Scotland, Wales & Yorkshire).

Abbot presented his last Real Radio show on Thursday, 19 December 2002, subsequently deciding to take a break from radio for what was to be a number of years.

The Return to the Radio

On Saturday, 3rd September 2005 Abbot was heard on London's 102.2 Smooth FM, presenting a morning show. Since then he has stood in for various presenters, including weekend breakfast, and has also been heard covering shows on digital station Planet Rock, which became a regular gig from 17 December 2005 onwards, presenting on Saturdays and Sundays from 2-7pm.

In addition to that, in 2006, Abbot returned to the FM airwaves on a brief stint sitting in for Caroline Feraday's weekend show (10pm-1am, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights) on LBC 97.3, from 10th-19th February. However, he lost his voice during his second February show, cutting the show short and being replaced by Wendy Lloyd. He was also unable to present the following evening's show, but returned on 17th February for the final 3 shows of his reappearance.

Abbot now has a regular weekly slot on the station every Saturday night from 10pm-1am. Abbot also tends to fill in for absent presenters, particularly for colleague Iain Lee, who is also a fan of Nick's.

Abbot's show has a clear unique style amongst other LBC presenters. It becomes normal for an amusing summary of the week's news at the start of the show during his opening jingle, "Boogie Woogie" by Liberace, replacing the theme tune he had used for years - "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson. Throughout the show, Nick plays various sound clips including a partial happy birthday jingle or amusing quotes from films such as The Terminator and clips from his former co-presenter Carol McGiffin.

Trivia

• Abbot jokingly says he has had a near death experience in which he was hospitalised.
• Abbot occasionally mentions that he has porridge for breakfast (following his called 'near death experience') followed by a 'second breakfast', usually whilst watching BBC's Breakfast show or the sunrise on his Sky+ service.
• Abbot enjoys modern architecture and valuable vinyl records.
• Abbot enjoys watching The Simpsons, South Park and The Sopranos.
• Abbot has had laser eye surgery.
• Having previously worked in a meat factory, in which he became a vegetarian, Abbot has only recently begun to occasionally eat meat. However, he does not eat 'mystery meat'.
• Abbot prefers cats to dogs as domestic pets. He especially dislikes 'yappy' dogs.
• BBC Radio 1 presenter Chris Moyles mentions Nick in his autobiography.
• Abbot worked closely with Carol McGiffin, who appears frequently on UK TV and was once married to 'shock jock' Chris Evans (the creator of a very sucessful breakfast show on BBC Radio 1 in the mid 90s).
• Nick on Wikipedia - "Wikipedia - the source of disinformation. Don't rely on it, folks!" [July 2007]
• Abbot says his style is influenced by American talk-radio host Neil Rogers. He also sometimes listens to Howard Stern and Phil Hendrie.

Memorable Quotes

The following are some things that Nick often says in his radio career:

• The masses are asses
• Wii (Pronounced "why aye" - in Newcastle, this is a slang term that means 'Yes, definitely']
• The World Wide Wait (When referring to the Internet)
• DVDVD (Instead of DVD)
• You can't say happiness without saying 'piness'
• It gets tiring be so right about everything all the time
• Oh that's nice, but we're talking about me now

External Links

• NickAbbot.com - The Unofficial Nick Abbot Site
• Nick Abbot Forums - Unofficial discussion forums
• LBC Plus - Nick Abbot's LBC Premium Podcasts (Requires subscription)