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James Whale has announced that he s gotten engaged.
The broadcaster, 70, shared the happy news on Twitter on Saturday, telling fans that he ll reveal to whom later .
It comes three years after James wife Melinda died in May 2018 and a year after the radio host revealed that he was battling spine, brain and kidney cancer.
Announcement: James Whale has revealed that he s gotten engaged, three years after his wife Melinda died (pictured in 2019) I have become engaged : The broadcaster, 70, didn t reveal who his mystery partner was but added that he ll reveal their identity later
Sharing the news, James wrote: Breaking news over this weekend of my birthday I have to announce that I have become engaged- to whom I will reveal later!
Rise of the British shock jock
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Could we trace a direct line from Rush Limbaugh, America’s most popular talk radio host until his death in February, to Donald Trump, the world’s least qualified leader since Kaiser Wilhelm II and America’s most destructive president?
We could start this circuitous but plausible journey in 1988, when Limbaugh’s flagship talk show for WABC in New York made its debut, and end in 2020 with Trump’s final State of the Union address, in which he awarded Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the day after the right-wing shock jock revealed that he had lung cancer. Along the way there have been many imitators, including Mike Pence who before being Trump’s vice president hosted a radio show that he dubbed “Rush Limbaugh on decaf” for WRC
British radio station shutters after its unpaid presenters quit
Presenters at a local West Yorkshire radio station in England have walked away after being told there isn’t sufficient income to sustain the service.
Until last week, a full lineup of local presenters filled the station’s schedule, including former Pulse 2 Breakfast presenter Chris Johnson.
The station hoped to fill the gap left by the departure of Radio Aire and Pulse 2.
WYR was launched by YO1 Enterprises, which also started other recently launched online ‘postcode’ stations including HG1 RADIO in Harrogate.
In a statement from station presenters, posted by Johnson, the reason for the end of presenter-led programs is due to the lack of revenue required to keep operating.
All presenters have left West Yorkshire Radio
Presenters at West Yorkshire Radio have walked away from the service after being told there isn’t any sufficient income to sustain the service in the foreseeable future
Until this week, a full schedule of local presenters filled the output, including former Pulse 2 Breakfast presenter Chris Johnson on the 6am – 10am shift.
The station launched aiming to fill the gap left by Radio Aire and Pulse 2 being replaced by Greatest Hits Radio, but will now operate a presenter-free format.
It was launched by YO1 Enterprises, which also started other recently launched online ‘postcode’ stations including HG1 RADIO in Harrogate.