NICK FIRED

NICK ABBOT'S SACKING - HOW, WHY AND WHEN

Nick came into work as normal on Thursday 12th November at around six o'clock expecting to meet his team before going on air between seven and nine o'clock as perusual. Kelvin MacKenzie however had other plans.

Nick was called into an office where he was briefed on Talk Radio's new plans for the future and told that he would not be a part of it. He was dismissed instantly without any notice and left to clear his desk and leave the building.

Nick was fired only an hour or so after Tommy Boyd who was also dismissed without warning immediately after his show finished at 5pm.

Nick's show that night was replaced by an extended six hour James Whale show which ran from 7pm through to 1am and his scheduled Friday slot was crossed out and replaced with a three hour sport show with Moz Dee. Meanwhile Ian Collins was asked to fill in on what would have been Tommy's Friday show.

The reason for both presenters being fired was so that Kelvin MacKenzie could rebuild Talk Radio with a new 'serious Radio 5/Radio 4' image. Hence the likes of Nick and Tommy were not thought to be suitable presenters for a new sounding station of that nature.

Other presenter dismissals may be on the cards although as yet these have not reached my ears. However, Nick's regular news reader Nicky Cardwell has been removed from on-air duties and will no longer be allowed to read Talk's hourly bulletins.

The rest of Nick's team have all gone their respective ways... Kev still works in the Creative/Production department, SickBoy answers the phones on other presenters' shows and Niki works off-air in the news department. Unfortunately the final member of the team, Russ has left the station.