Muhammad Ali & Joe Frazier For many years of the previous century, it is highly likely there was no more famous person on earth than Muhammad Ali. With his death today at the age 74 due to respiratory problems and decades of suffering from Parkinson’s, I wanted to reprint this piece from 2011. As a…
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Newstalk ZB’s ‘The Two’ Soar To Their Highest Ever Ratings
The first lot of New Zealand radio ratings for 2016 were released a few days ago and we are thrilled and very thankful to say that Newtalk ZB’s The Two is not only still the nation’s number one show on a Sunday evening, but has increased its audience share. There’s a bit of an in-joke…
Huge Ratings Increase For Newstalk ZB’s The Two – Almost 50% Audience Growth
Tim Wilson & Tim Roxborogh. A quick note to say thanks if you ever listen to the Newstalk ZB radio show The Two (Friday and Sunday evenings, co-hosted by Tim Wilson and I). Radio ratings come out twice a year in New Zealand* and Tim and I are thrilled to announce a massive increase in…
The Characters Of Newstalk ZB – Including Little Brucie Of Little Wanganui & Housing New Zealand Sue
Little Brucie of Little Wanganui. UPDATE JANUARY 18 – See below for additional photos. It started with a video of regular Newstalk ZB caller Sue (known as Housing New Zealand Sue because of her devotion to topics related to state housing) and now with a photo of fellow talkback stalwart Little Brucie of Little Wanganui,…
Why McCullum Should Open The Batting In The Cricket World Cup – A Hypothetical Black Caps World Cup Final 1st XI
Brendon McCullum *UPDATED SINCE KANE WILLIAMSON HAS BEEN CLEARED TO BOWL AGAIN. Here’s my New Zealand cricket XI in the event our team plays to its very real potential and makes the World Cup final on March 29th 2015. With the initial squad of 30 released today, I couldn’t resist quickly tapping out my selection….
Dan News Interviews Newstalk ZB’s ‘The Two’ – How The Show Became Such A Success
Newstalk ZB’s The Two. UPDATE APRIL 2014: Radio ratings in New Zealand only come out twice a year and we are very humbled to say The Two remains the nation’s #1 rated radio show on both Friday and Sunday evenings. Our Sunday show has gone up 5.4 percentage points in Auckland to have 17.3% of…
Newstalk ZB’s ‘The Two’ Stay #1 In Radio Ratings
On behalf of Pam Corkery and myself, we want to say a huge thank you for continuing to listen to our show and being part of something so special to both of us. The latest radio ratings came out on Friday (they come out twice a year) and Newstalk ZB’s The Two is still the…
My Favourite Memories Of Paul Holmes & Why He Was The Best We’ve Ever Had
This morning Sir Paul Holmes passed away, succumbing to a heart condition coupled with the prostate cancer that first reared its head to him just over a decade ago. Aged 62, he was too young. But when you are regarded as arguably the greatest broadcaster in your country’s history and few are arguing about it,…
Martin Crowe Diagnosed With Cancer – His Finest ODI Innings
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about one of my closest friends who was celebrating his 50th birthday, Martin Crowe. Today I am writing to offer him, his wife Lorraine and the rest of their family my love as they face first the shock, and then the challenge of cancer, in this case lymphoma. The…
Ratings For Newstalk ZB’s ‘The Two’ Go Through The Roof
Pam Corkery Just a quick entry to say a heartfelt thanks to two colleagues and friends. One year ago, the Sunday evening 9pm-midnight show on Newstalk ZB was the number one rated show for its timeslot in New Zealand with a percentage of the Auckland listening audience at 13%. Six months later the show had morphed into…
Maori? Did Someone Mention The Word Maori? Dealing With “Challenging” Talkback Callers – Newstalk ZB, 2012
Maori? Did someone mention the word Maori? Sometimes on talkback it feels a bit like that, none more-so than on Saturday morning’s show with the flare-up of the water rights issue. The topic is draining (average pun intended) for many reasons, but from a talkback point of view mainly because for some reason it gives…
‘Gentlemen To Bed!’ The Funniest Scene From Steve Coogan & Rob Brydon’s ‘The Trip’
Last week I watched the Steve Coogan / Rob Brydon film The Trip and discovered what millions already know, that these two are amongst the funniest British comedians of their generation. More than that, they would have to both be amongst the brightest. How pretentious it is to say that The Trip is intelligent comedy…