James Stannage
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| Born | 22 February 1950 |
| Station(s) | Manchester Radio Online , KEY 103, Piccadilly Radio , The Revolution |
| Time slot | 9–11 |
| Website | www.manchesterradioonline.com |
James Stannage, born 22 February 1950, is an English late night talk show radio host. He is best known for presenting The Late Night James Stannage Talk Show on Manchester's Key 103. He was dismissed from Key 103 in June 2005 after numerous warnings and a history of run-ins with regulator OFCOM.
James Stannage originally started out as an amateur actor and secondary school teacher.
He first worked for Piccadilly Radio in the mid-1970s, presenting his own late-night phone-in show. Occasional guests on the show were Mike Harding and Jasper Carrott. He was renowned for his abrasive and aggressive style even then, so much so that the Bishop of Salford publicly condemned him as a bad influence.
After leaving Piccadilly Radio, he went on to work for other local radio stations such as TFM Radio during the 1980s before returning to Piccadilly 1152 in 1989. In the early days of his second stint at Piccadilly, his style was mellower than it had been before, but as time wore on became increasingly aggressive again and insulting comments to callers were stoked up as well.
His show was in the format of a phone-in where callers could discuss anything they wanted, from sport, religion, current affairs or politics. Stannage would often argue his case severely (which were usually anti-politics and anti-religion) if he disagreed with callers. Stannage was a well known fellow around Manchester as a result of his Key 103 talk show. In many surveys, Stannage came out as the number one Manchester DJ.
Stannage had a long-standing rivalry with Radio City talk show presenter, Pete Price. Infrequently, each would "slag" the other off on their respective shows, and upon Stannage's sacking, Pete posted on his forum a topic entitled "James Stannage Sacked"
On 24 November 2005, Emap Radio Group, owners of Key 103 received a fine of £125,000 (then a record for UK radio) after reading out comments and jokes submitted by a listener about the death of Ken Bigley (just two days after his death was confirmed) in October and November 2004.
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