Nick Abbot
| Nick Abbot | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 August 1960 |
| Show | Nick Abbot |
| Station(s) | LBC |
| Time slot | 10pm-1am GMT Friday and Saturday |
| Style | 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 (born 22 August 1960) is an English radio presenter who currently presents the late-night show on Friday and Saturday on LBC.
Nick Abbot was born on 22 August 1960, and was educated at George Heriot's School, an independent school for boys in Edinburgh, and at Brunel University in Uxbridge in West London, where he gained an upper-second class degree in psychology. His professional career began as a Virgin Megastore DJ. He had previously presented student radio at Brunel University's radio station, Radio Brunel.
In early 1987, he joined Radio Luxembourg to present an overnight music show. After hearing American talk show presenter Neil Rogers Abbot was inspired and the show instead became a phone in. Eventually a 'straight to air' format was settled upon, where calls would be taken unscreened. This format quickly became a hit with listeners. The absence of a delay system to 'dump' offensive 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, and later LBC colleague Iain Lee has often confessed that he stole some of his act from Nick (as well as Clive Bull and Tommy Boyd), perhaps hinting he got the inspiration for his "Triple M" show from Nick Abbot in addition to Boyd's "Human Zoo" show.
In October 1988, Abbot launched the new BBC radio station for London, BBC GLR (Greater London Radio). He presented the breakfast show for a year, but his contract was not renewed. He then returned to VMR, where he stayed until 1993.
Abbot was part of the original line-up on Virgin Radio in April 1993. There he presented the weekday late night phone-in show Sundays-Thursdays from 10pm–2am. The programme was a mixture of music and phone-in. Not afraid to speak his mind, he often voiced his opinions about other stations and presenters, and it was this that eventually led him into trouble.
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