Alan Robson

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image_size = 150px
name= Alan Robson MBE
birth_date= 1 October 1953
birth_place= Benwell, Newcastle, England.
occupation = Radio broadcaster

Alan Robson MBE (born 1 October 1953) is an English radio presenter who presents the late night phone in show, NightOwls on Metro Radio, a local commercial station in the north east of England owned by Bauer Radio. He has written many books and starred in many TV shows. He champions many up and coming bands and is frequently cited as one of the country's most influential men in music. He is well known for his paranormal investigations and as from November 2000, Alan has become a qualified exorcist, the latter fact not known to many, so he is going out of his way to bore anybody that will listen "have you ever seen a ghoost". His exorcism success rate is unproven to date.

Background

* He had a weekly column in the regional newspaper, the Sunday Sun
* He has broken three world records, including the World Kissing Record, and held the World Ghost Hunting Record after taking 2,554 people to different venues in a single night. These have since been broken.
* He has held events to help stop domestic violence with help from the local police and Metro Radio
* He has broadcast Regressions across the radio and the first ever exorcism on air
* He first started broadcasting on Metro in the early 80's and still has the world's most listened to talk show. (as of March 2008)

Radio

Alan began his media career within radio and is still a presenter today. He was awarded an MBE for services to broadcasting.

Past Shows

As a rock fan, his early broadcasting on Metro Radio was on a rock show called "Bridges", and he went on to host the late Saturday "Hot 'n' Heavy Express" show. Alan had very long hair and moustache - which, being ginger, made him quite a distinctive character when he was seen in public.

After the departure of James Whale, Alan Beswick, Tony Crosby and Dave Porter presented the NightOwls show for a short period, before Alan Robson began presenting the show in 1983.

Current Shows

His current Rock Show is named the Hot and Heavy. The show consists of many rock songs from the past and present accompanied with jokes, prizes and competitions

The NightOwls show is a lighthearted late night phone in radio show. It is one of Britain’s most listened to shows on commercial radio. Alan’s NightOwl’s show won World's Best Talk Show in the New York Radio Awards.

Alan and Wayne

Alan Robson is a close friend to radio presenter Wayne. Wayne presented the Evening Show before Alan’s show from 2000-2007 yet despite his departure from Metro remains part of the special shows. Between the two presenters there is rivalry. The 'Alan vs. Wayne saga' involves them pulling pranks on each other, yet at the same time Alan headed an "anti bullying" drive with Metro radio, Alan openly bullied Wayne time and time again. One such prank involved Alan apparently locking Wayne in the office and leaving him there for most of the nightowl show. Another prank included Wayne sending Alan to Spain to meet him but Wayne wasn't there. Alan missed his flight back to the UK and missed his Sunday night show. The latest to-ing and fro-ing in the rivalry has included Alan popping round to Wayne's house when he was on holiday and wrecking his home. Then Alan's car was borrowed by Wayne and his partner in crime George Elliott whilst Alan was in America, and the latest was Alan's revenge on 06/06/06 during his "Satanic" night on Nightowls he and Wayne's so called friend, George Elliott, plotted together to leave Wayne chained to a fence by the river Tyne, naked!

pecial Paranormal Broadcasts

In his latest Halloween show, Alan and his then producer Kenny D visited "The Scariest Place on Earth". During the shows leading up to the event, he refused to reveal the location of his Halloween show. In fact, he visited the Sedlec Ossuary, Prague, more commonly known as the "Bone Church". Alan believed this to be a possible resting place for Vlad the Impaler. During the show, a local tour guide revealed nobody visits the area after 4:30pm, and was reluctant to even take part in the event. Later on when Alan fled the building in a state of panic, the tour guide left Alan and Kenny alone. Kenny then refused to enter the church. Alan entered the Bone Church alone, and at this time, many listeners heard wailing voices and whispers in Czech – one obvious voice was "Help me, I'm falling". Alan was left with no choice but to flee from the building after he believed he seen a figure/presence behind him. On the following Nightowls show 1 November 2006, Alan revealed he eventually managed to convince the tour guide to come back and pick them up, after Kenny did not wish to camp out in the graveyard.

Television

He has also presented 14 different television series (such as "Robson's People" & "Robson's Personal Call") for Tyne Tees Television. Alan appears on Living.

He is currently filming for a new series of the hit American show "Scariest Places On Earth", which is broadcast across parts of the U.S. by ABC. While making the show, he broadcasts his radio show from the haunted locations. He has also appeared on dozens of hit TV shows as an expert on the paranormal, including "Larry King Live" and appeared in the BBC One documentary series "Trouble in Store".

Books

He has written two books on Ghosts and Legends and won over 55 national radio awards. His two ghostly books are "Grisly Trails and Ghostly Tales" and "Nightmare on Your Street".

He also published a joke book entitled "Simply The Best: Geordie Jokes and Stories".

In 1994, he published his autobiography: "The Lives and Loves of a Night Owl".

There are currently plans to bring his two ghost books plus a new book together under a trilogy with a new publisher

External links

* [http://www.metroradio.co.uk/showdj.asp?DJID=27721 DJ Profile] Official Profile page at Metro Radio
* [http://www.myspace.com/alanrobsonsnightowls Nightowls Myspace] Unofficial Myspace Page For The Nightowls
* [http://www.arnc.tk Alan Robson's Nightowls Community] Unofficial fansite