The days of Acker and ashok were when the phone ins were at their peak - nowadays is not a patch on - butler and to a degree George Gavin were both good at the job and entertaining too .
I listened to about 5 minutes of their phone in tonight and I had to turn off once I heard some Baggie nutter claim Villa started football hooliganism in the midlands in the 1950s. They're all f#ckin deranged.
There was another piece of classic journalism on the 0730 news this morning, starting with words to the effect of 'BBC WM has DISCOVERED that a Birmingham School headteacher of a struggling school has left their post...'At this point the listener is thinking of a Roger Cook or Watchdog style piece. 'A letter was sent to parents on Tuesday stating...'Lazy sods.
I doubt there is another BBC local station anywhere in this country with a bigger downer on their local teams.
Meanwhile in other news Little Chloe Goddard, aged 7, fell over and grazed her kbee.