Pete Price
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| Pete Price | |
| Birth name | Peter Lloyd-Price |
| Born | 1946 |
| Show | Unzipped |
| Station(s) | Radio City 96.7 |
| Time slot | 10:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. Sunday-Thursday |
| Style | Phone-in Show Host |
| Country | England, Wales |
Pete Price (born Peter Price, 1946) is a radio personality on Merseyside, UK. He is best known for his Sunday night (10pm-2am) phone in show, "Unzipped", on Radio City 96.7 which is notorious for a plethora of prank calls. Some of these are arguably amusing. Many, however, become too intense for time on the air and are abruptly ended.
Pete also presents a similar phone-in programme, Monday to Thursday (10pm -2am), again on Radio City 96.7. These shows have a different format from his infamous Sunday night show having a topic for discussion in the first two hours followed by the "Peaceful Hour" and finished off with a one hour open phone in. The most popular guests on Pete's show are Tom Slemen, a local author, "Dennis the Chemist" whose pharmaceutical knowledge is "truly astounding", and Jane Sands, a pagan psychic and Tarot Card reader.
Pete was praised for abandoning his midweek show on one occasion in February 2004 to go to the aid of a 13 year old caller who was threatening to kill himself. [1]
In January 2006, Pete's show on sister station Magic 1548 hit the headlines when a regular caller known as "Terry" stopped responding live on air during a debate. After Merseyside Police refused to check on the man's safety, Pete again abandoned the show (music was played after he left the St. John's Beacon studios) to travel to the man's home. Unfortunately, as he arrived, Pete saw an ambulance outside the house. Concerned listeners had already gained entry into the man's home and found that he had died from a suspected heart attack. [2].
Soon after this, he left Magic 1548's weekday phone-in and became host of Radio City 96.7's late night phone-in.
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[edit] Early life
Pete was brought up for the first two years of his life in the city of Kingston upon Hull. His adopted parents Sid Price and Mary Price looked after him in a semi dettached house. Pete had four brothers and two sisters.
In 1948 the family decided to move to Portsmouth.
[edit] Other activities
Pete performs numerous deeds in good stead within society including work for the charity Claire House, as well as performing his own brand of comedy throughout the country. He also appears regularly in Christmas pantomime. He also has a coffee morning for all his fans to meet up and chat face to face.
On September 14, 2006 he started a weekly column in the Liverpool Echo newspaper.
He also hosts a karaoke stint every Friday night at the Rubber Soul in Mathew Street 5-8. His main star is a fellow named Gary, who is a Bono impersonator.
[edit] Catchphrases and trademarks
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- "I'll knock you out!" (knock pronounced [IPA: nɔx]; interjection in his show to show his annoyance at something)
- "(Ya) peasant" to a prank caller or someone stupid who has just rung up.
- He also uses the phrases "prat", "parasite", "low-life", "You're in Cloud cuckoo land", and references of "planet Zog" amongst many others, usually in address to prank callers.
- Shouting at or arguing with drunk or stoned caller(s) (especially if they have contradicted themselves)
- The phrase "Jay (the producer) and I've decided..." (see below)
- "Will yer turn yer friggin' radio down!"
- You vile no mark [[uses this term when someone pisses him off]]
- "Tom I'm ready for my 10 O'Clock anal session!"
[edit] Trivia
- His favourite song is reported to be 'Club Tropicana' by Wham.
- Phil Easton said that during his tenure at Radio City Gold, he was co-presenter of the breakfast show.
- His producer is called Jay Hynd, and responds to emails sent to him. Incidentally, the early morning show is hosted by him, and so is the Peaceful Hour if Pete is away.
- His website forum is managed by a Welsh wrestler called Dafydd
- He is renowned for wearing a Liverpool Echo suit in a New Faces audition, and curiously enough, he now writes for the paper.
- On-air nickname is "Queg".
- On-air nickname is "A. HegHeg".
