LBC listeners have been shocked to activate the radio this morning to listen to James O’Brien’s voice had been changed by colleague Nick Ferrari.
O’Brien presents the favored speak station from 10am and 1pm on weekdays the place he discusses present affairs and responds to phone-ins from listeners.
Nevertheless, he was only a means into his stint this morning when he abruptly introduced he needed to depart for a ‘little bit of a household emergency’ and could be passing on the baton to fellow presenter Nick Ferrari.
James O’Brien within the LBC studios at World in Leicester Sq.. The radio presenter has been working for LBC since 2004
Nick Ferrari pictured leaving World Radio in London in April 2022 with a newspaper in hand. Ferrari has additionally been internet hosting LBC’s breakfast present since 2004
Simply half an hour into his mid-morning present, at 10.32am, O’Brien mentioned: ‘You are listening to James O’Brien on LBC.
‘The headlines are subsequent, after which, in an unscripted improvement on LBC, Nick Ferrari will likely be again with you.
‘I’ve acquired a little bit of an emergency at house which I’ve to take care of. It is nothing that that you must fear about unduly.
‘I totally anticipate to be again tomorrow, however I will not be again on air after the very newest headlines.
‘Nick Ferrari will likely be.’
The famed radio present host mentioned he ‘totally expects’ to be again tomorrow.
LBC’s Nick Ferrari at Breakfast present is often on air between 7am and 10am, after which James O’Brien takes to the mic
Messages from involved viewers instantly poured in after O’Brien’s announcement.
Changing O’Brien for the remainder of the present, Ferrari took to the mic saying: ‘Sure it’s me.
‘Simply to clarify, and we can’t overwork this however James O’Brien has needed to depart for a problem of some kind.
‘I’ll be certain the messages which can be pouring in, my goodness me he is acquired such a trustworthy and dependable and devoted viewers, I am going to strive and ensure James or a minimum of his producers have them so he sees them later.
‘I genuinely do not know what it’s, however clearly, together with you, we and all of LBC ship our greatest needs to James O’Brien with no matter it’s that he has to go and do.
‘So good luck with that sport, and off you go fella do what it’s important to do.’
