Caesar the Geezer
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Chris Ryder aka Caesar the Geezer (b. 9 November 1958) is a British radio personality of Greek descent, best known for his claims that he could heal listeners over the radio. He worked on Kiss FM.
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[edit] Early career
[edit] Invicta FM
Known at this stage as Caesar the Boogie Man, he orchestrated some ambitious practical jokes during his time at Invicta Radio.
He used characters in his 9-1am slot including :
Barry Bethell was 'Basil the Butler', Ian Collins was 'The Yob', and Bobby Prior was 'Venus'. Paul Wilson was 'Baby Bubbles' Scott was 'Arnold The Alien' Kevin was 'Zeus'
His job with Invicta FM was terminated in 1991 over criminal charges related to theft from charity. He was ultimately found not guilty on these charges, but was convicted of intent to defraud.
[edit] Essex Radio
He joined Essex Radio where he presented a competing night time show to the one he had left at Invicta.
[edit] Kiss 100
He later moved onto Kiss 100 hosting the early breakfast show.
[edit] Talk Radio UK
He joined Talk Radio UK for its launch in February 1995 where he became known as a shock jock. He presented the weeknight (Mondays-Fridays) phone in between 22:00 and 01:00. He was joined on some Friday evenings by football agent Eric Hall and lawyer Gary Jacobs. He regularly combined his programme with a similar American show presented by Tom Leykis, alternating between UK and US callers.
He orchestrated some ambitious practical jokes during his time at Talk Radio. Whilst standing in on the night shift, he built up the premise that an asteroid was about to hit the moon, creating a bright light. It would only be safe to look at the light by wearing sunglasses.
He was fired from Talk Radio in September 1995, along with fellow controversial presenter Terry Christian. After this he started doing voice links for UK porn TV station, The Adult Channel; and presented a programme called "Caesar's Rude Arena" for Television-X.
[edit] 87.9 SFM
Caesar is now with a group campaigning to get a full time commercial radio station for the Swale (Sittingbourne, Sheppey & Faversham) area of Kent, 87.9 SFM. Check out their website www.sfmforswale.com ([1]) for more details.
