Alan Robson

Alan Robson MBE (born 1 October 1955) is an English radio presenter who hosts Alan Robson's Night Owls a widely listened to talk show on Metro Radio and TFM Radio in North East England. He claims that in November 2000 he received a Masters in Exoricsm and Spiritualism at Birkbeck, University of London. ^[1]

Radio

Alan began his media career within radio. He was awarded an MBE for services to broadcasting.^[2]

Past shows

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 long red hair and moustache - which made him quite a distinctive character in public.

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

Metro Radio

Alan Robson's Night Owls debuted in 1983 on Metro Radio and is of a talk radio format. It is one of Britain’s most listened to shows on commercial radio. The show won World's Best Talk Show in the New York Radio Awards. It is broadcast each night from 2200 - 0200 (excluding Friday). The name comes from the fact that his Alma Mater, Birkbeck, has an owl on its emblem and being an evening university, in the night, hence "Night Owls" was born.

From 8 October 2012 the Monday to Thursday broadcasts are simulcast on sister station TFM Radio.^[3]

Television

Robson has presented 14 different television series (such as Robson's People and Robson's Personal Call) for Tyne Tees Television and appears on Living Channel.

He contributes to 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

Alan Robson has written or compiled five books:

• Simply The Best: Geordie Jokes and Stories
• Grisly Trails and Ghostly Tales
• Nightmare on Your Street: More Grisly Trails and Ghostly Tales
• Trimmings from the Triffid's Beard
• The Lives and Loves of a Night Owl

All five books were published between the years 1992 and 1994. The Lives and Loves of a Night Owl is his autobiography.

He is also the editor of one book by the author Wayne Schreiber (Arise A Hero) published in 2011.

Mars One Mission

It was confirmed in March 2015 that Alan is one of the applicants selected for the Mars One mission. Whilst he will not be part of the initial crew deployed, he will be taking part in the expansion missions which are scheduled currently at every two years. Alan will continue to broadcast his Nightowls show and the show will retain its current format after his deployment.

External links

• Nightowls section of the Metro Radio website

References