Pete Price
Pete Price | |
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Born | Peter Lloyd Price 25 January 1946 (age 78) Wrexham, Wales |
Occupation | Radio presenter |
Years active | 1967–present |
Website | peteprice |
Peter Lloyd Price (born 25 January 1946) is a British radio presenter best known for his work in
As a comedian, Price was a winner on the ITV talent show
Early life
Peter Lloyd Price was born in
At the age of 15, Price was working as a hairdresser at the weekend while studying cookery at
Radio career
After several years as the cook on a cruise ship, he became a disc jockey for
In April 2009, Price was made an 'Honorary
Current shows
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Price's recent shows were originally broadcast on Magic Radio, until it garnered mass attention following controversies with callers on air. The show was broadcast over Radio City 96.7 and City Talk 105.9 on Sun-Thurs nights. This was until July 2014 when City started to join up with the rest of the Bauer Media stations late night show with Kate Lawler.
Price presented a live phone-in programme which was broadcast on Radio City Talk . Guests have included Dennis the Chemist, and Pheobe, an alleged psychic and Angel Card reader. The programme was one of the most popular night-time talk shows in the UK, with one show recently attracting 19,000 attempted calls.[citation needed]
In May 2020, following the announcement of Radio City Talk's planned closure, it was also confirmed that Price would lose his weekly phone-in programme. Price reacted by saying he was "devastated" by the news.[14]
Notable incidents
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.[15]
In January 2006, Pete's show on sister station
Also in September 2007, an extract from his autobiography was published in the Liverpool Echo, which revealed that Price had abused cocaine, although he "handed himself in" to the police shortly after through shame.[17]
In October 2007, it was reported by the Liverpool Echo that Price had received a "homophobic" death threat via text live on air. The sender was arrested shortly afterwards when police were contacted immediately after the receipt of the threatening text. They also reported that "on another occasion, a man tried to break into Radio City's headquarters, because he had become convinced Price had tried to kill John Lennon"[18]
In January 2008 Pete tried to find his natural father by using the networking skills of an imprisoned Sicilian Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano in the hope that "The Don" can help him trace his dad. His biological mother, upon restoring contact with him, gave him a photograph of his biological father: a Sicilian prisoner of war held near Warrington. Pete himself said that the Mafia "must have the best information network in the world".[19]
Writer
In September 2007, Price released an autobiography (co-written by Adrian Butler), Pete Price: Namedropper topped Liverpool best seller charts within its first few days of sale,[17] and was serialised in the Liverpool Echo.
He often jokes about releasing a second autobiography entitled The Bitch is Back. This autobiography, to be published on the day of his death, he says, would contain a list of all the men he has slept with.[20]
References
- City Talk 105.9. Archived from the originalon 27 August 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
- ^ "Pete Price". Radio City Talk. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "MRS. McCartney's Organic Teas – MRS. McCartney's Teas". Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ Tony Bell, The Independent. I'm gay, and I don't need a psychiatrist, 24 October 1995. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ Brown, Mick (2 February 2004). "Go ahead, caller, I'm listening..." The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 August 2008.[dead link]
- ^ Pete Price (9 April 2008). "Horses and Dogs!". Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
- ^ "Birthday full of surprises". Liverpool Echo. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Pete Price: My state pension has arrived". Liverpool Echo. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Official Deed Poll Registration Form for Pete Price" (PDF). 9 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-905266-41-8
- ^ "Gay Aversion Therapy". BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
- ^ a b Official Biography, archived from the original on 5 July 2009, retrieved 29 August 2008
- ^ "Liverpool's footballing legends among first round of Honorary Scousers". Liverpool Echo. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ "Pete Price 'devastated' as Radio City Talk phone in scrapped". 7 May 2020.
- ^ "Radio DJ 'saves boy's life'", BBC News, 6 February 2004, retrieved 29 August 2008
- ^ "Radio talkshow caller dies on air", BBC News, 6 January 2006, retrieved 29 August 2008
- ^ a b "Pete Price: My cocaine shame", Liverpool Daily Post, 24 September 2007, retrieved 29 August 2008
- ^ Butler, Adrian (20 October 2007), "Man charged over Pete Price death threat", Liverpool Daily Post, retrieved 29 August 2008
- ^ Anderson, Vicky. "Pete Price enlists mafia help to help trace his father". Liverpool Daily Post. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
- ^ Pete Price, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 29 August 2008
External links
- Presenter profile Archived 19 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Pete Price at IMDb