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Adrian Goldberg
Born
Northfield, Birmingham , England
Alma mater Birmingham University
Known for Journalist and radio presenter

Adrian Goldberg (born in Harborne , Birmingham ) is an English journalist , radio and television presenter . He currently hosts the Byline Times Podcast and The Liquidator Podcast, a West Bromwich Albion fan podcast. [1] [2]

Family background [ edit ]

Adrian is the son of Rudolph Goldberg, a German immigrant who fled from the Nazi regime as a 13-year-old child with his 11-year-old brother Werner, thanks to one of the last Kindertransport arranged by Sir Nicholas Winton . Rudolph Goldberg's parents and other relatives were killed at Auschwitz concentration camp [ citation needed ] during the Holocaust , to whom he later erected a memorial in the Jewish section at Witton Cemetery . After serving in the British Army in the latter part of World War II , in 1950 Rudolph Goldberg married Kitty and had four children: John, Marion, Judith and Adrian. The family latterly settled in Northfield, Birmingham , where Rudolph died in 2012 aged 87. [3]

Career [ edit ]

Goldberg was a presenter of the Breakfast Show on BBC WM . He also presented The Politics Show on BBC TV for the Midlands region, and was a reporter on the BBC TV consumer programme Watchdog . Goldberg continues to write a regular column for the Birmingham Mail . [4]

In 2006, Goldberg resigned from BBC WM, in order to launch The Stirrer , a news and campaigning website for Birmingham and the Black Country , declaring himself to be "on a mission". [5] He also formed production company Kick in the Grass , which produced a documentary about disquiet in the world of football ? Manchester DisUnited . [6] In July 2007, Goldberg was listed at number 41 in the Birmingham Post ' s annual Power 50 of the people they consider the most powerful and influential in the West Midlands . [7]

In August 2008, Goldberg joined talkSPORT and presented the overnight 1   am – 6   am slot from Monday to Thursday. After closing down The Stirrer , [8] [9] he left talkSPORT in September 2010 to present 5 Live Investigates , a current affairs programme for Radio 5 Live . [10] The programme ran until May 2019, with the final episode covering fire risks in tower blocks. [11]

He returned to BBC WM to present a Saturday morning phone-in programme, before taking over Ed Doolan 's BBC WM Monday to Thursday lunch-time shows from September 2011. From February 2012, Goldberg's show moved to the 9   am – midday slot.

He left BBC WM again in September 2014, ostensibly to concentrate on making and contributing to network radio and television programming, having suggested he enjoyed his Radio 5 Live Investigates programmes and making a BBC Radio 4 documentary. [12] He also occasionally reported on BBC News .

In December 2014, it was announced he was returning to BBC WM to present the breakfast show again, from the end of February 2015. [13] He left BBC WM for the final time to date in February 2017, citing other broadcasting commitments. [14]

As of 2022, Goldberg hosts a show on alternative radio station 'Brum Radio' titled Adventures in Music , [15] and a weekly podcast for the Byline Times. [16]

Personal life [ edit ]

Goldberg has a degree in English from Birmingham University . [4] He has three daughters, and is a supporter of West Bromwich Albion Football Club . [17]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "About" . Byline Times . Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
  2. ^ "BYLINE TIMES PODCAST" . shows.acast.com . Retrieved 8 February 2021 .
  3. ^ Neil Elkes (3 December 2012). "Radio presenter Adrian Goldberg pays tribute to dad who fled Nazis ? Birmingham Mail" . birminghammail .
  4. ^ a b "Adrian Goldberg" . BBC . Retrieved 12 February 2012 .
  5. ^ Adrian's vision of a digital future Birmingham Post, 12 June 2006
  6. ^ "Manchester Disunited and Other Football Feuds" . (Midlands Arts Centre) . Retrieved 5 August 2007 .
  7. ^ "No.41 Adrian Goldberg" . Birmingham Post . 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012 . Retrieved 16 October 2008 .
  8. ^ Goldberg announces he is to stop editing The Stirrer , The Stirrer 29 August 2010
  9. ^ Goldberg confirms he has stopped editing The Stirrer , The Stirrer 7 September 2010
  10. ^ Radio 5 Live launches new look to Sunday evenings featuring cream of business, politics and current affairs BBC Press Office 10 August 2010
  11. ^ Tower Block Fire Risks
  12. ^ Graham Young (1 July 2014). "Adrian Goldberg: Why I quit BBC WM morning show ? Birmingham Mail" . birminghammail .
  13. ^ Graham Young (19 December 2014). "Adrian Goldberg returns to BBC WM" . birminghammail .
  14. ^ Birmingham radio host quits and is replaced by former Radio 2 DJ
  15. ^ Adventures in Music with Adrian Goldberg
  16. ^ The Byline Times Podcast with Adrian Goldberg
  17. ^ "Politics Show ? Meet presenter Adrian Goldberg" . BBC News. 2 March 2003 . Retrieved 5 August 2007 .
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