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| The Angriest Man in Britain: Mike Dickin Tribute to Mike Dickin 1943-2006 It was announced on Tuesday 19th December 2006 that talkSPORT’s late night weekend presenter and former Capital, LBC and BBC Radio 4 presenter Mike Dickin passed away in a road traffic accident near his home in Bodmin in Cornwall. Dickin began his broadcasting career in 1970 with the BBC as the first presenter on-air at BBC Radio Oxford. Prior to this, he started off as a musician as a bass player and singer. In 1997, Dickin moved to Australia where he worked for 2UE, Sydney’s largest radio station. When he returned to the UK, he spent 17 years working for BBC Radio 4, LBC and Capital Radio in London. Dickin was also an award-winning presenter having won a Gold Rose Award in New York for his coverage of the Lockerbie Bombing disaster. In recent years, he was the presenter on Talk Radio in the late 1990s on the 1:00am- 6:00am slot and was also on-air when the death of Princess Diana broke. Dickin returned to the airwaves with talkSPORT in 2000 filling-in for James Whale during his battle with kidney cancer. Shortly after, he was appointed as the new presenter of the mid-morning phone-in following Derek Hatton’s departure from the station. In 2004, he swapped with Ian Collins on the schedule and moved to weekend evenings between 10:00am-1:00am. In addition to broadcasting, Dickin boasted a passion for motoring motor sport and music. He wrote for a variety of magazines about cars and animals, and got much of his knowledge from his farm near Bodmin in Cornwall. Also a keen sportsman, Dickin he was a Hellenic League footballer playing for Abingdon United and also had a trial with Headington in the season before they became Oxford United. He also played cricket for Abingdon as well, and rugby for Oxford. Tennis, Cricket, Golf, Fly Fishing and Shooting were his more recent sporting passions as a participant, but Horse Racing and Motor Sport took up most of his time as a spectator. For pure relaxation, sailing and narrow boating were also Dickin’s favourites, accompanied by music by Joe Cocker, Status Quo, ELO, ZZ Top, Dire Straits and Elkie Brooks. He also spent plenty of his leisure time in France where he had property and was also considering retiring across the English Channel when he hung up his headphones. Fellow talkSPORT presenter James Whale kicked-off the tributes to his friend and colleague following the announcement made by Robyn Schonhofer during the news bulletin on the Hawksbee & Jacobs show at 2:00pm. Whale, who paid tribute to Dickin on Thursday 21st December 2006, described him as the “original grumpy old man” and that “radio will never be the same again”. talkSPORT's Alan Brazil also paid tribute: “This is devastating news, I knew him well and although I hadn’t seen him for a long time I liked him a lot. He was a genuine radio legend and I'll really miss him', whilst Mike Parry said: “Mike was a very very powerful influence on my broadcasting life. He had a huge intellect and could not be beaten in debate. He was one the best and it will be years before we discover another of his calibre”. Charlie Wolf said that Dickin was the ultimate professional: 'Mike was a consummate professional and somebody I looked up to as a colleague and a friend" and Mike Mendoza, who worked with him at LBC as well as talkSPORT said: "I have known him for fourteen years as a collegue. I have always admired him and over the last year it has been a pleasure following him at the weekends on talkSPORT. He will be sadly missed." Mike Dickin, who lived for most of his life in Bodmin, Cornwall, was an award-winning broadcaster and worked for a number of radio stations in his career including; BBC Radio Oxford, LBC, Capital Radio, BBC Radio 4, Talk Radio and talkSPORT. He left behind his wife Karen and five children. The Angriest Man in Britain: Mike Dickin Tribute to Mike Dickin 1943-2006 December 2006 |