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| Pete Price | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Lloyd-Price |
| Career | |
| Show | Pete Price |
| Station | Radio City 96.7 |
| Time slot | 10:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. Monday-Thursday |
| Show | Pete Price Unzipped |
| Station | Radio City 96.7 |
| Time slot | 10:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. Sunday, Bank Holiday Monday |
| Style | Phone-in Show Host |
| Country | England, Wales |
| Website | www.radiocity.co.uk / www.peteprice.com |
Pete Price (born Peter Price, 1946) is a radio personality on Merseyside, UK. He is best known for his Sunday night (10pm-2am) phone in show, "Unzipped", on Radio City 96.7 which is notorious for a plethora of prank calls. Some of these are arguably amusing. Many, however, become too profane for time on the air and are abruptly ended.
Pete also presents a similar phone-in programme, Monday to Thursday (10pm -2am), again on Radio City 96.7. These shows have a different format from his infamous Sunday night show having a topic for discussion in the first two hours followed by the "Peaceful Hour" and finished off with a one-hour open phone-in. The most popular guests on Pete's show are Tom Slemen, a local author who also happens to be Pete's long-term partner, "Dennis the Chemist" whose pharmaceutical knowledge is "truly astounding", and Jane Sands, a pagan psychic and Tarot Card reader.
Pete's final hour of open forum has undergone changes and disscusion between Pete, Jay and their boss, Richard. These have set up Tuesday night's "News from Hollywood" and Thursday's "Soaps with Pat". An extra hour of Peaceful Hour has been suggested along with extending the topical dissusion by an hour and delaying the Peaceful Hour.
Jay Hynd, the producer of Peter's show is also Peters son from a previous marriage(not confirmed). This was before Pete "came out" and whenever asked to confirm this on air Pete abruptly ends the call. They are known to go out clubbing after the show. After one show in January 2007 Pete commented that Jay was going to join him in Garlands where they would "bash it out".
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. However, during the phone in on April 23, 2007 on the subject of 'Crying Wolf', the now-16-year-old boy phoned in and during his call admitted he had made up much of his plight as a cry for help.
In January 2006, Pete's show on sister station Magic 1548 hit the headlines when a regular caller known as "Terry" stopped responding live on air during a debate. After Merseyside Police refused to check on the man's safety, Pete again abandoned the show (music was played after he left the St. John's Beacon studios) to travel to the man's home. Unfortunately, as he arrived, Pete saw an ambulance outside the house. Concerned listeners had already gained entry into the man's home and found that he had died from a suspected heart attack. .
Soon after this, the Monday-Thursday show left Magic 1548 and was moved to Radio City 96.7's late night phone-in. This is how it used to be a long time ago.
Criticism
There are some callers who criticise Pete for allegedly being an egomaniac, think he lacks intelligence, and believe he uses immoral tactics on his show to curb dissent such as the use of the 10 second time delay. Others state that he is often un-open to opinions different to his own, also others say that on many arguments he actually goes full circle and ends up agreeing with ther person who he is arguing with but still argues!
Pete is also often criticised for plugging his other interests, such as his karaoke night, coffee mornings and Liverpool Echo column.
At the 2005 UEFA Champion's League Final in Istanbul, Turkey, Liverpool FC supporters displayed an infamous and humorous banner bearing the slogan 'Pete Price Is A Cunt'. The banner was devised when a group of supporters asked a crowded pub the question "Who is the biggest cunt in Liverpool?", and the agreed answer was none other than Pete Price. The banner was again displayed at the 2007 UEFA Champion's League Final in Athens, Greece.
Pete once remarked that he had to have a police patrol at his mansion penthouse suite on New Brighton waterfront. The front of his house has a huge banner with the words "save New Brighton" in bold red letters.
Early life
Pete was born in the Wallis and Futuna Islands and brought up for the first two years of his life in the city of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. His adopted parents Sid and Mary Price looked after him in a semi-detached house. Pete had four brothers and two sisters. In 1948 the family decided to move to Portsmouth, Hampshire but soon after his parents divorced.
In his late teens, Pete decided to go backpacking around the world and spent roughly two years traveling in Europe, Asia and Africa. Pete's backpacking adventures only came to an end when he was held hostage for a month in Sierra Leone and during this time contracted amoebic dysentery. Following this traumatic period in his life, Pete returned home to the UK to recuperate and ponder upon his future plans. It was during this time that Pete finally came to an acceptance of his sexuality.
Other activities
Pete performs numerous deeds for the charity Claire House (one of which opening their restored Shotton charity shop), as well as performing his own brand of comedy throughout the country. He also appears regularly in Christmas pantomime. He also has a coffee morning for all his fans to meet up and chat face to face.
On September 14, 2006 he started a weekly column in the Liverpool Echo newspaper.
He also hosts a karaoke stint every Friday night at the Rubber Soul in Mathew Street, Liverpool, from 5pm-8pm.
In 2003 Pete appeared as himself in the local comedy stageplay Slappers and Slapheads
Pete recently finished writing his autobiography. Entitled 'Namedropper', the book details Pete's childhood, his celebrity encounters, his struggle with his sexuality, his radio and acting career, and much more. Namedropper will be published in late 2007.