Bob Harris (radio)

Robert Brinley Joseph "Bob" Harris, OBE (born 11 April 1946), known as "'Whispering Bob Harris", is an English music presenter known for being a host of the BBC2 music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test, and as a co-founder of the listings magazine Time Out. Harris currently broadcasts on BBC Radio 2 two nights a week, where his programmes feature mostly American and British rock, country, and occasional folk music from the 1970s to the present.

Harris has been broadcasting on the BBC for over 40 years and has been recognised with the Americana Music Association of America Trailblazer Award, a UK Heritage Award, and a MOJO Medal, as well as his OBE for services to broadcasting.

Harris was credited as the inspiration for The Fast Show character, Louis Balfour, whose catchphrase "nice!" delivered in close up to camera followed universally dreadful modern jazz acts. This closely mirrors Harris' trademark laconic enthusiasm on both Old Grey Whistle Test and his radio shows.

Bob Harris

Bob or Bobby Harris may refer to:

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Bob Harris (baseball)

Robert Arthur Harris (May 1, 1915 in Gillette, Wyoming – August 8, 1989 in North Platte, Nebraska) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1938 to 1942. He was the first Wyoming-born player in Major League history.

He finished in the top-ten in losses three seasons in a row.

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Bob Harris (writer)

Bob Harris (born October 15, 1963) is an American radio commentator, writer, comedian, and former Jeopardy! champion.

Early career

Early in his career, Harris was a stand-up comedian who appeared in numerous comedy clubs, and he has spoken at over 200 colleges.

Harris has written for the TV shows Bones and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, appeared frequently as a debunker of urban legends on the TLC Network program Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed, and provided voiceover work on an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and throughout the This Modern World animated web series and the Torchwood web series Web of Lies. In addition, Harris has contributed to several comic book projects published by Dark Horse Comics, narrated an audiobook on Kosovo by Noam Chomsky, and contributed to National Lampoon, the Chicago Tribune, Paul Krassner's magazine The Realist, and numerous other publications.

From 1998–2002, his daily political commentaries aired on an average of 75 radio stations across the U.S., winning awards from the Los Angeles Press Club and the Associated Press. He was also the morning drive-time host on the Working Assets attempt at explicitly liberal talk radio, RadioForChange.com, and wrote online political columns for Mother Jones magazine.