In another innovation for the Arab world, ordinary Arabs can air their views on an array of freewheeling phone-in shows.

Meet the nutty world of phone-in shows, Ms. Bergen.

There are also many talk shows and interactive phone-in shows.

Jon Gaunt then hosted the mid-morning phone-in show, voicing his strong opinions on an unsuspecting public.

They also had a live phone-in show on Saturday mornings.

In his annual phone-in show on Thursday, Putin expressed his contempt for the protesters, saying they were paid to attend.

He also hosted a live phone-in show on the channel every Friday night called 'Butler's Sports Special'.

He first worked for Piccadilly Radio in the mid-1970s, presenting his own late-night phone-in show.

The station broadcasts for 76 hours each week and provides a wide range of programming including all music genres, local news and phone-in shows.

His night-time phone-in show was one of the highest rated programmes on the station.