Alex Lester @alexthedarklord. Alex and his fellow After Midnight host Janice Long were told that their time on the station was coming to and end, and live overnights were to be replaced by repeats. Later that year he took a "magical retirement" to a cabin by Lake Pasquaney owned by Evangeline Adams. "Its the best time of the day" says the Dark Lord. Alex Lester's cartoonist Clive Goddard with EP and Clive's wife Amy Amani-Goddard. @alexthedarklord on Twitter. For days he has been teasing his followers with the idea that he had a #newshoe to announce. Picture: Alex Lester/Twitter . I fear a big mistake is being made here. Alex plays your requests alongside his hand-picked tunes on BBC Radio WM. With a healthy year, the Cardinals still hope that Reyes will pitch out of the rotation in 2022. Now 60, Alex joined Radio Birmingham in 1977 before it changed its name to Radio WM and then BBC WM, moving to Radio 2 in 1987 and becoming a fixture for truckers and other night shift workers. The Age notices and Death Notices for Melbourne Victoria area . Jason is survived by his wife of 26 years, Regan (Davis) Kirchner of Masontown; a daughter, Misty Lester and husband, Brent of Hubert, NC; two grandchildren, Mariana Lester and Alex Lester; mother in law, Maggie Lanaghan Dongelewicz and husband, John of Ponte Verde, FL; father in law, Greg Davis and wife, Phyllis of Westminster, MD; two brothers, Alan Kirchner and Scott Kirchner, both of Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. There was outrage when the BBC cut live overnight shows on Radio 2 last year Alex Lester and Janice Long were the nighttime equivalents of Ken Bruce and Steve Wright but now a new overnight show is back. https://www.wilde-life.com/index.php/radio-tv/2001/alex-lester After cutting out all fast and processed food I dropped 80+ pounds and have kept it off since. Functional exercise is what I love most. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. Janice said a tearful goodbye last week and will work on a two four-part music series for Radio 2 due for broadcast later this year. BBC Radio 2 issued a statement saying: Radio 2 has had to make extremely tough decisions to reduce programming costs in order to make savings in line with the rest of the BBC. We decided to shape up our diet and in return, I shaped up too. Once the #newshoe had been revealed, @FatScottie tweeted back: 'The cat's out the bag. Your cheerful voice kept me sane through many many nights after the death of my husband. Add in the turnips and spices. Radio 2's loss suddenly seems to be BBC WM's gain after Adrian announced live on air on February 28 that he was quitting the breakfast show after two years to try to spend more time with his family while developing his burgeoning career with national channels 5 Live and Radio 4. Find Alex Lester for free! Alex Lester is a Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist working in the Kenney Orthopedics Carmel location. Aleian Lift services, +2 more. I suffer from ill health causing many sleepless nights. Now my days are spent running, biking, swimming, hiking, and traveling. Listen to our exclusive interview with Alex, recorded just after the news of his departure was made public: Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now. To which @alexthedarklord replied: 'If you can bring me an unbranded white plastic bag of scratchings and locate a Kershaw's Supercockle vendor you may be in with a chance!'. Alex Lester: The Movie Radio 2 dispatches the A team after Alex Lester gets stuck in a kettle. A funny, talented radio professional who knows his medium and knows his audience. He has five children: Ken, Janice, Corrine, Alex Jr. and Lenny, 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Alex Lester will be the new BBC WM breakfast host from March 20, 2017. Hey there, Im excited for you to be here! Youd have thought that someone in management might have invited Alex for a farewell drink, popped in to the studio to shake his hand, or, at the very least, dropped him a quick email to say thank you for everything he has done for the station for three decades.. After being the voice of Radio 2s weekday overnight/early-morning programme from 1990 until 2014, he hosted the long weekend Friday to Sunday show from midnight to 3am until the end of January this year. Thank f*ck for that. Jann Richards tweeted: 'Looking forward to it. can you cope with all that daylight? Alex has been presenting Breakfast for almost two years, having started in They - we - will miss you in the dark hours my friend. His wife is from South Carolia United States, who has recently celebrated her 33 rd birthday in 2017. This gallery is from. Something went wrong, please try again later. She said: No-one in Radio 2s management team has seen fit to offer even the smallest word of thanks to Alex for 30 years of making BBC Radio 2 distinctive, informative, and entertaining during the hours of the night, albeit when none of them were awake, or bothered enough, to notice. 371 talking about this. Upcoming episodes of Saturday night with Alex Lester. I feel like I have lost a good friend of 40 years standing. Might have to get that Black Country accent back, last heard in 1969.'. Elaine at Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park 2013. These beautiful parks and open-air spaces have takeaway kiosks and cafe so you can enjoy a cuppa and chat with much missed friends. Standards, pops and classics from the popular organ and keyboard world. ', Darren Clarke @chippiemint added: 'Congratulations o dark one. Comments here do not represent the views of the BBC. "Its the best time of the day" says the Dark Lord. Alex Lester Gel on Nostrils Chris comes to work with his wife's keys! Explore Life Stories, Offer Condolences & Send Flowers. We're 100% free for everything! There are no upcoming broadcasts of this programme However, my story goes like mosts. He only has 16 hours to make it back to his studio just across the road. Dark Lord Alex Lester inducts Sara Cox. Find Lester Greer online. Harry Redknapp's wife has revealed her relief over his return to club management. There are currently no available episodes. The song was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British If you've never tried presenting a Genealogy for Thomas Mastin Lester (1795 - 1876) family tree on Geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. The biggest hit from the album, "Too Close", peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart and number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Alex and his fellow After Midnight host Janice Long were told that their time on the station was coming to and end, and live overnights were to be replaced by repeats. Welcome home.looking forward to early morning shenanigans. Daily Mail . Sadly, funeral restricted to family only please, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Sarah Mary Kennedy MBE (born 8 July 1950) is a retired British TV and radio broadcaster.She presented her daily early morning radio show, The Dawn Patrol, on BBC Radio 2 from 1993 to 2010. View the profiles of people named Lester Alex. Congratulations Alex welcome home!'. View All Details. 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Alex Lester Alex presents his weekday programme on BBC Radio 2 between 02:00 and 05:00. To celebrate Alex Lester's 26th year on BBC Radio 2 here is a handy guide to 'The Dark Lord' and his nocturnal world. He calls himself Alex The Darklord on Twitter and loves nothing better than coining new phrases and descriptions of other people and things. But we need to be super sure you aren't a robot. Really annoyed you've been axed - obviously not bland, inane and conforming enough for today's radio 2, where you have to have a massive ego and/or be unable to string an intelligent sentence together. Yes, sir. And it is for a growing army of night time people and 'halflings' - those whose wakeful periods coincide with some, if not all of the show. Alex Lester, host of After Midnight, had worked at Radio 2 for three decades when his show was dropped, along with all of the station's live overnight programmes. I thought Alex sounded great, said Adrian, who hopes one day to return to BBC WM. You can unsubscribe at any time. we're still here. Lester remembers his 18th well - it was for this birthday that Oliver Reed bought him a rather unusual present. Before the big reveal, @FatScottie tweeted him to ask: 'Do we get a sneak preview of your big announcement if we happen to hail from Worsul?'. Dawn E Poirier, Eric Thomas Lester, Mark C Lester, Pauline K Lester, Raymond W Lester, Scott R Lester. There he befriended Ananda Coomaraswamy and his wife Alice Richardson; Crowley and Richardson performed sex magic in April 1916, following which she became pregnant and then miscarried.