'Controversial
 National  Radio & TV
Presenter
Producer
Journalist'
Daily Mail 2010
       
Rod Lucas is one of the most written about and talked about Talk Radio hosts in the UK. His talk & phone in programmes are legendry dating back to the 1970's.  
     

Rod has over 35 years professional broadcast experience. He's a National and International Radio & TV broadcaster/Journalist. He has extensive experience in both presentation and production roles.
 

Stations include, BBC National radio including BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio Radio 5, TalkSport,  CBC Radio & TV News (Canada), Invicta FM, LBC, Metro Radio, BBC Kent, and many others. He's a Sony Radio award winner and broadcasts on various stations in the UK & Spain. Rod spends the year between living in the UK, Spain and Southern Ireland, his favourite places. He has a young family & leads a small creative team at Lucas Media (UK).


 Rod Lucas continues to coach new upcoming talent in Radio & TV presentation also Voice Overs. His record of getting new talent recognised and into the business is impressive. He's finally been persuaded to act as a personal Agent and has set up a Presenter Agency for a select number of Radio Presenters, Voice Artists and TV Presenters. Below some of Rod's current activates.

 

 

  
       
  Our British radio training offers simply the best broadcast training. See why we're the UK's No1 broadcast radio trainers. Just look at our constant success of getting students into professional radio broadcasting jobs, with radio trainer Rod Lucas. No other radio training courses have this success. Go to TheRadioSchool.com from quality training from Rod Lucas  
       
  Telly Faces creates TV presenter showreel demos for people who want to break into TV presentation or who have a TV idea they want to demonstrate in video form. Unless you're spotted on a TV talent show, the only real way of breaking into TV presenting is to make a TV Presenter showreel demo for sending to TV stations and production houses. 

TellyFaces.com for TV Presenter Training and Showreel

  
       
  Rod's new baby Talk Radio Spain. Already broadcasting in Almeria, it's set for increased coverage of Spain. No music, just great talk about anything. It's Talk Radio in Europe.  
       
  Our voice over training is ideal for career changers and those who wish to make money from their voice part time. Read and listen to what people say about our voice-over training and see why we're the best in the UK and why people recommend voice guru Rod Lucas. We operate a Personal Payment Plan which enables you to pay for your voice course in instalments leading up to your booked voice over course date. Call for a chat voice over guru with Rod Lucas. VoiceOverCourses.com  
       
  Broadcast News provides 24 hour British breaking news reports to world broadcasters from the UK. News as it happens and ready to air at any time length. Broadcast News supplies Radio and TV stations around the globe with UK news events.

See Rod's Broadcast News Agency running for 25 years

  
       
  Sunshine FM is another new station Rod Lucas & his team is setting up in Europe. This brand will play mellow tunes in Spain, Malta and Greece. The station joins the family of Sun Radio FM, Fusion Radio, Horizon & Solar Radio FM Albox Spain 92.8fm playing Soul hits.  
       
  Horizon Radio a new station test broadcasting to Almeria & Murcia in Spain. We'll be broadcasting to the thousands of British expats living in land and on the the coast. Our programmes feature music of all kinds for all age groups, plenty of chart and oldies with album tracks too.  
       
  Lucas Media was formed in 1973 and since then we've been providing quality programming content and services for all forms of broadcast media in the UK and Global Entertainment companies too.

Our services and products include the creation of jingles and imaging for radio & TV, broadcast news agency services, artist management for presenters and performers, promotion & publicists for deejays, voice over productions, original programme content for radio, TV and internet. Our quality productions are aired all over the world.

  


L a t e s t   N e w s   f r o m   R o d   L u c a s ......
 
 
  Rod Lucas's Spanish Networked Sunday Lunchtime show for 2010. Across Costa Blanca to Almeria. Valencia to Benidorm, Javea to Mojacar. Fun, chat, music, phone-ins and BIG competitions. Along the east coast of Spain. 12 noon 2pm (Spanish time) 11am til 1pm (UK).

Listen on Coast FM 105.7fm/90.3fm/96.3fm.
Also heard on Valley Radio 98.8fm & 89.6fm (Coastal).

Rod Lucas programme phone in numbers:

Spain: 34 968 970 589 :: UK: 0207 193 8809 :: USA: 917 267 8809
 
 
  Rod Lucas is back on Solar Radio UK (SKY TV 0129) playing Soul across Europe and in Spain (Albox, Almeria 92.8 fm). Check out times here. Classic & 21st century soul.
     

Rod Lucas agreement with The Academy of Broadcasting in India. This collaboration with the biggest Broadcasting Academy across India will mean our British Radio School will be actively involved in one of the most exciting new radio markets in the world. Radio in India has had massive growth in the last year. Our Broadcast Training will assist in getting even more people into radio presenting and production. I'm looking forward to launching some new radio stations in India too." See more here.

 

 

NEW ROD LUCAS  "LIVE" RADIO RODCASTS & TV U STREAM.TV SHOWS
 
  When time allows, Rod Lucas will present various RADIO RODCASTS programmes. These will vary from very frank and outspoken Talk shows & phone ins to music formats like his other passion Soul and R&B/Smooth Jazz. Whenever the mood takes him you'll hear Rod "live" and uncut ! These occasional RODCASTS will only be available on Rod Lucas.com.

See below for times of the RODCASTS. During programmes you can phone in or Skype Rod. All "live" shows will be recorded and available as RODCASTS too.


See TV screen left for "LIVE" TV RODCASTS. .

 

 

 

Rod is the MD and founder of the Lucas Media Group who have interests in TV & Radio production, Broadcast News, Artist Management, Jingles and DJs. Rod Lucas is also the co-founder of The Radio School & Voice-Over-Courses.com. Rod owns Solar Radio FM (Spain 92.8 FM) Talk Radio Spain, Sunshine FM, Sun Radio (Malta) and Horizon Radio (Spain). He's the Training Director of The Broadcast Academy India.

Lucas Media also run the following brands Telly Faces, Lucas Films London, Broadcast News (UK news agency) and Mix DJs which manages and represents 250 UK and USA deejays/artists world-wide. Lucas Multi Media invests in new media across Europe & Asia. Rod Lucas continues to be a freelance radio host in the UK and various stations across the world. (Rod Lucas left May 2010).
In the the 80's along with Steve Wright, Rod Lucas pioneered the "zoo format" of zany programming with audience participation. His shows at BBC Radio Kent and Invicta Radio were radical for the time and very "upfront" in their format.

His was the first programme in the UK to be recognised and branded as alternative popular radio. His format has been used by National radio and local radio ever since, including Chris Moyles & Chris Evans. Lucas's early success at  BBC Radio Medway and Radio Kent were due to a few key BBC managers who allowed Rod to develop radical programming techniques and styles.

"The BBC gave me the opportunity to create powerful and creative programmes in a unique freestyle way. Special thanks to BBC management at the time". Rod later developed the zoo format for various popular commercial stations across the UK and has won a number of National broadcast awards and nominations for his presentation skills and production creativeness.
   
"Also in my early broadcast years special thanks to the late Tommy Vance for letting me take over his BBC Radio 1 chart show each week:-) Simon Bates, Steve Wright, Tony Blackburn, Colin Berry and David Hamilton for playing my jingle productions on BBC Radio 1 and 2 each day. When you're 19 that means a lot."
     
In 1985 Rod Lucas  left the BBC and was asked to join the management team at Invicta Radio (Heart FM commercial radio) as Promotions Manager, Senior Presenter and Night Talk Show host. After Rod joined the station, it started to become popular and quickly gained large audiences. Rod took the station to the audience with massive outside broadcasts and promotions. He mastered the strategy of building the brand name making it the most listened to station in the area. During Rod's time with Invicta he helped a number of new deejays move on and up. He assisted Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong develop his radio career too. Pete went on to front BBC Radio 1's popular night programme "The Essential Selection" .  

Rod also has extensive production experience in British and North American TV. His TV career path has seen him as a studio manager, sound supervisor, film editor and Network Director/Producer. In the last 15 years he's also produced and directed in news working with TV reporters and presenters. He's produced and directed for BBC National, SKY TV and indie TV production houses. Rod has been dedicated to broadcasting since 14 years old when he did his first BBC radio programme.

In the 90's Rod Lucas worked as a staff  Network Producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC TV &  Radio). He produced & directed News, Documentary & Lifestyle programmes, from London and mainland Europe for broadcast across North America.  He's an ace at working 1 to 1 with TV reporters and directing action driven reports. He's a Director of Lucas Films, London UK.

 
   

 

 
Rod Lucas has worked for BBC Radio 1 (Producer, Jingles & Promos), BBC Radio 2 (promos), BBC Radio 5 (Presenter), BBC Talks and Drama, BBC Radio Medway, (phone in host) BBC Radio Kent, BBC 1 TV announcer & trailers, ITV South presenter, AKA Advertising, WPP, Invicta FM, Metro FM, Radio Orwell, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, (CBC  TV & Radio , Producer), KABC 790AM talk show host (Los Angeles) Fusion Radio (London), Trust Radio FM (Spain) Valle Radio (Spain) Exite FM (Spain) Fresh FM Spain ,Solar Radio (London) TKOFM (Spain) ., LBC Talk Radio, TalkSport (National Talk Radio). (Phone in host - freelance). Talk Radio Spain, Sunshine FM, Solar Radio FM (Spain).