History
Nick Abbot was born 22 August 1960, and was educated at George Heriot's School, Edinburgh and Brunel University in Uxbridge where he gained an Upper second-class degree in psychology. Abbot's career began as a Virgin Megastore DJ. Beforehand however, Abbot presented student radio at Brunel University's radio station, known as Radio Brunel.
In early 1987, he joined Radio Luxembourg to present an overnight talk show. The show later became a phone in, and eventually a 'straight to air' format was settled upon, where calls would be taken unscreened. This format quickly became a hit with listeners. At the time, the absence of the delay system to supposedly 'dump' bad language resulted in callers saying swear words just before they were cut off. It is believed that Abbot was one of the first (if not the first) to take calls straight to air, and LBC colleague Iain Lee has often confessed that he stole some of his act from Nick (as well as Clive Bull and Tommy Boyd), perhaps hinting he got the inspiration for his "Triple M" show from Nick Abbot in addition to Boyd's "Human Zoo" show.
Later in October 1988, Abbot launched the new BBC service for London BBC GLR. He presented the breakfast show for a year, however his contract was not renewed. He then returned to VMR, where he stayed until 1993.
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