Radio: The X Factor; Having won a licence to broadcast in Manchester, can Xfm cope with the imminent loss of star presenter Christian O'Connell?(Features)

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: August 15, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Ciar Byrne

Being a DJ is a bit like sticking your head in a bucket of sick. If you thought about it, you wouldn't do it.' I am sitting in on Xfm's lunchtime request show and presenter Iain Baker, a former member of the Eighties band Jesus Jones, is letting me in on the secrets of his art.

Baker is typical of Xfm DJs. He is the bloke " or lass " you might meet down the pub: into their music, but without boring you to death with the nerdy detail.

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