Plus The Independent on Mondays and Wednesdays

It starts with X m and i e Li e, then the Wrap news round-up on my BlackBerry rom The Guardian. By the time I' e got out o bed, it's the Telegraph, Sun and Mirror, deli ered daily rom Mrs Joshi's Chiswick newsagent. Plus The Independent on Mondays and Wednesdays.Do you consult any media sources during the working day?MediaGuardian and the Indy rather a lot. BBC.co.uk, Sky News i there's an e ol ing story and Broadcast when I see it lying around the o ice. Beggars and choosers.And what were your a ourite T and radio programmes?As a child o the 1980s, it was a lot o American imports such as Dallas, The A-Team, Manimal, Airwol , Chips. And the regional output also had a big appeal to me: Look North, Central T 's I'm Dan Whitehead, and BBC Radio Nottingham in general, and in particular Dennis McCarthy.Describe your job.My current main gig, X m dri etime, in ol es championing new music, getting away a ew bona ide classics, and staples like news and tra el - all o which is interrupted by my own acile opinion and inadequate stabs at humour.What media do you you turn to irst thing in the morning?I turn to a load, and then carry on Hoo ering the remainder up through the rest o the day.

(I' e since ound out that it is.) I also de eloped a bit o an obsession with BBC local radio that has ne er relaxed its grip: I do a piece on my X m show where I ea esdrop on BBC local stations, most recently BBC Radio WM.When you were 15, which newspaper did your amily get, and did you read it?The Daily Mail Yes. I lo ed children's shows like Saturday Superstore and olk like Kenny E erett, who to me was a bit o a bridge between kids' and adults' programmes And it looked like it was a lot o un. What inspired you to embark on a career in the media? I was ascinated by broadcasting rom childhood. The homeless will instead be in ol ed in the distribution o the magazine to o ices..

Richard Bacon, 31, is a ormer Blue Peter presenter who ell rom grace on the ront page o the News o the World. In 1998 the paper reported that he had taken cocaine, and the BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey ga e an on-air apology to CBBC iewers. He sur i ed the scandal, and has gone on to present radio shows on X m, Capital and the BBC, as well as ronting music and entertainment programmes. Last month he returned to X m to present the dri etime slot, split up rom his long-term girl riend, the Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq, and was beaten up in a London pub. "But that meant that the people who were selling it were mo ing on."A period o retrenchment ensued. Bird says that The Big Issue is now in healthy shape, selling between 150,000 and 200,000 copies a week and breaking e en.To celebrate the 15th anni ersary, the magazine will ha e two bumper editions and is undergoing a redesign.