Alan Robson (born 1 October 1955) is an English

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, and host of the North East radio talk show, ''Alan Robson's Night Owls''.

Radio

Robson started his career with

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in Gateshead, presenting his first show on 12 November 1976. Initially, he hosted specialist rock music shows for the station, including ''Bridges'' and ''Hot 'n' Heavy Express'' on Saturday nights. ''Night Owls'' launched shortly after Metro began broadcasting in July 1974, initially presented by

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, then followed by

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, Tony Crosby and Dave Porter, before Robson took over in 1983. ''Alan Robson's Night Owls'' won Robson a gold New York Radio Award for Best Radio Personality in a local market in 2019. In later years, ''Night Owls'' aired from 10pm - 2am from Sunday to Thursday nights. From October 2012, the Monday to Thursday night shows were simulcast on Metro's sister station TFM. ''Night Owls'' aired for the final time on Metro Radio and TFM on 27 June 2019 with a specially extended highlights show. Robson continued with station owners Bauer as host of a weekly Sunday night version of ''Night Owls'' on sister station Greatest Hits Radio North East from August 2019 to the end of April 2022. He claims that in November 2000 he received a master's degree in Exorcism and Spiritualism at Birkbeck, University of London.

Television

Robson has presented 14 different television series (such as ''Robson's People'' and ''Robson's Personal Call'') for

Tyne Tees Television ITV Tyne Tees, previously known as Tyne Tees, Channel 3 North East and Tyne Tees Television, is the ITV television franchise for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire. Tyne Tees launched on 15 January 1959 from studios at a converted ...

and appears on Living Channel. He contributes to '' Scariest Places on Earth'', which is broadcast across parts of the U.S. by ABC. While making the show, he broadcasts his radio show from the haunted locations. He has also appeared on dozens of hit TV shows as an expert on the paranormal, including ''

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'' and appeared in the

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documentary series ''Trouble in Store''.

Books

Alan Robson has written or compiled five books: *''Simply The Best: Geordie Jokes and Stories'' *''Grisly Trails and Ghostly Tales'' *''Nightmare on Your Street: More Grisly Trails and Ghostly Tales'' *''Trimmings from the Triffid's Beard'' *''The Lives and Loves of a Night Owl'' His first five books were published between the years 1992 and 1994. ''The Lives and Loves of a Night Owl'' is his autobiography. He also wrote a book called ''Grisly Trails and Ghostly Tales'', an anthology of

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stories from

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, followed up by a second book the following year. He is also the editor of one book by the author Wayne Schreiber (''Arise A Hero'') published in 2011.

References

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