Alex Cann

Alex presents the Tameside Radio morning show.

He's partial to a bubble bath, a lot of trips to the cinema, and is also a bit of a politics geek.

He's a great knowledge of chart music from across the decades, and presented on many different UK radio stations for the last 21 years, but most of all loves being a big part of the Tameside Radio team.

His favourite dessert is tiramisu, and his wife has the same birthday as him, a fact she is not a fan of.

You can hear Alex on Tameside Radio every weekday between 6am and 11am.

You can also follow Alex on twitter @alexbcann

 

HERE ARE SOME ALEX'S PREVIOUS SHOWS:

• Alex's Weekly Bog - 12th September

  Things move rapidly in the world of music, and it's increasingly difficult for artists to make a living in the streaming age, due to the incredibly miniscule amounts they are paid. Realistically, the most an artist can earn from a Spotify stream is $0.003, which doesn't add up to a living wage.

• Alex Weekly Blog - 5th September

  Stress can have all sorts of effects on us, seen and unseen. A new study by HR software provider Ciphr out this week revealed that most people feel stressed at least once a month (86%), with almost a quarter telling pollsters they are stressed on more days than they are not

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 29th August

  In August 2009, Oasis played their final gigs together before a long hiatus, which ended with a tour announcement thi week. Tickets are going on sale this weekend, and it feels like Taylor Swift mania for the over-40s Or Christmas Day if you're Dave Sweetmore.

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 22nd August

  I'm a bit of a chart geek, and luckily I can channel some of this energy into deciding which songs we play on Tameside Radio each week. It's been a Sabrina Carpenter dominated summer so far, with added Charli XCX and Taylor Swift. Bands are largely nowhere to be seen, with Billie Eilish and Myles Smith also performing well in the upper echelons of the hit parade.

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 15th August

  On Jack and Cam's show this week on Tameside Radio, we are talking wedding first dance songs. I was a mobile DJ for the best part of 20 years, and it's definitely brought back some mixed memories. I have to say it might look like the easiest job in the world to spin a few records at a wedding (or press play on a laptop, these days), but it really isn't!

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 8th August

  When was the last time you ventured down your local high street? Admittedly, the timing of a new report by the Federation of Small Businesses is unfortunate, given the ugly scenes which have played out in towns and cities dotted around the UK.

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 1st August

  A recent documentary on Sky made for chilling viewing, as it sought to explain the timeline that gave Andrew Tate a platform. "Doom Scroll: Andrew Tate and the Dark Side of the Internet" took us through the history of social media's exponential rise, and how the law simply hasn't kept up with it.

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 25th July

  I remember it well. The first queue for an ice cream van since lockdown, in a park in Yeadon, snaking around the corner and seeming to go on forever! Mind you, it was fantastic to be allowed to buy a '99' again after the restrictions had been lifted. Sometimes, it's the little things in life.

• Alex's Weekly Blog - 18th July

  Kindness is something we like to talk about, but how many of us actually practice it? I've seen a few signs that have made me smile on my travels in the last week. One was in a pub last weekend, which proclaimed the venue has a "positive vibes only" policy and moaners are barred.

• Alex Cann's Weekly Blog - 9th July

  As you may have gathered by now, I like to spend a lot of time in a dark room watching films. Some pretty worrying news emerged last week that Cineworld is reviewing its portfolio of cinemas, and some reports suggested they could be looking to close up to a quarter of them in a bid to cut costs.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 12th September

  I decided to catch up on the original Beetlejuice last week, and realised I'd somehow never seen it! A shocking omission, I confess, but I really enjoyed the 1988 classic. You can find it on Amazon Prime Video.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 5th September

  Aliens and artificial intelligence are on the menu this week. To our first offering, and AfrAId has a title as dodgy as the end product, unfortunately. I would like to commend whoeever put the trailer together, though, as it actually made it look enticing.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 29th August

  Would you hop on a plane and fly to a tropical paradise with someone you'd just met at a cocktail party? Blink Twice is best viewed not knowing much about the plot, and for once the trailer didn't give away all the best bits, as so often seems to happen nowadays.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 22nd August

  First this week, a word about cinema etiquette. Our enjoyment of the 15th anniversary 3D screening of Coraline this week was lessened by a group of goons sitting behind us. They spent most of the movie talking, kicking our seats, and rustling their bags of sweets as loudly as humanly possible. Ridiculous.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 15th August

  I often go to the cinema at strange times, so it was a surprise to see a packed screen for Twisters on Tuesday night. Mrs C gave it five stars, and I don't disagree with that. It stood up to a second viewing very well. Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell spark off each other well.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 8th August

  By the time you read this, I will definitely have watched Deadpool, and promise a verdict next week. Sorry! In the meantime, I have two thoroughly enjoyable movies to bring to you this week.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 1st August

  Confession time...I haven't been to the cinema this week. I did breathe a sigh of relief though when Cineworld revealed a much smaller list of closures than Sky News had reported, although I obviously feel for the six teams who are affected by their announcement.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 25th July

  The original Twister starred Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt as intrepid storm chasers, and if you forgive the pun, it took the box office by storm back in 1996.The new incarnation stars Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos.

• Alex's Weekly Film Blog - 18th July

  A hush descended over the cinema car park on Sunday evening. As I parked up and headed for some popcorn, the only sound was a wisp of wind blowing a crisp packet around, and I quickly realised I was alone. Was I in a zombie movie? Had I arrived during the night in error?

• Alex Cann's Weekly Film Blog - 9th July

  This week's offerings feature one of the best films I've seen in years, and one of the worst I've ever sat through. There's the bad - In A Violent Nature and the surprisgly good -in A Quiet Place