Adrian Goldberg (born in Harborne, Birmingham) is an English

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and

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. He currently hosts the ''

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Podcast'' and ''The Liquidator Podcast,'' a West Bromwich Albion fan podcast.

Family background

Adrian is the son of Rudolph Goldberg, a German immigrant who fled from the

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regime as a 13-year-old child with his 11-year-old brother Werner, thanks to one of the last

Kindertransport The ''Kindertransport'' (German for "children's transport") was an organised rescue effort of children (but not their parents) from Nazi-controlled territory that took place during the nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World ...

arranged by

Sir Nicholas Winton Sir Nicholas George Winton (born Wertheim; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British humanitarian who helped to rescue children who were at risk of being murdered by Nazi Germany. Born to German-Jewish parents who had emigrated to Britain at ...

. Rudolph Goldberg's parents and other relatives were killed at

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during

the Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...

, to whom he later erected a memorial in the Jewish section at

Witton Cemetery Witton Cemetery (), which opened in Witton in 1863 as Birmingham City Cemetery, is the largest cemetery in Birmingham, England. Covering an area of , it once had three chapels; however, two of these were demolished in 1980. The cemetery would ...

. After serving in the

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in the latter part of

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, in 1950 Rudolph Goldberg married Kitty and had four children: John, Marion, Judith and Adrian. The family latterly settled in

Northfield, Birmingham Northfield is a residential area in outer south Birmingham, England, and near the boundary with Worcestershire. It is also a council constituency, managed by its own district committee. The constituency includes the wards of Kings Norton, Longb ...

, where Rudolph died in 2012 aged 87.

Career

Goldberg was a presenter of the ''Breakfast Show'' on

BBC WM BBC Radio WM is the BBC's local radio station serving the West Midlands. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at The Mailbox in Birmingham. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 236,000 lis ...

. He also presented ''

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'' on

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for the Midlands region, and was a reporter on the BBC TV consumer programme ''

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''. Goldberg continues to write a regular column for the ''

Birmingham Mail The ''Birmingham Mail'' (branded the ''Black Country Mail'' in the Black Country) is a tabloid newspaper based in Birmingham, England but distributed around Birmingham, the Black Country, and Solihull and parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire ...

''. In 2006, Goldberg resigned from BBC WM, in order to launch ''The Stirrer'', a news and campaigning website for Birmingham and the

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, declaring himself to be "on a mission".Adrian's vision of a digital future
Birmingham Post, 12 June 2006 He also formed production company ''Kick in the Grass'', which produced a documentary about disquiet in the world of football – ''Manchester DisUnited''. In July 2007, Goldberg was listed at number 41 in the ''

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s annual Power 50 of the people they consider the most powerful and influential in the

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. In August 2008, Goldberg joined talkSPORT and presented the overnight 1am6am slot from Monday to Thursday. After closing down ''The Stirrer'',Goldberg announces he is to stop editing The Stirrer
The Stirrer 29 August 2010Goldberg confirms he has stopped editing The Stirrer
The Stirrer 7 September 2010 he left talkSPORT in September 2010 to present ''5 Live Investigates'', a current affairs programme for

Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcast ...

. The programme ran until May 2019, with the final episode covering fire risks in tower blocks. He returned to BBC WM to present a Saturday morning phone-in programme, before taking over

Ed Doolan Edwin Myer Doolan MBE (20 July 1941 – 16 January 2018) was an Australian born naturalised British radio presenter who was a veteran of Birmingham's first commercial radio station BRMB, and subsequently the BBC. At the BBC he presented a week ...

's BBC WM Monday to Thursday lunch-time shows from September 2011. From February 2012, Goldberg's show moved to the 9ammidday slot. He left BBC WM again in September 2014, ostensibly to concentrate on making and contributing to network radio and television programming, having suggested he enjoyed his ''Radio 5 Live Investigates'' programmes and making a

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documentary. He also occasionally reported on

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. In December 2014, it was announced he was returning to BBC WM to present the breakfast show again, from the end of February 2015. He left BBC WM for the final time to date in February 2017, citing other broadcasting commitments. As of 2022, Goldberg hosts a show on alternative radio station 'Brum Radio' titled ''Adventures in Music'', and a weekly podcast for the Byline Times.

Personal life

Goldberg has a degree in English from

Birmingham University , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

. He has three daughters, and is a supporter of

West Bromwich Albion Football Club West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has p ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldberg, Adrian Living people English Jews English people of German-Jewish descent Alumni of the University of Birmingham English radio presenters BBC Radio 5 Live presenters 1961 births