Nick Ferrari
Nick Ferrari hosts the weekday Nick Ferrari Breakfast Programme on LBC radio in London.
Nick Ferrari's father ran a news agency, Ferrari Press Agency, whose employees included a young Kelvin MacKenzie.
After leaving college, Nick Ferrari started his career in the media on the Kentish Independent.
In 1981 he transferred to national press when he moved to the Sunday Mirror. Ferrari then became editor of The Sun's celeb gossip column, Bizarre, and Editor of the News of the World's magazine, Sunday.
After a spell as Assistant Editor of the Daily Mirror, Nick Ferrari switched from press to broadcast media.
His executive roles included launch Editor of Sky News, and Director of Programmes for Live TV.
On air, Ferrari presented with Talk Radio but when the station transformed into TalkSport he moved on to LBC. Intially, in 2001, he did not have his own slot, but in the end he made the important breakfast slot his own.
Nick Ferrari is often referred to as outspoken. When Ferrari was criticised by the Broadcasts Standards Commision, for encouraging racism against asylum seekers, LBC told the BSC its programme was designed to be provocative.
The Mayor of London, a post which Ferrari at one stage declared himself interested in running for, Ken Livingstone chipped in saying:
"Nick Ferrari has built a reputation on controversy and argument, but LBC must also have regard for the interests of our city and the rights of the people who live here. Mr Ferrari specialises in the US-style 'shock-jock' format and it seems on this occasion that he strayed beyond the boundary of acceptability ..."
Nick Ferrari has also regularly appeared on TV, most notably as a pundit on Richard & Judy.