Ashleigh Whitfield

Ashleigh Whitfield (born 1980) is a British continuity announcer for BBC1 and BBC2, employed by Red Bee Media and based at Broadcast Centre in White City, London.

Whitfield was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and after completing a degree in Media & Cultural Studies at the University of Sunderland, won a competition to become a traffic and travel presenter at Century Radio (now Real Radio, Gateshead) in 2001.

After a brief stint at Trafficlink, Birmingham, Whitfield became the weekend overnight presenter at Metro Radio and then the afternoon drive presenter on Magic 1152 in 2002. She went on to broadcast on the Magic Network across the North before making a move to the Breakfast Show at 103.4 Sun FM in 2004, where she co-hosted for two years along with Simon Grundy.

In 2006, Whitfield became the lunchtime presenter at 103.4 Sun FM and also presented a weekend show at TFM Radio. Other voiceover works included Cineworld Sunderland, Instore Radio Productions (Dalton Park, Furniture to Go and Wynsors World of Shoes) and recording the University of Sunderland podcasts for their website.

In January 2009, Whitfield moved to London to become a continuity announcer for BBC One and BBC Two. She can also occasionally be heard on BBC Three, BBC HD and BBC Four.

In October 2012, Whitfield began presenting her own week day program at My Social Radio.

In September 2013, Whitfield returned to 103.4 Sun FM to present the Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening shows. She also presents the showbiz segments during the station's breakfast show and throughout the day.^[1]

She is also an ambassador for the British Tinnutis Association.

References

↑ http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/ashleigh-whitfield/14/a1b/3bb

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