Graeme Smith (radio presenter)
| Graeme Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born |
16 May 1983 Liverpool, England |
| Occupation | Broadcaster |
| Employer |
Bauer Radio Global Radio Current TV |
Graeme Smith is a British broadcaster born in Liverpool, England. He is currently employed by Global Radio, Graeme is a presenter on Capital North West and Wales. He currently hosts the breakfast show alongside Sarah Story. In December 2015 it was announced he and his co-host would be leaving the breakfast show to take over the afternoon drivetime show on Capital Liverpool, to be launched in January 2016.
From 2010 – 2012 he worked as breakfast show presenter and then drivetime host at 97.4 Rock FM based in North West England. He used to host weekend afternoons on Key 103 in Manchester and for over a year was the presenter of Sunday mid mornings at the station.[1][2] For a while he presented the weekday breakfast show "Get up with Graeme Smith" (Monday – Friday 7-10am) on Europe's largest commercial national digital radio station The Hits Radio based in Manchester.
In June 2012 he presented and produced a BBC Five Live special for their Men's Hour show about how Britain's HIV rates had reached epidemic proportions. He also reported in a live segment for the programme in July 2012 from a parish church in Glossop in which a vicar was carrying out a simulation of how a full religious gay wedding would sound.
From 2002–2006 he hosted the drivetime show on Galaxy 105 in Leeds starting out aged 20, it was at Galaxy and on this show in particular that he honed his style on the air. In early 2007 he moved to XFM London where he hosted weekday afternoons and then weekends.[3] In early 2008 he moved to Virgin Radio as a cover presenter and host of weekend nights. He remained a presenter during the transition to Absolute Radio and could be heard hosting some shows until March 2010.
He has also done stints as a Radio DJ at Kerrang Radio, Hallam FM, BRMB where he hosted a weekend show across the Orion Media FM Network and as a news and entertainment commentator and phone in host on London's LBC 97.3 where he hosted several weekend night shift phone in programmes as well as covering the Saturday lunchtime slot. He has also hosted shows syndicated nationally on the Big City Network of commercial radio stations in England..
On 12 March 2007 he started work on Al Gore owned Current TV which had been on air in the US since 2005 and was the second national roll out of the brand around the world. The channel launched in the UK amidst a blaze of media publicity surrounding a unique user generated content proposition and Graeme was the first person to appear on the UK Network at launch as the presenter of Google Current.[4][5] In May 2009 he became host of nightly show Webmash – a live news and entertainment show with heavy viewer involvement. He hosted the show alongside former CBBC presenter Anne Foy. Current TV stopped broadcasting to the UK on 12 March 2012 after a main financial backers BSkyB decided to pull the plug in the UK and Italy. Many commentators believed this was due to the network's owners upsetting NewsCorp with some of its show signings in the US. Sky maintain the decision to axe all international versions of the network was purely commercial.
Graeme left Real Radio in May 2014 and as of 6 May is the new Breakfast presenter on Capital FM North West & Wales alongside Sarah Story.
| Media offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Lucio Buffone |
Galaxy Yorkshire Drivetime presenter 2003–2006 |
Succeeded by Dan O'Connell |
| Preceded by Paul Tonkinson |
XFM London weekday lunchtimes presenter 2007 |
Succeeded by Xu |
| Preceded by Claire Sturgess |
XFM London weekend afternoons presenter 2007–2008 |
Succeeded by Dave Berry |
| Preceded by n/a |
Current TV Google Current presenter 2007–2008 |
Succeeded by n/a |
| Preceded by n/a |
Virgin Radio weekends and stand in DJ 2008–2010 |
Succeeded by Sarah Champion |
| Preceded by n/a |
Current TV Random Play with Graeme presenter 2008–2009 |
Succeeded by n/a |
| Preceded by Adam Catterall |
97.4 Rock FM The Rock FM breakfast show co-host 2010–2011 |
Succeeded by Hywel & Jamie |
| Preceded by Hywel & Jamie |
97.4 Rock FM Go Home Show Presenter 2011 – April 2012 |
Succeeded by Matt Spokes |
| Preceded by James Everton |
The Hits Radio Breakfast Presenter April 2012 – January 2013 |
Succeeded by Darryl Morris[6] |
| Preceded by David Heane |
Real Radio UK Network Evening Presenter March 2014 – April 2014 |
Succeeded by Carl Spencer |
| Preceded by Glen Hunt |
Real Radio North West Breakfast Presenter April 2014–May 2014 |
Succeeded by Joel Ross and Lorna Bancroft (on Heart North West)[7] |
| Preceded by N/A |
Capital North West and Wales Breakfast Presenter May 2014–December 2015 |
Succeeded by Ben Sheppard |
| Preceded by N/A |
Capital Liverpool Drivetime Presenter January 2016–present |
Succeeded by N/A |
References
- ↑ New breakfast show at Rock FM Radio Today
- ↑ Indie radio station network hangs the DJ The Times
- ↑ Axed Capital DJ makes switch to XFM The Guardian
- ↑ The TV channel without programmes BBC News
- ↑ Al Gore brings DIY television revolution to Britain The Guardian
- ↑ New talent and live breakfast for The Hits, Radio Today, 11 February 2013
- ↑ "Joel Ross and Lorna Bancroft to host new-look Heart Radio breakfast show in Manchester". Manchester Evening News. 30 April 2014.
External links
- Graeme Smith on Twitter
- Graeme Smith Official Website
- Webmash TV show online channel Current TV
- The Capital Breakfast Show
