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Tim Smith (DJ)

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Tim Smith (born 1961 in Swindon ) [1] is an English broadcaster and radio personality in the UK. He is best known as being part of the team for Steve Wright in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 2 . [2]

On 1 July 2022 Wright announced that his afternoon show would end in Autumn 2022, after 23 years. It was also announced that Smith would be leaving BBC Radio 2 , together with Janey Lee Grace . [3]

Career [ edit ]

Smith started out on university radio whilst studying in York. [2] From 1984 he worked for several stations including BBC Radio York and BBC Radio Shropshire . On 1 April 1989, after a short stint with BBC WM , Tim joined BBC Radio 1 to present the weekend early show from 5 to 7   am. [4] He presented Top of the Pops on only one occasion alongside Anthea Turner . [2] During the 1990s he presented on BBC Radio London , presenting the Picture Show that was nominated for a Sony Award . He also presented the breakfast show on Magic 105.8 and Jazz FM . [1] He joined BBC Radio 2 in 1999 as a co-presenter on Steve Wright in the Afternoon , as part of the team with Janey Lee Grace and the "old woman" Joyce Frost. [2] [5] During his time on the show, he has interviewed a number of celebrities, and alongside Wright, co-interviewed the Prime Minister , Tony Blair . [2] He is well known on the show for reading out lists of trivial information known as "factoids". [6]

He also presented his own show on BBC Radio Oxford on Saturday mornings until April 2019. [7] Tim is a keen golfer, and regularly presents a podcast on the sport with BBC journalist Rob Nothman and comedian Patrick Kielty . [8] [9] He has also co-presented online coverage of the Wimbledon Championships and the 2000 Open Golf Championship in St Andrews . [2] In 2018, he presented an episode of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip with Janey Lee Grace. [10]

Smith has provided podcasts for UK companies including Jaguar Land Rover , Diageo , Network Rail , BT , UK Power Networks and McVitie's . [11]

In April 2023, Smith returned to radio with Jazz FM presenting bank holiday programmes. [12]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b "Tim Smith" . BBC Radio 2 : Steve Wright in the Afternoon . Retrieved 11 August 2020 .
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Steve Wright in the Afternoon - Tim Smith - BBC Radio 2" . BBC . Retrieved 29 December 2017 .
  3. ^ "BBC Radio 2 Autumn Schedule Changes" . www.bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 26 August 2022 .
  4. ^ "BBC Radio 1 England - 1 April 1989 - BBC Genome" . genome.ch.bbc.co.uk .
  5. ^ "Steve Wright show's Old Woman passes away" . Radio Today . November 2016 . Retrieved 11 August 2020 .
  6. ^ Starkey, Guy (2013). Radio in Context . Macmillan International Higher Education. p. 61. ISBN   978-1-137-30224-3 .
  7. ^ "BBC Radio Oxford - Tim Smith" . BBC.
  8. ^ "Tim Smith's Golf Talk" . Apple Podcasts . Retrieved 11 August 2020 .
  9. ^ "Golf Talk" . Premium Audio . Retrieved 11 August 2020 .
  10. ^ "Celebrity Antiques Road Trip" . BBC Two . 9 December 2019 . Retrieved 12 August 2020 .
  11. ^ "Riva Media | Tim Smith" . riva-media . Retrieved 28 January 2024 .
  12. ^ "Danielle Perry and Tim Smith to join Jazz FM" . Jazz FM . Retrieved 3 April 2023 .

External links [ edit ]

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