Amy Voce is an English broadcaster, formerly of

Gem 106 Gem is an Independent Local Radio station based in Nottingham, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to the East Midlands. As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 318,000 listen ...

and currently broadcasting on

Virgin Radio UK Virgin Radio UK is a national Hot Adult Contemporary radio station in the United Kingdom that launched on 30 March 2016, owned by Wireless Group which is itself a subsidiary of News Corp. It is the second incarnation of Virgin Radio in the UK: t ...

and its sister station Virgin Radio Chilled. Voce is best known for her on-air work with

Sam Pinkham Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictional ...

, presenting the ''Sam and Amy'' breakfast show on

(formerly Heart East Midlands) for eleven years. The programme won two Gold

Radio Academy Awards The Radio Academy Awards, started in 1983, were the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. For most of their existence, they were run by ZAFER Associates, but in latter years were brought under the control of The Radio Academy ...

(2013 & 2014), Gold at the 2015 Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards and Silver at the 2016 ARIAS. The duo have also presented cover shows for

BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. ...

and

Magic Magic or Magick most commonly refers to: * Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces * Ceremonial magic, encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic * Magical thinking, the belief that unrela ...

. Originally from

Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ...

, Voce attended

Beauchamp College The Beauchamp College ( ) is a coeducational secondary school and further education community college, in Oadby, a town on the outskirts of Leicester, England. It is situated on the southern edge of the built-up area of Oadby on the same campu ...

and

Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as a new university in 1992, although its roots go back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design, w ...

, began her radio career as a traffic reporter, before progressing to drivetime and weekend breakfast shows for Heart East Midlands (now Gem 106) and in 2006, the flagship weekday breakfast show. On television, Voce has presented specials for

Chilled TV NOW Rock is an British free-to-air music television channel, focusing exclusively on playing Rock music music for 10 months of the year (with NOW Xmas being a temporary rebrand between November–December). The channel launched on 27 December 2022. ...

and Now Music TV. From August 2015 to September 2017, the 'Sam and Amy' show for Gem 106 was simulcast live on local television channel

Notts TV Notts TV is a British commercial local television channel which broadcasts to the City of Nottingham and the surrounding areas. Notts TV launched on 27 May 2014 on Freeview channel 8 followed by Virgin channel 159. In July 2015, the channel also ...

. Away from broadcasting, Voce is also an events host and has written for publications including Reveal Magazine and Sound Women UK. She also co-presents a podcast, ''Two Non Blondes'', alongside

Hits Radio Network Hits Radio is a network of 25 contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK. As of October 2022, the network has a combined reach of 6.6 million weekly listeners according to RAJAR. Overvie ...

presenter Jennie Longdon. On 29 September 2017, Voce and Pinkham left Gem 106 to join national DAB station

to present its weekday breakfast show between Monday 2 October 2017 and 18 January 2019.Sam and Amy to do Virgin Radio breakfast
Radio Today, 14 September 2017 She currently presents late night and weekend breakfast shows on the station and shows on its sister station Virgin Radio Chilled.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Voce, Amy Living people English radio presenters British radio personalities People from Leicester Virgin Radio (UK) 1982 births