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Clare McDonnell (born 1967) is a
Sony Radio Academy Awards
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winning British
radio
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broadcaster and
presenter
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People
* News presenter, person who presents news during a new ...
.
Career
McDonnell began as a
reporter in local radio in
England
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, and from there moved on to be a radio presenter.
For several years, she presented the Breakfast Show on
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Radio, and many shows on national radio, such as the ''Trade Update'' series on
BBC Radio 1
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, and ''Global'' on
BBC Radio Five Live
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, where she also worked on the ''
Nicky Campbell
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Early life
Campbell wa ...
Show'' as the Euro News presenter.
McDonnell was a television presenter on ''
Liquid News
''Liquid News'' was a daily round up of entertainment news for BBC Three (and before that BBC Choice) running from 30 May 2000 to 1 April 2004. The show was also broadcast weekly on BBC One and internationally on BBC Prime and BBC America.
The p ...
'', an entertainment news show on
BBC One
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and
BBC Three
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.
She was one of the original presenters at the launch of
BBC Radio 6 Music
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in March 2002, starting with a Saturday afternoon show. She later presented the weekend overnight music show on Saturday and Sunday until her final broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music on 28 March 2010.
In January 2010 she started co-presenting the breakfast show with John Warnett on
BBC Radio Kent
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It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at The Great Hall in Tunbridge Wells.
According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of ...
, McDonnell is one of the main presenters for the 05:00–08:00
GMT
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edition of
''Newsday'' on the
BBC World Service. She also regularly appears on BBC Radio 5 Live, co-presenting ''5 Live Breakfast'', ''Weekend Breakfast'' and as a relief presenter for other programmes.
References
External links
*
''5 Live Drive''(BBC Radio 5 Live)
British radio personalities
British radio DJs
BBC Radio 1 presenters
BBC Radio 5 Live presenters
BBC Radio 6 Music presenters
BBC World Service
1967 births
Living people
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