Elliott Webb (born 15 April 1971 in

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) is an English radio presenter.

Early career

Webb started his career in 1989 at

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in Worcester where he presented the evening show. From there he briefly presented the late night show at

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in Gloucester and then moved to MFM 103.4 to present evenings again. In 1991 he moved to Bradford to work at the newly re-launched Pulse of West Yorkshire. He hosted various shows until he took over presenting duties for Breakfast with co-host Debbie Lindley until his departure in 1996. More early starts followed with his move to

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in Bristol which had recently been acquired by

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. As part of a major revamp for the station Webb hosted the Breakfast Show with Sally Bailey until March 1997.

BRMB

In April 1997 Webb moved to

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, Birmingham to present the evening show and provide holiday cover for the then Breakfast host,

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. It was during one of these cover periods in 1999 that Webb hosted the notorious Two Strangers and a Wedding contest where couples competed to win the chance to marry a complete stranger. Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were the chosen couple who tied the knot having met only minutes before. The contest received condemnation from many but generated worldwide publicity for the station. It was later the subject of two networked

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documentaries and acres of press coverage. Webb eventually took over the Breakfast Show full-time following the departure of Les Ross in 2002. After twelve years, Webb was axed from BRMB in October 2009 following the purchase of the station by new owners

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Hit40UK & 95.8 Capital FM

In 2003 Webb covered presenting duties for the nationally broadcast chart show Hit40UK. He has also presented the Capital FM produced and networked weekly entertainment show Seven and the Capital FM weekend Breakfast Show.

Current Radio Work

Since leaving BRMB, Webb has been working as a freelance presenter for a variety of BBC and commercial stations. Regular shows include weekday mid-mornings on

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and Sunday afternoon on

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. He also covers shows on

BBC WM BBC Radio WM is the BBC's local radio station serving the West Midlands. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at The Mailbox in Birmingham. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 236,000 lis ...

BBC Radio Shropshire BBC Radio Shropshire is the BBC's local radio station serving Shropshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Boscobel Drive in Shrewsbury. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 61,00 ...

and

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire BBC CWR (Coventry & Warwickshire Radio) is the BBC's local radio station serving Coventry and Warwickshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Priory Place in Coventry city centre. According to RAJAR, t ...

. From 3 November 2014, Webb hosts the breakfast show full-time with Toni McDonald following the departure of

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on BBC Hereford and Worcester.

Television

Webb has presented and contributed to a wide variety of TV shows throughout his career. These include regional news bulletins for Yorkshire Television's

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, “Two Strangers and a Wedding” documentaries for ITV, “The Home Health Show” for Discovery Home and Health, “The Last Word” for ITV Central and the weekly studio debate show “Central Extra” also for ITV Central.

Flaps Podcast

Along with former BRMB producer Mark Newman, Webb is a presenter and producer of the award-winning Flaps Podcast which discusses topics of interest to private and general aviation pilots. He is also a holder of a

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(lapsed).

Awards

*2011 Sony Radio Awards - Best Internet Programme - Bronze *2007 Sony Radio Awards - The Interactive Programme Award - Silver * 2006 GCap Media Awards - Best Interactive Bit * 2005 New York Radio Festival - Best Music/Personality Show - Silver * 2005 New York Radio Festival - Best Comedy/Humour Personality - Bronze
NY Awards

References

External links

elliottwebb.co.uk

Flaps Podcast
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