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Mark Goodier (born 9 June 1961) is a British
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best known for his time on
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between 1987 and 2002. He had two spells presenting the station's Top 40 singles chart, from 1990 to 1992 and from 1995 until 2002. He also had a stint on ''
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'' during 1993. He currently presents the mid-morning show between 10am and 1pm on
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. Goodier has also presented shows on
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, Classic FM, 102.2 Smooth Radio and
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, and appeared on BBC television as a recurring presenter of ''
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'' between 1988 and 1996. Goodier currently presents a morning show on
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England at 10am – 1pm (Mon - Fri) and specialist programmes ''The Smash Hits Chart Show'' (Sundays 5pm - 7pm) on
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England and Scotland. From 30 March 2020, Mark's morning show is simulcasted across England and Scotland from 10am - 1pm.


Early life and career

Goodier was born in
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, Southern Rhodesia. His family moved to
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, Wales shortly after he was born, eventually settling in
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, Scotland, when he was 8 years old. He was educated at
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, in
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. He became a mobile DJ in Edinburgh and then joined a local Free Radio Station (Telstar) where his radio career began. Afterwards he went on to join the local stations
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and
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at the age of 19 taking over the Radio Tay Breakfast Beat from Gerry Quinn After progressing through several jobs at stations in Scotland including Radio Clyde in Glasgow and at
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in the
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, he joined
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in 1987, beginning a 15-year stint with the station, beginning with a two-hour Saturday night show.


BBC Radio 1

Goodier co-presented the
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(with
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and
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(Liz's stand-in), and he quickly progressed to a drivetime slot. He created ''The Evening Session'' and hosted between 1990 and 1993. During this period, he also presented the UK
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chart countdown on Sunday evenings and was also an established host on ''
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'' along with several of his
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colleagues. Many acclaimed bands and artists recorded sessions for Goodier at the BBC's
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, some of which were commercially released. In 1992,
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's "odds-and-sods" release, ''
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'', featured several songs recorded for Goodier's BBC show. The album reached the top 40 on both sides of the Atlantic and achieved Platinum status in America. A further session recording was "Something in the Way", released on the 2011 edition of ''
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''. When
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left ''
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'' in 1993, former
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controller
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approached Steve Wright to take over the slot. Wright said that he would not do so immediately after Mayo, and Bannister asked Goodier to host for four months in late 1993. He then shifted to afternoons, then back to his old drivetime slot in 1995. In the same year, he returned to the chart show after
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left the station. In 1997, Goodier took on a Saturday and Sunday morning slot after quitting daily radio to establish his production company
WiseBuddah
He spent his final two years at Radio 1 only presenting the Top 40 show, before leaving the station entirely in 2002 owing to falling audiences and BBC bosses considering him "too old for the job." Goodier's final show was broadcast on 17 November that year, which also marked the 50th anniversary of the
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.


Career after BBC Radio 1

After permanently leaving
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, Goodier presented the
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-produced ''
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Chart'', which competed with Radio 1's official chart and '' Hit40UK''. The ''Smash Hits Chart'' finished in March 2006, when EMAP also began to broadcast the ''Hit40UK'' chart show across their Big City Network of stations. He also presented the ''Classical Chart'' for Classic FM. On 1 April 2006, his new ''
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Top 40'' shows began on the
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network in
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,
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and
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. Every show reflected sales and airplay for that area. Goodier is featured in
podcast
promoting the ''Top of the Pops'' boxset alongside Miles Leonard, Malcolm McLaren and David Hepworth. In March 2007, Goodier joined the newly relaunched Smooth Radio in London, as presenter of the weekday mid-morning show from 10 am to 1 pm, his first daily show in a decade, and subsequently this show was networked to other Smooth stations and then on the national Smooth service. He left the station in December 2012 to focus on running his Wisebuddah company. Goodier was a frequent stand-in on
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when regular presenters are on leave. From 27 February to 2 July 2016 he presented ''
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'' on a temporary basis following the dismissal of
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, before
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took over as the permanent presenter. In addition, he still is a voiceover artist for
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s which promote new
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-formatted albums, in particular the ''
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'' UK series, of which he has been "the voice" since '' Now 21'' in early 1992, along with the exception of ''Now 95'' in November 2016, where he was temporarily replaced by television presenter
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due to Goodier having suffered a stroke around that time. Goodier has also
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ed the annual
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for two years on Real Radio and Smooth Radio. In June 2012, Goodier joined Spectrum FM, the
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in the
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, to present a weekly Saturday morning show. He is a Fellow of The
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. On 17 November 2016, Goodier suffered a
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aged 55, which prevented him from voicing the official
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adverts for ''Now That's What I Call Music! 95 (UK)'', which were instead voiced by
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. As of November 2020, he has made "an incredible" recovery and is currently broadcasting on Greatest Hits Radio Monday to Friday as well as Sunday.


References


External links

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About WiseBuddah

The Top 10 at 10 with Mark Goodier on Greatest Hits Radio

Mark Goodier on Greatest Hits Radio

Weekend Anthems on Greatest Hits Radio

The Smash Hits Chart Show on Greatest Hits Radio

Profile at MediaUK


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