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Nathan Morley (born 14 January 1974) is an investigative journalist, television news anchor, and newspaper columnist based in
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and
Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...
. He is best known to international audiences for his live radio broadcasts on Talksport,
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and the
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to the United Kingdom. He is also a familiar voice to worldwide listeners for his
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and
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reports.


Eurovision Song Contest

A high-profile TV and media campaign announced he had been appointed the English language
Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
2009 radio commentator for the Cypriot state broadcaster,
CyBC Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ( gr, Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου , tr, Kıbrıs Radyo Yayın Kurumu), or CyBC (ΡΙΚ, KRYK), is Cyprus' public broadcasting service. It transmits island-wide on four radio and two domestic ...
. The commentary in English marked a first for a non-English language
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member. He also hosted national radio commentary the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Eurovision Song Contest..


Broadcasting

His recent notable interviews include former US President
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, Archbishop
Desmond Tutu Desmond Mpilo Tutu (7 October 193126 December 2021) was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop ...
, Greek Prime Minister
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,
Tassos Papadopoulos Efstathios "Tassos" Nikolaou Papadopoulos ( el, Ευστάθιος (Τάσσος) Νικολάου Παπαδόπουλος; 7 January 1934 – 12 December 2008) was a Cypriot politician and barrister who served as the fifth president of Cyp ...
,
Glafkos Klerides Glafcos Ioannou Clerides ( el, Γλαύκος Ιωάννου Κληρίδης; 24 April 1919 – 15 November 2013) was a Cypriot politician and barrister who served as the fourth president of Cyprus from 1993 to 2003. At the time of his death, h ...
,
George Vassiliou Giorgos Vasos Vassiliou ( el, Γιώργος Βασιλείου; born 20 May 1931) is a Cypriot politician who served as the third president of Cyprus from 1988 to 1993. He was also the founder and leader of the Cypriot United Democrats party (E ...
,
Terry Waite Terence Hardy Waite (born 31 May 1939) is an English humanitarian and author. Waite was the Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs for the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in the 1980s. As an envoy for the Church of England, he ...
, Sir David Hannay,
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,
Mehmet Ali Talat Mehmet Ali Talat (born 6 July 1952) is a Turkish Cypriot politician who served as the president of Northern Cyprus from 2005 to 2010. Talat was the leader of the social democratic Republican Turkish Party ( tr, Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi, CTP) ...
,
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,
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and
Rauf Denktaş Rauf Raif Denktaş (27 January 1924 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish Cypriot politician, barrister and jurist who served as the founding president of Northern Cyprus. He occupied this position as the president of the Turkish Republic of North ...
. He took leave from daily radio in 2003 and was based in the Middle East where he collaborated with such notables as the late
Tareq Ayyoub Tareq Ayyoub ( ar, طارق أيوب, Ṭāriq ‘Ayyūb, also Romanized ''Tareq Ayoub'', ''Tariq Ayoub'', ''Tarek Ayoub'', ''Tarik Ayub'', 1968 - 8 April 2003) was an Arab television reporter of Palestinian nationality, employed by Al Jazeera, and ...
who was killed by US gunfire, during the
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of 2003. A vast library of his interviews are housed at the
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in London.


Television and Radio

Morley is a national radio and television presenter with
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ( gr, Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου , tr, Kıbrıs Radyo Yayın Kurumu), or CyBC (ΡΙΚ, KRYK), is Cyprus' public broadcasting service. It transmits island-wide on four radio and two domestic ...
(PIK/CyBC), where he presents the Weekend Evening News on television and a weekday radio programme on CyBC Radio 2 called 'Round and About' which includes news interviews, interspersed with music and comments from listeners. His weekly nostalgia programme Nicosia Calling on Radio 2 features the greatest songs and performances from Hollywood, Broadway and Tin Pan Alley and includes live weekly interviews with notables including
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,
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,
Martha Reeves Martha Rose Reeves (born July 18, 1941) is an American R&B and pop singer. She is the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas which scored over a dozen hit singles, including " Come and Get These Memories", " Nowhere to R ...
,
Cleo Laine Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth (born Clementine Dinah Bullock; 28 October 1927)Max Bygraves Walter William Bygraves (16 October 1922 – 31 August 2012), best known by the stage name Max Bygraves (adopted in honour of Max Miller), was an English comedian, singer, actor and variety performer. He appeared on his own television shows, s ...
and other entertainers from the last century. He is the only
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personality to have maintained a weekly uninterrupted live feature, which has broadcast continuously over 10 years at 5.30 on Thursday mornings, making it the longest running live slot since the station's launch in 1973. In addition to domestic television, he reports for the international German TV and radio network
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(DWTV). He is one of the main presenters on Home and Travel TV on Sky Digital in the United Kingdom, where he hosts several travel related programmes and
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. Morley is the Cyprus
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for the
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,
Vatican Radio Vatican Radio ( it, Radio Vaticana; la, Statio Radiophonica Vaticana) is the official broadcasting service of Vatican City. Established in 1931 by Guglielmo Marconi, today its programs are offered in 47 languages, and are sent out on short wave, ...
and
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Radio Austria (Radioprogramme des Österreichischen Rundfunks). During the 2003 US invasion of Iraq he was a presenter with the
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(reporting from the Iraqi border), co-hosting and reporting for all of the networks news programs. The USA Radio Network coverage won a prestigious Katie Award in 2004, and Morley anchored several US national news shows which were transmitted live across the USA. He has also been heard reporting for the network radio division of
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from
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,
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,
Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
and
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. Morley has been a regular voice on
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radio in London since 2001, where he joins
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on Thursday mornings; he also reports for other LBC programmes. In late 2006 he joined Talksport as a reporter on the night time show with Ian Collins. During the mid-1990s he was regular voice on
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's Capital FM breakfast news filing stories from Cyprus and the Middle East. He broadcasts a weekly segment on
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called ''Euro News'', from the BBC studios in Cyprus, with Phil Kennedy.


Family

Morley is the son-in law of the former Finland national team star goal keeper Lars Nasman and grandson of
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ...
supporters' club chairman Bernard Morley.


Awards

Morley was awarded the New York Festival's Silver World Medal award for broadcasting in 2001 at a ceremony in
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in New York. He was presented with the gong by broadcaster Cousin Brucie from WABC. He also won the IPAR award in Italy for his presentation of ''The World This Week'' in 2005.


Newspapers

*Morley is a feature writer and journalist at the leading English language daily
Cyprus Mail The ''Cyprus Mail'' is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. Established in 1945, it is published every day except Monday, and most of the local articles are available on its website. History With the demise of the '' ...
newspaper. He writes a weekly column for the Cyprus Observer newspaper. He is an occasional writer for the
Daily Express The ''Daily Express'' is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet i ...
in the United Kingdom. He also writes for the Brussels-based political newspape
New Europe


Trivia

* He is the long – running American voiced daily compere on the
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breakfast show on
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in London. *He was a trainee with
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, the
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in Germany in 1989. *As a teenager he spent time as a presenter on the
Voice of Peace Voice of Peace ( he, קול השלום, ''Kol HaShalom'') was an offshore radio station that broadcast in the Middle East for 20 years from the former Dutch cargo vessel ''MV Peace'' (formally ''MV Cito''), anchored off the Israeli coast i ...
radio station in
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, where he presented ''Twilight Time'' and ''The Classical Music Programme''.


External links


Official twitter account

Nathan Morley- New Europe

Morley to do Eurovision – Cyprus Mail

LBC 97.3



CyBC Eurovision clip from YouTube

Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation

VOA Report







BBC Newsround 2002 report

USA Radio Network
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