Nicola Keig-Shevlin (born 1 January 1965) is a radio presenter who spent the majority of her career working for
Brighton based station
Southern FM (formerly Southern Sound). She presented the weekday breakfast show 'Danny and Nicky in the Morning' with Danny Pike for 19 years. Nicky lives in
Hove
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with her husband
Bob Booker
Robert Booker (born 25 January 1958) is an English former footballer who primarily played as a midfielder but often filled other roles in his later years. Born in Watford, England he started his career at Brentford in 1978 where he spent ten ...
,
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football leag ...
FC's reserve team coach.
In the late 1980s Keig-Shevlin co-presented a late Sunday evening show on Southern FM with
Tommy Boyd
Timothy Leslie Boyd (born 14 December 1952), better known as Tommy Boyd, is a British radio presenter.
Television
From 1977 to 1980, Boyd was co-presenter of the ITV children's magazine programme ''Magpie'' replacing Douglas Rae. In 1981, ...
. The format of the show was phone-in/quiz style with the occasional record thrown in - 'Two Little Boys' by
Rolf Harris
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and 'Narcissus' by
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
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("Hey, you have the same trouble with your trousers I do!" etc.) being two that featured regularly. Each show ended with the playing of "What a Wonderful World" by
Louis Armstrong.
On Monday 9 June 2008, Nicky announced
that she would be 'hanging up her headphones' after an extensive career that has spanned over two decades at the
Southern FM radio station. Her last day on air was Thursday 19 June 2008.
On 19 May 2017 she returned to the airwaves for a special one-off show co-hosting with
Tommy Boyd
Timothy Leslie Boyd (born 14 December 1952), better known as Tommy Boyd, is a British radio presenter.
Television
From 1977 to 1980, Boyd was co-presenter of the ITV children's magazine programme ''Magpie'' replacing Douglas Rae. In 1981, ...
on
Talkradio
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.
References
External links
Southern FM
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1965 births
Living people
British radio personalities
People from Worthing