Angie Greaves (born in London) is a British

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presenter.

Radio career

Greaves started her media career in 1982 as a BBC Administrator at Television Centre. In 1986 she moved to London's

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, where she began working on the radio after being “discovered” by DJ David “Kid” Jensen. She was the first female presenter to join the station and was the only female drivetime DJ on London radio. Greaves went on to produce and present many long running, popular radio shows. She was the first DJ on

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at its launch on 25 June 1990. Between 1992 and 1997, Greaves presented the “Angie Greaves Breakfast Show” on

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, London's first urban radio station. It became the most listened to show in the station's schedule and saw listening figures treble. In 1997, Greaves joined the BBC, presenting “Angie’s Sunday Magazine Show” on BBC London Live and the weekly “Angie Greaves Music Show” for BBC Three Counties Radio. During the

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in Manchester, Greaves moved to the city for six months to present the weekday Drive Time show on BBC Commonwealth Games Radio. Greaves hosted the mid-morning show in the run-up to London's 102.2 Jazz FM's closure in mid-2005 following the departure of previous host

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, presented the lunchtime show on

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and the afternoon slot on LBC 97.3FM until 2 January 2006. From 2006 Greaves presented on Magic 105.4, which featured music, competitions and Angie's Book Club. She also recently filled in on BBC Radio 2's Good Morning Sunday. In 2011, she was featured in the launch video for Sound Women, the network committed to celebrating the achievements and raising the profile of the women who work in the radio and audio industry. In an interview with

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about women in radio she commented, 'It's always baffled me why the majority of listeners to radio are women but they're a minority of presenters.'Why women in radio are starting to talk back
Miranda Sawyer, The Observer, 30 October 2011. In May 2019,

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announced that Greaves will be the host of a new national Drive Time show on the Smooth Radio network. This marked the end of 13 years of presenting on Magic Radio. Her final show for Magic was on 28 June 2019. Her first show on Smooth Radio was on 2 September 2019.

Voiceover work

Greaves has recorded voiceovers for the

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and documentaries on

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, BBC2, Sky TV and

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. She has also recorded commercials for Sunny Delight and Snack-a-Jacks. In 2002, she worked with

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on the BAFTA-nominated series

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to voice the character Maxine The Concrete Mixer.

References

External links

Smooth Drive Home on Smooth RadioAngie Greaves on Smooth RadioAngie Greaves – The voice of Angie GreavesPlan UK, Blog4Girls Meet the judges
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