Shaun William Keaveny (born 14 June 1972) is a British broadcaster who presented the Breakfast Show on radio station

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for 11 years, and the afternoon show for a further 3 years.

Education and early life

Keaveny grew up on the Higher Folds housing estate in

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. He attended St Mary's Catholic High School, Astley and then Trinity and All Saints College in

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Career

Keaveny joined the BBC and presented the weekday afternoon show (Monday-Thursday) and the Friday breakfast show on

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until 2006. Keaveny joined

in 2007 and presented its late evening show until April 2007. He began presenting the BBC 6 Music Breakfast Show on 2 April 2007. He also substitutes for a range of presenters on

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. The show was originally presented by

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, who had hosted the show since the station's inception in March 2002. The show had regular music news updates from presenter

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and Georgie Rogers. Professor Brian Cox was a regular contributor to the show. Keaveny's first book, ''R2D2 lives in Preston'' was published in November 2010. It is a compilation of little known facts relating to various towns throughout the United Kingdom, advised by listeners to his radio show in a feature entitled ''Toast the Nation''. On 16 February 2013, Keaveny took part in the fifth series of ''

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'' as a member of ''Destiny's Dad'' alongside fellow stand up comedians

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and

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. It was announced in August 2018 that Keaveny would move from his weekday BBC 6 Music breakfast show, to the

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weekday afternoon slot in January 2019. Keaveny hosted his final Breakfast Show live from the

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on 14 December 2018 as part of the BBC 6 Music All Day Christmas Party. The Channel 5 series ''

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'' aired in September 2020 was narrated by Keaveny. In June 2021, he announced that he would be leaving 6 Music in September 2021 after 14 years at the station saying "Things change, places change, people change, and it's time for a change." In August 2021 and March 2022, he presented the Saturday teatime show on

covering for

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. His final 6 Music show was on 10 September 2021. After leaving BBC 6 Music he set up Community Garden Radio, an internet service which sees Keaveny broadcast a live show every Friday, and started a podcast called ''Creative Cul De Sac'' about people's unrealised ideas, as well as hosting ''The Line-Up'', discussing guests' dream festivals. In late 2022 he joined

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as a cover presenter and sat in for

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on the mid-morning show from 7th-11th November.

Personal life

Keaveny is married, and a parent to two sons and a daughter.

References

External links

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''Your Place or Mine with Shaun Keaveny''
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