Chris Hawkins
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Chris Hawkins (born September 23, 1975, in Loppington, North Shropshire, England) is a presenter, performance DJ, reporter, journalist, producer, and music pundit.
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[edit] Career
Starting his radio career on BBC Radio Shropshire, he went on to BBC Radio Nottingham.
He has worked for the BBC World Service doing the UK Album Chart Show and the UK Top 20, presented a daily show on GLR 94.9 (BBC London 94.9) for over two years, Talk Radio UK as a reporter and producer, BBC London Live, Real Radio, American College Radio, and Jazz FM in London.
Chris is the presenter of the BBC 6 Music overnight and early breakfast radio show,(occasionally covering drive and afternoons) assuming additional duties on BBC Radio 2 and TV quite frequently, as well as presenting shows on Classic Gold Radio. He used to co-present a radio talk show with the psychic, Becky Walsh, on Friday nights, on LBC 97.3 FM radio. Chris also had his own show on LBC 97.3 on Saturday afternoons.
Being also a live performance DJ, he has worked large events in the United Kingdom and on the European continent.
As a music journalist, he has written a regular music column for London magazines, including the music review section of Angel magazine in London.
[edit] Personal history
Chris did his university studies at the University of Nottingham, and spent some time at Middlebury College in the United States as an exchange student. Also, as a school boy at Ellesmere College in Ellesmere, Shropshire, he spent some time at the Tabor Academy, in the United States, on an English-Speaking Union scholarship.
Chris is married to meteorologist, GMTV presenter, and producer, Clare Nasir, and is an Ambassador [1] for the The Prince's Trust.
Chris's life-long phobia of fruit and vegetables was the topic of a 2008 edition of BBC Three's Freaky Eaters.
[edit] Trivia
- The first song Chris ever played on the radio was "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel. [1]
[edit] Notes
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Chris Hawkins at BBC 6 Music
- Chris Hawkins at Classic Gold Radio
- Chris Hawkins Official Home on the Web
- Old Ellesmerian Club article on Chris Hawkins - June 2005, p.19
- Chris Hawkins music review column at Angel magazine
- The Psychic Show with Becky Walsh and Chris Hawkins on LBC 97.3 FM and Becky Walsh's show website
