Tim smith radio 2 biography of rory
Tim Smith (DJ)
English broadcaster and radio personality
For other people named Tim Smith, see Tim Smith (disambiguation).
Tim Smith (born in Swindon)[1] is an English broadcaster and radio personality in the UK. He is best known as being part of the team for Steve Wright in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 2.[2]
On 1 July Wright announced that his afternoon show would end in Autumn , after 23 years.
Tim smith radio 2 biography of rory Learn how and when to remove these messages. Wikiwand for Firefox. He also presented many other programmes on the network. BBC Two.It was also announced that Smith would be leaving BBC Radio 2, together with Janey Lee Grace.[3]
Career
Smith started out on university radio whilst studying in York.[2] From he worked for several stations including BBC Radio York and BBC Radio Shropshire.
On 1 April , after a short stint with BBC WM, Tim joined BBC Radio 1 to present a new weekend early show to coincide with the station starting its day at the earlier time of 5&#;am.[4] He presented Top of the Pops on one occasion, alongside Anthea Turner.[2] He is also noted for succeeding Paul Burnett as the host of the BBC World Service Top 20 as part of its "Multitrack" programs heard in the late s and early s.
During the s he presented on BBC Radio London, hosting the Picture Show, which was nominated for a Sony Award. He also presented the breakfast show on Magic and Jazz FM.[1] He joined BBC Radio 2 in as a co-presenter on Steve Wright in the Afternoon, as part of the team with Janey Lee Grace and the "old woman" Joyce Frost.[2][5] During his time on the show, he has interviewed a number of celebrities and, alongside Wright, co-interviewed the Prime Minister, Tony Blair.[2] He is well known on the show for reading out lists of trivial information known as "factoids".[6] He also presented his own show on BBC Radio Oxford on Saturday mornings until April [7]
Tim is a keen golfer, and regularly presents a podcast on the sport with BBC journalist Rob Nothman and comedian Patrick Kielty.[8][9] He has also co-presented online coverage of the Wimbledon Championships and the Open Golf Championship in St Andrews.[2] In , he presented an episode of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip with Janey Lee Grace.[10]
Smith has provided podcasts for UK companies including Jaguar Land Rover, Diageo, Network Rail, BT, UK Power Networks and McVitie's.[11]
In April , Smith returned to radio with Jazz FM presenting bank holiday programmes.[12]