James Hengist Reeve, born 25 June 1950, is an
English broadcaster, journalist,
raconteur and radio phone-in host. Reeve has hosted shows on
Piccadilly Radio,
BBC GMR
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According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience o ...
(now
BBC Radio Manchester),
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It broadcasts mainly news, sport, Talk show, discussion, interviews and phone-ins, and is on air 24 hours a day. It is the principal BBC radio station Broadca ...
, The New
Hallam FM
Hits Radio South Yorkshire, formerly Hallam FM, is an Independent Local Radio station based in Sheffield, England, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to South Yorkshire and Chesterfiel ...
,
talkSPORT
Talksport (styled as talkSPORT) is a sports radio station in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned by News Broadcasting. Its content includes live coverage of sporting events, interviews with the leading names in sport and entertai ...
,
TEAMtalk 252 stations and, up until July 2006, presented the late night phone-in show at
Key 103
Hits Radio Manchester, formerly Key 103, is an Independent Local Radio station owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Greater Manchester.
As of September 2024, the station has a weekly ...
.
BBC GMR
Reeve joined the Manchester BBC Local radio station
GMR in April 1995, presenting the afternoon show. In April 1998, he rejected an opportunity to join new station
Century Radio to stay with GMR. Just a few months later, he left GMR in controversial circumstances with Reeve claiming he had been unfairly dismissed and had to explain complaints of "gratuitous use of racist language on and off-air."
Career chronology
*Late 1970s-1981
Piccadilly Radio
*February 1986-mid-1994
Piccadilly Radio (Saturday Sport, late night phone-in until 1989 then breakfast show)
*June 1994 -
Fortune 1458
*Mid 1994 - April 1995 - The New Hallam FM (now
Hallam FM
Hits Radio South Yorkshire, formerly Hallam FM, is an Independent Local Radio station based in Sheffield, England, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to South Yorkshire and Chesterfiel ...
) (late night phone-in)
*April 1995-September 1998
GMR (now BBC Radio Manchester)
*1999-2000
TalkSPORT
Talksport (styled as talkSPORT) is a sports radio station in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, owned by News Broadcasting. Its content includes live coverage of sporting events, interviews with the leading names in sport and entertai ...
*2000
105.4 Century Radio (football phone-in show)
*2002
TeamTalk 252
*June 2005-July 2006
Key 103
Hits Radio Manchester, formerly Key 103, is an Independent Local Radio station owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Greater Manchester.
As of September 2024, the station has a weekly ...
(late night phone-in)
*May 2008
106.1 Rock Radio
*September 2008 - May 2009
96.2 The Revolution
Surgery
In July 2006, Reeve had his gall bladder removed at Manchester Royal Infirmary by surgeon Jon Bell, son of the late
Colin Bell, formerly of
Manchester City Football Club and England.
[Manchester Evening News, August 2, 2006, p7]
External links
Long time hillman Gary Burt and assorted James gags circa 2000
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ttp://www.jameshreeve.co.uk Simon Sandiford-Mitchell's JHR siteManchester Evening News article re James' departure from Key103DJ's fight with BBC - Lancashire Evening Telegraph article from 21 Sept 2001
References
British radio personalities
British radio DJs
Living people
People from Prestwich
1950 births
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