Paul Salt is an English radio and television presenter, best known for his work on

BBC Radio Merseyside BBC Radio Merseyside is the BBC's local radio station serving Merseyside, North and West Cheshire and West Lancashire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds, from studios on Hanover Street in Liverpool. According to RAJAR, t ...

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

, England.

Personal life

Salt grew up in Stafford and lives in

, England. He is married and has two children.

Career

Salt began working in radio at the age of 17 in which he joined

Signal Radio Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire, formerly Signal 1, is an Independent Local Radio station owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to North Staffordshire and South Cheshire. As of Septe ...

as a Saturday sports production assistant at the age of 17. In 1991, he joined Liverpool's Radio City in 1991, later becoming deputy news editor, then

Century FM Century Radio was the brand name of a group of Independent Local Radio stations in England. The brand was developed with the launch of 100-102 Century Radio in North East England in 1994, with John Myers as managing director and John Simons as ...

in 2005, winning a Sony award for his breakfast show. Salt has freelanced for

BBC World Service The BBC World Service is a British Public broadcasting, public service broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC. It is the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of reception area, language selection and audience reach. It broadcas ...

and

BBC Radio Stoke BBC Radio Stoke is the BBC's local radio station serving Staffordshire and South Cheshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, Freeview and via BBC Sounds from studios in the Hanley area of Stoke-on-Trent. According to RAJAR, the station has a week ...

. In 2012, he joined

and has presented various programmes on the station On 10 August 2023, Salt presented his final breakfast show, announcing that he would be moving to weekends to present a sport programme on the station. On television, Salt is a regular contributor for Liverpool FCs LFCTV.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salt, Paul Living people Year of birth missing (living people) BBC radio presenters English television presenters