Clare McDonnell (born 1967) is a
Sony Radio Academy Awards winning British
radio broadcaster and
presenter.
Career
McDonnell began as a
reporter
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in local radio in
England, and from there moved on to be a radio presenter.
For several years, she presented the Breakfast Show on
BBC GLR Radio, and many shows on national radio, such as the ''Trade Update'' series on
BBC Radio 1, and ''Global'' on
BBC Radio Five Live, where she also worked on the ''
Nicky Campbell Show'' as the Euro News presenter.
McDonnell was a television presenter on ''
Liquid News'', an entertainment news show on
BBC One and
BBC Three.
She was one of the original presenters at the launch of
BBC Radio 6 Music in March 2002, starting with a Saturday afternoon show. She later presented the weekend overnight music show on Saturday and Sunday until her final broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music on 28 March 2010.
In January 2010 she started co-presenting the breakfast show with John Warnett on
BBC Radio Kent
, McDonnell is one of the main presenters for the 05:00–08:00
GMT edition of
''Newsday'' on the
BBC World Service
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. She also regularly appears on BBC Radio 5 Live, co-presenting ''5 Live Breakfast'', ''Weekend Breakfast'' and as a relief presenter for other programmes.
References
External links
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''5 Live Drive''(BBC Radio 5 Live)
British radio personalities
British radio DJs
BBC Radio 1 presenters
BBC Radio 5 Live presenters
BBC Radio 6 Music presenters
BBC World Service
1967 births
Living people
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