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Clive Warren (born 1967) is a British radio presenter.


Early career

Warren's first experience of radio broadcasting came at Radio Moorfields, the hospital station at
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in London, which broadcast from 1974 until 2006. From there he joined the first in-store radio station, Radio Topshop, at
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's store on Oxford Circus in London. By 1986, Warren was presenting shows on
Metro Radio Hits Radio North East, formerly Metro Radio, is an Independent Local Radio station, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. The station launched in 1974 as Metro Radio. It broadcasts to County Durham, No ...
, covering the north-east of England, and he remained with the station until September 1988, when he accepted a 2-year posting with
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in
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, but returned home after six months, citing homesickness. On returning to England, he joined TFM. After a further four months in the north-east, he was hired as a presenter of Children's ITV's summer mornings & afternoons service in July 1989 alongside Jeanne Downs, and returned for the following year, hosting alongside fellow presenters
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and Scally the Dog. After leaving ITV in 1990 he joined Capital FM, initially presenting an overnight slot as well as covering other shows. He later presented the early weekend morning show and also the weekday overnight slots.


Radio 1

Warren was recruited to
BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and Contemporary hit radio, current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including ...
in November 1994 alongside then
KISS 100 Kiss is a British digital radio station owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Kiss Network. Kiss broadcasts nationally to the UK via DAB digital radio, as well as on Bauer's Rayo platform. The station started in 1985 as ...
presenter
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, and he presented the Weekend Breakfast Show from 19 November. In September 1995, Warren became Chris Evans' warmup presenter as he took over the Weekday Early Breakfast show. He left the early breakfast slot in July 1997 to make way for the arrival of
Chris Moyles Christopher David Moyles (born 22 February 1974) is an English radio and television presenter, author and presenter of '' The Chris Moyles Show'' on Radio X. Previously he presented '' The Chris Moyles Show'' on BBC Radio 1 from 2004 to 2012 ...
, and he consequently presented the weekday overnight show from 1-4am (later 2–4) from the beginning of August on Tuesday-Friday, alongside the Sunday Breakfast show. He took over Saturday Early Breakfast in February 1999. While at Radio 1 he gave the first UK radio play to "
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", the first single released by
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for 25 years, and was a regular stand-in for presenters such as
Kevin Greening Kevin Greening (30 December 1962 – 29 December 2007) was a British radio presenter, who co-hosted '' Radio 1 Breakfast'' on BBC Radio 1 with Zoe Ball from 13 October 1997 to 25 September 1998. Early career Kevin Greening grew up in Bristol ...
,
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, and
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. Warren was one of the presenters of the
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in 1995 and 1996, and between July 1995 and November 1998 he was a regular stand-in for
Mark Goodier Mark Goodier (born 9 June 1961) is a Zimbabwean-born British radio disc jockey and broadcaster best known for his time on BBC Radio 1 between 1987 and 2002. He had two spells presenting the station's Top 40 singles chart, from September 1990 ...
on the Sunday UK Top 40 chart. He left Radio 1 in 2000, with his final Saturday Early Breakfast show broadcast on 30 September, the station's 33rd birthday.


Virgin Radio

In October 2000, Clive joined
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, presenting a Sunday afternoon show from 1-4pm and in January 2001, he took over the Weekday late-night slot from
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, from 10pm-1am. He left Virgin in January 2002 and returned briefly to Capital FM presenting occasional overnight slots.


Real Radio and Jazz FM

In early 2003, Clive joined
Real Radio Wales Heart South Wales is a regional radio station that broadcasts to South and West Wales from studios in Cardiff Bay. The station is owned and operated by Global Radio and forms part of the expanded Heart radio network of stations. Background Real ...
, where he presented the afternoon show and in March 2004, he joined London's 102.2 Jazz FM, presenting a Saturday morning show from 10  to 2  and the Weekday late night show from 9  to midnight. He remained there until October 2004.


Heart 106.2 and Reading 107

In early 2005, Clive joined London's Heart 106.2 as a stand in presenter, before taking over the Sunday mid-morning show from 9  to noon. In addition to that, in early 2006, he also joined Reading 107, as a presenter of their weekday drivetime show from 2–6 . He remained here until late 2006.


Century and Heart

Clive then worked at 105.4 Century Radio in Manchester as the afternoon host. He broadcast the show every weekday from 1–4  and also presented a Sunday show from 1–4 . Clive left Century Radio (now
Heart North West Heart North West is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Heart network. It broadcasts to North West England. Overview Century Radio (1998–2009) The station opened as Century Radio on 8 September 1998 as the se ...
) in December 2008. Clive also covered Heart Sussex Drivetime in 2009.


Bauer Radio

On 14 December 2009 he replaced Mark Thorburn on the
Bauer Radio Bauer Media Audio UK is a UK-based radio division of Bauer Media Group owning brands; Absolute Radio, Greatest Hits Radio, Jazz FM, Hits Radio, KISS, Planet Rock, Magic, Kerrang! Radio and Heat Radio. History In early 2008, German ma ...
owned
Metro Radio Hits Radio North East, formerly Metro Radio, is an Independent Local Radio station, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. The station launched in 1974 as Metro Radio. It broadcasts to County Durham, No ...
in
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, presenting weekday mid-mornings until Tuesday 5 June 2012, then he continued to present Sunday mid-mornings until 7 April 2013. He also relief presented on the
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network. From mid April 2013 he spent the following eleven months presenting across Bauer Radio's Yorkshire stations, based at
Radio Aire Radio Aire was an Independent Local Radio station, serving Leeds and West Yorkshire. The station was merged and relaunched as Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire, as part of a rebrand, on 1 September 2020. History Radio Aire was launched a ...
in
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, and networked with
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 ...
and
Viking FM Hits Radio East Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire, formerly Viking FM, is an Independent Local Radio station based in Leeds, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to the East Riding of Yorkshire an ...
. He presented the ''Late 'n' Live'' show Sunday–Thursday from 10  to 1 , as well as providing cover from other presenters on these stations.


Smooth Radio

From 24 March 2014 he presented ''The Smooth Drive Home'' for
Smooth North East Smooth North East is a regional radio station owned by Communicorp and operated by Global as part of the Smooth network. It broadcasts to North East England. Overview GMG Radio ownership The licence for the station was originally awarded to ...
based in
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. He could originally be heard weekdays from 4–8  and Saturdays from 2–6 . However, from 2015, his weekday drivetime show had gone out to 4–7 . He left the
Communicorp Bauer Media Audio Ireland (formerly Communicorp Group) is a media holding company based in Ireland, owned by Bauer Media Group. History Communicorp Group Ltd was formed by Denis O'Brien in 1989. It launched its radio operations in Ireland that ...
-owned station on 30 August 2019.


Miscellaneous

On the series 2 premiere of
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podcast,
Karl Pilkington Karl Pilkington (born 23 September 1972) is an English presenter, actor, voice-artist, producer and author. After working with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as producer on their Xfm radio show, Pilkington became a co-host of '' The Ricky ...
confuses Clive Warren for
Clive Owen Clive Owen (born 3 October 1964) is an English actor. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series '' Chancer'' from 1990 to 1991. He received critical acclaim for his work in the film '' Close ...
when proposing a film script.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Warren, Clive British radio personalities British radio DJs Virgin Radio (UK) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1968 births