Dave Bussey (born 4 October 1952) is an English radio

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who, until March 2008, presented ''The Dave Bussey Show'' on BBC Radio Lincolnshire.

Early life

He was born in Drayton, Norfolk and grew up in

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, attending a

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. He joined the

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, becoming an

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Broadcasting

Dave Bussey started his career on Radio Forth (Edinburgh) before spending five years at Radio Tay (Dundee and Perth). One show he presented was ''The Sunday Challenge'' but was used as a relief presenter for most other programmes. Bussey spent a year at Northsound Radio (Aberdeen) He was a weekend presenter on

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. While there he also broadcast with BBC Cambridgeshire and BBC Three Counties. He joined BBC Radio Lincolnshire, taking over from John Inverdale in 1986. He left BBC Radio Lincolnshire in March 2008. A spokesman for the BBC said: "There have been no compulsory redundancies at Radio Lincolnshire but some presenters are leaving the station as part of a wide-ranging package of scheduling changes." He was a broadcaster for a few months with SMOOTH Radio before their reorganisation. He is currently helping with training at Lincoln City Radio (Community Radio Station) He taught media skills at The University of Lincoln for eight years before retiring in October 2017. Bussey returned to BBC Radio Lincolnshire in 2014 taking over the 1-3pm slot on a Sunday from Judy Theobald.

Personal life

Bussey lives in rural

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(in Willingham By Stow) and plays in local

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matches.

External links

Smooth Radio profile
1952 births People from Drayton, Norfolk Living people English radio DJs Academics of the University of Lincoln BBC Radio 2 presenters Media personalities from Norwich People from Willingham by Stow {{UK-radio-bio-stub