John Shaw (15 August 1957 – 25 November 2013) was an English radio broadcaster, specialising in music and sports commentating. Shaw was born in the city of

Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the 16th president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincoln (na ...

(county town of

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) and was brought up in the village of Wymeswold, Leicestershire. He was educated at Wymeswold School,

Loughborough Grammar School Loughborough Grammar School is a 10–18 Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boys' school in the town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, founded in 1495 with money left in the will of Thomas Burton (merchant), Thomas Burton. To ...

, and

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. At

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, he was a member of the

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. His career was spent as a music and sports broadcaster, especially

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commentary, (John Shaw is mentioned at the end of the commentary.) or

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radio stations such as

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and Radio Leicester, as well independent stations such as

Radio Trent Trent FM was an Independent Local Radio station which broadcast to Nottinghamshire. The station merged with two other East Midlands stations, Leicester Sound and Ram FM to form Capital FM East Midlands (part of Global's Capital FM Network) on ...

(later

Trent FM Trent FM was an Independent Local Radio station which broadcast to Nottinghamshire. The station merged with two other East Midlands stations, Leicester Sound and Ram FM to form Capital FM East Midlands (part of Global's Capital FM Network) on ...

). He died after a short illness (

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), aged 56. John Shaw has been likened to the broadcaster

John Peel John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, broadcasting regularly from ...

(a great influence of his) in his musical eclecticism and breadth of knowledge. A 3-hour tribute radio programme for John Shaw, including members of the band

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, was broadcast on 20 January 2014.

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John Shaw — Tribute
by David Lloyd on AudioBoo 1957 births 2013 deaths People from Lincoln, England People educated at Loughborough Grammar School Alumni of Keble College, Oxford BBC radio presenters English radio personalities English sports broadcasters English male journalists Infectious disease deaths in England People from Wymeswold {{England-bio-stub