Matthew Rudd is an English

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and

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. Since May 2013 he has presented the weekly Forgotten 80s radio show on Absolute 80s.

Early career

Rudd was brought up and educated in

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, East Riding of Yorkshire, and started his working life as a

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, working for a news agency. He began his radio career as an amateur on the local hospital radio station in Hull,

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. He also supplemented this experience by working on other local amateur stations. Rudd joined Hallam FM in Sheffield in 1996, and thus became a radio professional. A year later he joined

Viking FM Viking FM is an Independent Local Radio station based in Sheffield, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to the East Riding of Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire. As of September 2022, the st ...

, working on through the nights and presenting the station's football show. In 2001, Rudd moved to

Imagine FM Imagine FM was an Independent Local Radio station based in Stockport broadcasting to South Manchester and Cheshire in the North West of England. History The station began its life as KFM, initially as a pirate local radio station based in S ...

in Stockport and presented the evening show before moving to the breakfast show. Rudd also produced and presented the station's coverage of Stockport County during his time at Imagine. Whilst based in Stockport, Rudd started work hosting a weekly 80s night at Cobdens nightclub, which continued for eight years. In 2005, Rudd left Imagine and went

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for two years. During this time he travelled the

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and worked for Century FM (

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and Newcastle),

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(

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), TFM Radio (

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), 97.2 Stray FM (

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), Home FM (

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Minster FM Minster FM was a local radio station serving York and the surrounding areas such as Selby, Tadcaster, Thirsk, Northallerton and Goole. The station closed on 31 August 2020 and its frequency is now a relay of Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire York & ...

(

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) and Heart West Midlands (

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KCFM

Rudd returned to Hull in 2007 and joined new independent station KCFM, the station having been granted an

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broadcast licence in 2006 after a trial period. When the station started broadcasting in August 2007, Rudd presented the night show during the week, the Sunday breakfast show, the 70s show on Tuesday nights and Sportscall, a show dedicated to providing an on-air forum to supporters of Hull City, Hull F.C. and

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, that competes in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. The club has won five league championships, and one Challenge ...

with each club having a weekly fans panel. He also interviewed both current and former players and staff from all clubs, including co-hosting the show with Hull City chairman

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on Thursdays. He later scaled down his duties in order to concentrate on SportsCall, before departing the station in November 2008 to return to freelancing.

Pennine 107.9 FM

On 12 November 2009 it was announced he would return to Huddersfield's Pennine FM after a stint previously on the station during its Home 107.9 branding. Rudd launched their brand new Breakfast Show on 4 January 2010. However, the station closed down in April 2010.

Q Radio

Rudd presented a weekly 1980s music show for digital and satellite station Q Radio from September 2010 until the station was discontinued in May 2013.

Absolute 80s

In May 2013 Rudd moved to digital radio station Absolute 80s to present the weekly Forgotten 80s show which airs each Sunday evening at 9 pm.

Disco Dancing 80s

From 5 May 2018, a new weekly 2 hour show Disco Dancing 80s presented by Rudd was broadcast on Saturdays from 7 pm on

. From 26 May 2018, this was also broadcast o
Hull Kingston Radio
from 8 pm.

Miscellaneous

Rudd is a supporter of Hull City. He is a contributor to club fanzin
Amber Nectar
and also acts as editor-at-large for the site, while also hosting and producing its weekly podcasts. He has also written several articles on the club for football magazine ''

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'' and has been a correspondent on club affairs for talkSPORT. He is also a long-time contributor to the TV Cream website and its associated mailouts. Rudd's elder brother is swimming coac
Jon Rudd
and Rudd himself also works as a swimming teacher. In 2015 he was given the award of Teacher of the Year by the Swimming Teachers Association.

References

External links

Matthew's blogForgotten 80s on Absolute 80s
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rudd, Matthew English radio personalities British radio DJs Living people Year of birth missing (living people)