Vicki Blight
Vicki Blight | |
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| Station(s) | BBC Radio Wales, Virgin Radio UK |
| Previous show(s) | Red Dragon FM, Heart 106, Century FM, BBC Radio 1, Absolute Radio |
Victoria Blight is a radio DJ based in the United Kingdom. Blight has presented shows on Heart 106, a regional radio station broadcast to the East Midlands, Absolute Radio, BBC Radio 1 and currently BBC Radio Wales.[1] The name Blight is of Cornish origin.[2]
Early radio career
[edit]Vicki Blight was involved in student radio at Cardiff University, where she went on to win Best Female Presenter at the Radio 1 Student Radio Award in 2002.[3]
From there, she became a presenter on Red Dragon FM, a commercial radio station based in South Wales, in 2003. After graduating, she joined independent station Century FM.[3]
Heart 106
[edit]Vicki Blight has presented various shows on Nottingham-based Heart 106, including a weekday afternoon slot and a topical phone-in show.
She has additionally presented an overnight slot and a weekend slot on the station, and, in under a year, she became the co-presenter of the breakfast show.[3]
BBC Radio 1
[edit]In 2007, Blight was awarded with the Friday Early Breakfast slot on the station, and presented the slot for a month.
She was rumoured to be the new Radio 1 Surgery presenter on BBC Radio 1;[4] these rumours have since been proved false when Kelly Osbourne was unveiled as the new presenter in September 2007.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ http://bbc.ask-adders.com/series/vicki+blight/, BBC listings. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- ^ "Cornish Family Names". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ a b c "Wisebuddah". www.wisebuddah.com.
- ^ "vicki blight on radio 1 - Radio - Digital Spy Forums". Digital Spy.
- ^ Oatts, Joanne (6 September 2007). "Kelly Osbourne joins Radio 1". Digital Spy.
External links
[edit]- Vicki Blight (BBC Radio Wales)
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