Ben Burrell
| Ben Burrell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Benjamin Burrell |
| 🏳️ Nationality | British |
| 🏫 Education | University of Portsmouth |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Portsmouth |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 2005–present |
| 👔 Employer | Bauer Media |
| 🌐 Website | www.benburrell.co.uk |
Ben Burrell (born 7 May 1987) is a radio presenter, blogger and voice-over from the United Kingdom, currently presenting on Absolute Radio.
Career[edit]
He has previously presented Drive time on Play Radio and worked at a number of stations across the South including The Quay, Spirit FM and Galaxy FM.
In 2008, Ben won the very first ever 'Demo Idol' in a glamorous ceremony at the National Student Radio Conference, part of the Student Radio Association's annual 3 day conference[1] in Bath. The prize for winning was a show on Galaxy Yorkshire in Leeds. Ben presented this show in the summer of 2008.
Student Radio[edit]
Pure FM[edit]
Ben begin his radio career at his student radio station at the University of Portsmouth, Pure FM presenting his first show "Delivering Radio Gold".
Demo Idol[edit]
In 2008 Ben won the very first ever Demo Idol(now renamed to "Demo Factor"). The prize for winning was the opportunity to present a show on Galaxy FM in Leeds. Ben presented this show in the summer of 2008.
The Breeze[edit]
With The Breeze expanding to Bristol and Bath in early 2011 it was announced[2] that his show would be broadcast across the region on FM and DAB, as well the original breeze coverage of Southampton, Portsmouth, Winchester, and the Isle of Wight.
Free Radio[edit]
In January 2013 he moved to Birmingham to begin working with Orion Media's Free Radio. He presented the weekend evening show, from 10pm until 1am every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night for over a year.
From 10 February 2014, Burrell moved from weekend evenings to weekday drive time on Free Radio Coventry and Warwickshire between 3 and 7pm. He also occasionally covered for other presenters across the Free Radio network.
On 16 July 2015, it was announced by Orion Media that Burrell would be moving imminently to the same drivetime slot on Free Radio Birmingham to replaces Jo & Sparky, who moved to breakfast on Free Radio Shropshire & Black Country.[3]
Gem 106[edit]
As well as his shows presenting on Free Radio, he also presented on Orion Media's sister station in Nottingham, called Gem 106. He presented the Floor Fillers show on Fridays and Saturdays between 7PM and 12AM. He also presented on Sundays between 10PM and 12AM. Ben was also known to occasionally cover other presenters shows when they are unavailable.
Absolute Radio[edit]
Burrell began working[4] with Absolute Radio shortly after leaving Orion Media. Ben previously presented Sundays and Mondays 01:00-06:00. From May to September 2018 Ben covered the late show on Absolute Radio weeknights 22:00-1:00. On 24th September 2018 Ben started presenting the weekday afternoon show.[5]
In March 2019, Burrell began presenting the weeknight 7pm - 10pm slot on Absolute Radio 90s.
Other[edit]
Burrell appeared as an industry expert at the Student Radio Conference in April 2015. He led a breakout session titled, 'Everything you always wanted to know about presenting (but were too afraid to ask)'. It was led alongside Adam Wilbourn, also of Free Radio and Capital's Christian Williams.[6]
In March 2017 it was announced[7] that Burrell would be the host of Demo Factor 2017 due to the scheduled host, Vicki Blight, being ill.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2018.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-04.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Jo and Sparky move to breakfast at Free Radio". radiotoday.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ↑ Burrell, Ben (2016-05-16). "I did my first show on Absolute Radio.....and I didn't mess it up". Ben Burrell. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- ↑ "Andy Bush and Richie Firth for Absolute Hometime". radiotoday.co.uk. 2018-06-11. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ↑ "SRA 2015". SRA. SRA. Retrieved 4 May 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Ben Burrell - Demo Factor". Demo Factor. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
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