Barbara Sturgeon
Barbara Sturgeon | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Career | |
| Station | BBC Radio Kent(1983–2004) |
| Station | BBC Radio 2(1992–93) |
| Style | Presenter |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Barbara Sturgeonis a British radio presenter and winner of twoSony Radio Awardsfor a show she presented onBBC Radio Kentduring the 1980s. Sturgeon subsequently presented an early weekend morning programme forBBC Radio 2in 1992/93, but returned to Radio Kent subsequently, where she presented a lunchtime current affairs show until leaving the station in 2004.
Career
[edit]Sturgeon's broadcasting career began in 1983 when she joinedBBC Radio Medway(later BBC Radio Kent) and presented reports for the BBC from Northern Ireland during the height ofthe Troubles,and a Teabreak feature.[1]She went on from this to front the Drivetime show for BBC Radio Kent, as well as a Sunday request show,[1]before presenting her own lunchtime current affairs show,The Barbara Sturgeon Show.[2]The programme covered a broad range of topics, from political and social issues to more light-hearted subjects, as well ashuman interest stories.Among topics covered on the show were a debate on the Zeebrugge Inquiry, held following the1987 Zeebrugge ferry disaster.Sturgeon also hosted election coverage for the station.[1]
The lunchtime show garnered Sturgeon theSonyLocal Radio Personality of the Year Award in both 1987 and 1988. She was again nominated for the Award in 1989 for a programme which featured live coverage of a human birth.[2][3]Following the success of her lunchtime show, she later presented BBC Radio Kent'sNews and Current Affairs Breakfast Show,before moving to BBC Radio 2 in 1992,[3]where she spent two years presenting an early breakfast show on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Sturgeon returned to BBC Radio Kent in the 1990s to present another lunchtime show, which had a similar format to her original programme. One of the topics covered on the show was that of animal welfare, and in 1998 she was awarded theRSPCALocal Media Award for this.[2]In 2004 following twenty years with the BBC, Sturgeon left BBC Radio Kent to pursue other projects inside and outside the media.[1][4]
References
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- ^abc"Barbara Sturgeon".Aircheck Tracker.Community-net.co.uk. Archived fromthe originalon 15 April 2012.Retrieved31 December2011.
- ^ab"BBC Radio Kent to lose Sturgeon to 'other interests'".Press Gazette. 9 January 2004.Retrieved15 October2017.
- ^"Barbara Sturgeon leaves BBC Radio Kent – Media News".Digital Spy. 7 January 2004.Retrieved31 December2011.