Liz Kershaw (born 30 July 1958) is one of the UK's most high-profile female music broadcasters. July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Early career

The younger sister of fellow broadcaster and world music obsessive Andy Kershaw, she began her career as a pop journalist for the Yorkshire Post before joining Leeds station Radio Aire, where her brother also worked for a time. Andy Kershaw (born Rochdale, Lancashire, 1959) is a British broadcaster, known predominantly as a champion of world music. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Yorkshire Post was founded in 1754, as the Leedes Intelligencer, making it one of Britains first daily newspapers. ... Leeds is the urban core of the metropolitan borough and city the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire in the north of England. ... Radio Aire consists of several tropical regions Categories: United Kingdom broadcasting stubs | Leeds | Radio stations in the United Kingdom | Yorkshire media ...

While in Leeds, she recorded "Teenage Kicks" under the name of Dawn Chorus & The Blue Tits. Liz was Dawn Chorus and future TV presenter Carol Vorderman was one of The Blue Tits. Carol Vorderman with Countdown host, the late Richard Whiteley Carol Jean Vorderman, MBE also previously known by her first married name Carol Mather, was born December 24, 1960 in Bedford to a Dutch father and a Welsh mother. ...

Her next move was to the BBC and local station Radio Leeds before the call came from BBC Radio 1 to present a music magazine show called Backchat. After winning a number of awards, she progressed to the evening show and then her best known slot, the weekend breakfast show which she co-hosted with Bruno Brookes. The two projected a 'love-hate' relationship on-air, and got their fair share of PR in the tabloids as a result, including Kershaw smashing a turntable live on air because she hated a Wet Wet Wet record being played on it; and the two pulling a stunt of getting married as an April Fool. During this period they also made a charity record for the BBC's Children In Need campaign; a version of It Takes Two. They later made two more fundraising records featuring their Radio 1 colleagues and guest vocalists Frank Bruno and Samantha Fox, though only one charted. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television) and the world. ... BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station, specialising in popular music aimed at the 16-24 age bracket. ... Bruno Brookes when he joined BBC Radio 1 Bruno Brookes (born Trevor Neal Brookes in Stoke-on-Trent, 25th April, 1959) is a British radio presenter who shot to fame in the 1980s. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... Wet Wet Wet were a successful Scottish pop band of the 1980s and 1990s and scored a number of hits in the British charts, and around the world. ... April Fool can refer to: (most commonly) April Fools Day, or April Fool (double agent) April Fool is also the name of a fairy on the show The Fairly OddParents. ... Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck Charity, meaning selfless giving, is one conventional English translation of the Greek term agapē. // Etymology In the 1400, charity meant the state of love or simple affection which one was in or out of regarding one... Pudsey is the teddy bear logo of Children in Need, created by designer Joanna Ball and named after Balls home town, Pudsey, in West Yorkshire. ... Franklin Ray Bruno (born November 16, 1961) is an English former boxer whose career highlight was winning the WBC world heavyweight championship in 1995. ... Samantha Fox on the cover of her Watching You Watching Me album. ...

She left Radio 1 in 1992 to present a weekly phone-in on BBC Radio 5 in its original form. She was part of the team which would later relaunch the station and give it its current name of BBC Radio 5 Live. At the same time she also went back to local radio for a spell, presenting BBC Radio Northampton's breakfast programme, and presented documentaries for the other 4 BBC national networks - Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio 4. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... BBC Radio Five Live is the radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ... BBC Radio Five Live is the radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ... Broadcasting House in Abington Street, Northampton BBC Radio Northampton is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Northamptonshire. ...

Recent career

In 2002, she was one of the original presenters on the newly launched, digital station BBC 6 Music where she presented the weekday afternoon show from 1-4pm, before taking over the weekend mid-morning slot in April 2004, from 10am-1pm For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... BBC 6 Music is one of the BBCs newest radio stations, launched on March 11, 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It is only available via digital media - DAB radio, the Internet and the various forms of digital television. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In September 2005 Liz became a presenter on the BBC's new BBC Coventry & Warwickshire radio station, where she took over the Drivetime show. She now presents the Breakfast Show for the station and still continues with her Saturday morning weekend show on BBC 6 Music. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Coventry and Warwickshire is the BBC Local Radio service for Coventry and Warwickshire, beginning transmission on 19 January 1990. ... BBC 6 Music is one of the BBCs newest radio stations, launched on March 11, 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It is only available via digital media - DAB radio, the Internet and the various forms of digital television. ...

External links

• Liz Kershaw page at BBC 6 Music
• Liz Kershaw page at BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire