Amy Voce

Last updated
Amy Voce
Born (1982-11-19) 19 November 1982 (age 41)
England
OccupationRadio presenter

Amy Voce is an English broadcaster, formerly of Hits Radio East Midlands (formerly Gem 106) and currently broadcasting on Virgin Radio UK and its sister station Virgin Radio Chilled.

Voce is best known for her on-air work with Sam Pinkham, presenting the Sam and Amy breakfast show on Hits Radio East Midlands (formerly Heart East Midlands and then Gem 106) for eleven years. [1] The programme won two Gold Radio Academy Awards (2013 & 2014), Gold at the 2015 Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards [2] and Silver at the 2016 ARIAS. [3] The duo have also presented cover shows for BBC Radio 2 [4] and Magic.

Originally from Leicester, Voce attended Beauchamp College and Nottingham Trent University, began her radio career as a traffic reporter, before progressing to drivetime and weekend breakfast shows for Heart East Midlands (now Hits Radio East Midlands, known as Gem 106 at the time of her departure alongside Sam in 2017) and in 2006, the flagship weekday breakfast show. [5]

On television, Voce has presented specials for Chilled TV and Now Music TV. [6] From August 2015 to September 2017, the 'Sam and Amy' show for Gem 106 was simulcast live on local television channel Notts TV. Away from broadcasting, Voce is also an events host and has written for publications including Reveal Magazine and Sound Women UK. She also co-presents a podcast, Two Non Blondes, alongside Hits Radio Network presenter Jennie Longdon.

On 29 September 2017, Voce and Pinkham left Gem 106 [7] to join national DAB station Virgin Radio UK to present its weekday breakfast show between Monday 2 October 2017 and 18 January 2019. [8] She currently presents late night and weekend breakfast shows on the station and shows on its sister station Virgin Radio Chilled.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hits Radio</span> UK contemporary radio network

Hits Radio is a network of 26 contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hits Radio East Midlands</span> Radio station in Nottingham

Hits Radio East Midlands is an Independent Local Radio station based in Nottingham, England, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to the East Midlands.

Minster FM was an Independent 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. It broadcast on 104.7 FM from the Acklam Wold transmitter, near Leavening, on the Yorkshire Wolds.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hits Radio South Yorkshire</span> Radio station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

Hits Radio South Yorkshire is an Independent Local Radio station based in Sheffield, England, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to South Yorkshire and Chesterfield.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kerrang! Radio</span> British digital radio station

Kerrang! Radio is a British specialist digital rock music radio station related to Kerrang! magazine. It is owned and operated by Bauer and forms part of the Kiss Network.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hits Radio Birmingham</span> Radio station in Birmingham, United Kingdom

Hits Radio Birmingham is an Independent Local Radio station based in Birmingham, England, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Birmingham and the West Midlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christian O'Connell</span> British-born Australian radio disc jockey (b. 1973)

Christian Liam O'Connell is an Australia based British radio disc jockey (DJ), television host, writer and comedian.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heart (radio network)</span> British radio network

Heart is a network of thirteen independent adult contemporary radio stations in the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming. Ten of the stations are owned and operated by Global, while the other three are owned and operated under separate franchise agreements. The national version of the network is widely available on Global Player, Freeview, Sky, Freesat, Virgin Media and Digital One DAB.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Global Media & Entertainment</span> British media company

Global Media & Entertainment Limited, trading as Global, is a British media company formed in 2007. It is the owner of the largest commercial radio company in Europe having expanded through a number of historical acquisitions, including Chrysalis Radio, GCap Media and GMG Radio. Global owns and operates seven core radio brands, all employing a national network strategy, including Capital, Heart, Gold, Classic FM, Smooth and LBC.

Big John @ Breakfast is the current breakfast show on local radio station Hits Radio South Yorkshire, in Sheffield, England, and has been on air since 2000.

Harriet Scott is a British radio presenter with Magic Radio, presenting the Weekday Breakfast show with Ronan Keating.

Jo Russell is an English radio presenter currently working for Greatest Hits Radio.

David Lloyd is an English radio presenter and a former radio executive.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Galaxy (radio network)</span> Radio station

Galaxy was a radio network owned by Global Radio and broadcast across the British Isles on FM in regional areas of England and Scotland, through the digital platform with Sky and DAB and online respectively. Stations included stations: Galaxy Birmingham, Galaxy Manchester, Galaxy North East, Galaxy Scotland, Galaxy South Coast and Galaxy Yorkshire. Programming was networked throughout the stations from Leeds – excluding weekday breakfast/drivetime and weekend mornings. On Monday 28 April 2008, Galaxy was rebranded as a mainstream station by Creative Spark, with a brand new layout including a fresh logo and a completely new show schedule.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jack FM (United Kingdom)</span> Radio station in Oxford, United Kingdom

JACK FM was an adult hits format radio station that broadcast on 106.8 MHz FM in Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, and on DAB in Oxfordshire. Between 2016 and 2017 it also broadcast in Surrey and parts of Hampshire. The station shared premises in Eynsham, Oxfordshire, with its sister stations JACK 2 and JACK 3.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Capital (radio network)</span> British radio network

Capital is a network of twelve independent contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming. Ten of the stations are owned and operated by Global, while the other two are owned and operated under separate franchise agreements.

Sam Pinkham is an English radio and television presenter. He previously presented radio programmes for Virgin Radio UK, Magic Radio, Heart and Gem 106. He has more recently been a cover presenter on BBC Radio 2 and he currently hosts popular TV series Holiday Homes In The Sun on Channel 5 with Amanda Lamb and JB Gill

A timeline of notable events relating to Heart, a 22-strong network of hot adult contemporary commercial radio stations operated by Global.

A timeline of notable events relating to Bauer Media Audio UK, a British media company established as a division of German company Bauer Media Group in 2008.

Greatest Hits Radio Midlands is a regional radio station serving the East & West Midlands as part of Bauer’s Greatest Hits Radio network.

References

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.