Anne-Marie Minhall

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Anne-Marie Minhall is an English radio presenter who works for Classic FM. She presents the weekday afternoon show from 1 pm to 4 pm.

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Early life and education

Minhall was born in London and raised in a Nottinghamshire village. [1] She attended Clarendon College in Nottingham. [1]

Career

Her broadcasting career started by volunteering at Radio Trent Careline and then becoming a newsreader at Trent FM. [1] She presented the late-night show on the opening night of East Midlands regional station GEM-AM. She moved to Independent Radio News, in 1994.

Classic FM

Minhall joined Classic FM in 1996, [1] four years after its launch, as a regular newsreader and as the main presenter of the weekly arts and culture show, The Guest List, [2] which she hosted for just over three years. [3] She has remained with the station ever since, [4] and her work has included the Great Composers series featuring biographies and examples of music, [5] and work as the news editor for Classic FM. [6] In 2014 she became the weekday afternoon presenter, with a program consisting of Classic FM Requests between 12 noon to 2 pm followed by her own show from 2 pm to 4 pm which includes the "Hall of Fame 3 at 3", a choice of three items from the Classic FM Hall of Fame. [7] She also presents two Christmas editions of Classic FM Requests, which are aired on Christmas Eve afternoon and on Christmas morning. [8] In 2018 it was reported that her show attracted 2.7 million listeners every week, out of the channel's 5.7 million weekly listeners. [9]

Other work

Minhall presented the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's "Spring Classics in Reading" in 2017 [10] and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's "Classical Extravaganza" in 2021 in Poole. [4]

She has also worked as a voice-over artist for advertisers including Sport England and 20th Century Fox. [11]

Honours and awards

In 2016, Minhall was ranked 10th in the Radio Times Favourite Radio Voice Poll (women), which that year was won by Kirsty Young. [12] [13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 O'Hagan, Simon (2 March 2021). "Face behind the voice; BBC Local Radio Classic FM South of England and Midlands regions". Radio Times . ISSN   0033-8060 . Retrieved 20 May 2022– via Gale.
  2. ↑ Sawyer, Miranda (6 August 2006). "Review: Critics: Radio: Full English broadcast: Indigestion beckons, with LBC's noisy Nick Ferrari running perilously close to spoof, Prince Edward boring Dad and country - and house music pumping first thing: Nick Ferrari LBC 97.3 The Guest List Classic FM Gaydar Radio". The Observer .
  3. ↑ Classic fm Radio: Anne-Marie Minhall
  4. 1 2 "In conversation with Classic FM's Anne-Marie Minhall". Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Payne, Anthony (23 March 2001). "Music: On the Air". The Independent .
  6. ↑ Burell, Ian (7 May 2007). "Reinvention of a radio classic ; Derided by some music purists, Classic FM was the star performer at last week's national radio industry awards. Ian Burrell spent a day behind the scenes at the biggest classical music station in the world". The Independent .
  7. ↑ "Anne-Marie Minhall". Shows and presenters. Classic FM. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  8. ↑ Classic FM radio highlights Christmas 2023
  9. ↑ Wright, Katy (8 February 2018). "Classic FM celebrates audience increase". Rhinegold. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Spring Classics in Reading". City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "Anne-Marie Minhall". www.6thvision.com. 6th Vision. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "Kirsty Young & Eddie Mair are favourite radio voices, poll finds". inews.co.uk. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  13. ↑ Burgess, Kaya (26 July 2016). "Radio listeners prefer comfortable brogues". The Times . Retrieved 20 May 2022– via Gale.


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