Ben Burrell

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Ben Burrell
Born
Benjamin Burrell
Nationality British
Education University of Portsmouth
Alma materUniversity of Portsmouth
Occupation Radio presenter
Years active2005–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.

United Kingdom Country in Europe

The United Kingdom (UK), officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and sometimes referred to as Britain, is a sovereign country located off the north-western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state, the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland. With an area of 242,500 square kilometres (93,600 sq mi), the United Kingdom is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world. It is also the 22nd-most populous country, with an estimated 66.0 million inhabitants in 2017.

Absolute Radio

Absolute Radio is one of the UK's three Independent National Radio stations. The station rebranded to its current name at 7:45 am on 29 September 2008.

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Career

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.

Drive time refers to that daypart in which radio broadcasters can reach the largest number of people who listen to car radios while driving, usually to and from work. Drive-time periods are when the number of radio listeners in this class is at its peak and, thus, commercial radio can generate the most revenue from advertising. Drive time usually coincides with rush hour.

Play Radio is a company based in Sheffield, UK. Play Radio allows you to listen to live radio stations, on-demand programs, shows and podcasts from around the globe.

Spirit FM (UK radio station)

Spirit FM broadcasts to West Sussex from studios in Dukes Court, Chichester - the place it has been since its launch over 22 years ago. It was previously only available in the south west of the county but gained complete coverage through a transmitter near Midhurst.

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.

The Student Radio Association (SRA) was a representative body which supported and acted on behalf of the UK student radio community, comprising radio stations that were associated with or linked to a place of education. It was a not-for-profit organisation, which existed to encourage and facilitate communication between student stations. It was dissolved by Companies House in May 2018.

Student Radio

Pure FM

Ben begin his radio career at his student radio station at the University of Portsmouth, Pure FM presenting his first show "Delivering Radio Gold".

University of Portsmouth university in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

The University of Portsmouth is a public university in the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The history of the university dates back to 1908, when the Park building opened as a Municipal college and public library. It was previously known as Portsmouth Polytechnic until 1992, when it was granted university status through the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. It is ranked among the Top 100 universities under 50 in the world.

Pure FM (Portsmouth)

Pure FM is the call sign for Portsmouth University Radio Experience, the student-led radio station for the University of Portsmouth. As a student media of the University of Portsmouth Students' Union, the station is supported by the union and is housed within the Student Centre on Cambridge Road.

Demo Idol

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

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.

The Breeze is a group of Independent Local Radio stations broadcasting to the areas of Bath, Bridgwater, Bristol, Taunton, West Somerset, Warminster, Frome, Westbury and Trowbridge in the West of England. The station is operated by Bauer Radio and is part of The Breeze network of stations. The station is aimed at an audience for the over 40's and plays a contemporary easy listening music format, playing anything from the past 40 years, which is both classic and recent melodic and popular music.

Free Radio

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

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

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

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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2018.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-04.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Jo and Sparky move to breakfast at Free Radio". radiotoday.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Burrell, Ben (16 May 2016). "I did my first show on Absolute Radio.....and I didn't mess it up". Ben Burrell. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Andy Bush and Richie Firth for Absolute Hometime". radiotoday.co.uk. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "SRA 2015". SRA. SRA. Retrieved 4 May 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Ben Burrell - Demo Factor". Demo Factor. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
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