Billy Maher

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Billy Maher is an English radio presenter and musician from Liverpool. He is most known for his late night weekend programmes on BBC Radio Merseyside. [1]

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Billy Maher
Born
Liverpool, England
Career
Show‘The Weekend Inn’
Station(s) BBC Radio Merseyside (until 2020)
Country United Kingdom

Life

Billy grew up and currently lives in Liverpool, England. He is married to Philomena. [2] He is father to singer Siobhan Maher Kennedy. [3]

Career

Billy was a presenter on BBC Radio Merseyside, in which he presented ‘The Weekend Inn’ on late Saturday and Sunday evenings for many years until 2020. [4]

Alongside being a radio presenter, Maher has been a cabaret singer for many decades, in addition to this, he runs his own recording studio. He has released over 20 music albums over the years, with many songs related to his hometown of Liverpool. [1]

Billy has also produced music and voice-overs for the ‘Redwall Audio Series’.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Presenter Profile: Billy Maher". BBC. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  2. "Who is Philomena? Mystery of Mike McCartney's 1962 Jacaranda bar photos is solve". Liverpool Echo. 10 December 2014.
  3. "Liverpool Echo - Why I'm in blues heaven-again". Liverpool Echo. 24 November 2008. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  4. "BBC Radio Merseyside - Billy Maher". BBC. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2022.