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Gavin McCoy Fellow Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) is an English radio broadcaster born and educated in Oxford, England, who has worked on Steve Wright's show and as programme controller for Smooth Radio. [1]

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References

  1. Plunkett, John (8 October 2008). "Gavin McCoy departs London's Smooth Radio". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2022.