Paul Salt

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Paul Salt
Born
Stafford, England
Career
Station BBC Radio Merseyside (present)
StyleRadio presenter
Country United Kingdom

Paul Salt is an English radio and television presenter, best known for his work on BBC Radio Merseyside in Liverpool, England.

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Personal life

Salt grew up in Stafford and lives in Liverpool, England. He is married and has two children.[ citation needed ]

Career

Salt began working in radio at the age of 17 in which he joined Signal Radio as a Saturday sports production assistant at the age of 17. In 1991, he joined Liverpool's Radio City in 1991, later becoming deputy news editor, then Century FM in 2005, winning a Sony award for his breakfast show. [1]

Salt has freelanced for BBC World Service and BBC Radio Stoke. In 2012, he joined BBC Radio Merseyside and has presented various programmes on the station [2] [3] On 10 August 2023, Salt presented his final breakfast show, announcing that he would be moving to weekends to present a sport programme [4] on the station. [5] [6]

On television, Salt is a regular contributor for Liverpool FCs LFCTV.

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References

  1. "Paul Salt announces exit from BBC Radio Merseyside Breakfast". RadioToday . Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  2. "BBC Radio Merseyside - Paul Salt". BBC . Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  3. "Media Info - Paul Salt". Media Info. News and Star. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  4. "Merseyside Sport - Paul and Giulia". BBC . 1 December 2011. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  5. "BBC Radio Merseyside's Paul Salt sends goodbye message during final breakfast show". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  6. "'Breakfast will never be the same' - Paul Salt presents final morning show on BBC Radio Merseyside". National World . Retrieved 2010-05-09.