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Keith Macklin was
one of the most respected and experienced
broadcasters in the country. He began his career
at the Warrington Guardian and then The Barrow
Evening Mail. He began broadcasting as a rugby
league commentator in 1962, and became Yorkshire
television's soccer commentator from 1969 to 1976
covering The World Cup and Olympics. Whilst Keith
was perhaps best known as a rugby and football
broadcaster he had presented BBC TV's Look North
and has anchored Border televisions new's
magazine programme for many years. He was the
first programme controller of Red Rose Radio in
1982, he had maintained the connection ever since
and currently does sports interview and new's
reading for Rock FM and Magic 999. Keith lived in
Blackburn and whilst he covered Blackburn Rovers
and other Lancashire football clubs he had great
knowledge of other sports. He was a regular
reporter on ITV's "The Goal Rush"
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Barbara Swift,
under the name Barbara Jacobs is best known as an
agony aunt with current show on 106 Century FM
,four nights a week and Radio 5 Late Night
Currie, Saturdays, every 6 weeks, but also as
feature writer (currently Woman's Realm and Good
Health) astrologer and novelist (teens).
Stopped writing fiction in 1990. |
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Ian McIntyre,
broadcaster, was Controller of BBC Radio 4 from
1976-8 and BBC Radio 3 from 1978-87. He is a
former associate editor of The Times. He is the
author of a highly acclaimed biography of Robert
Burns (‘the biography’, Ian Hamilton,
The Times) as well as lives of Joshua Reynolds,
Garrick and the BBC’s first
Director-General, John Reith. He still broadcasts
and is a regular contributor to The Times. |
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William Rogers,
joined the BBC straight from university - and
worked on CEEFAX, Newsbeat, Today, BBC World
Service and Radio Five Live, where he was launch
editor of the Breakfast programme. Recently he
has been helping with the redevelopment of
Broadcasting House in London, from an editorial
and output perspective. |
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