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==Biography== |
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Hawkins was born in [[Essex]] and brought up there and in [[Warwickshire]], England.<ref name=profile>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/04/12/radio_shropshire_jim_hawkins_person_profile.shtml |title=Jim Hawkins |publisher=BBC Radio Shropshire |accessdate=9 September 2009}}</ref> |
Hawkins was born in [[Essex]] and brought up there and in [[Warwickshire]], England.<ref name=profile>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/04/12/radio_shropshire_jim_hawkins_person_profile.shtml |title=Jim Hawkins |publisher=BBC Radio Shropshire |accessdate=9 September 2009}}</ref> He now lives in Shropshire.<ref name="ShropLife">{{cite web|url=http://shropshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/introducing-jim-hawkins-37180/|title=Introducing Jim Hawkins!|last=Hawkins|first=Jim|date=2011-11-17|work=Shropshire Life|accessdate=2 April 2012}}</ref> |
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* [http://www.jimhawkins.co.uk/ |
* [http://www.jimhawkins.co.uk/ Hawkins' website] |
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2006/09/12/jim_hawkins_feature.shtml BBC Hereford & Worcester feature] |
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2006/09/12/jim_hawkins_feature.shtml BBC Hereford & Worcester feature] |
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2006/11/30/jim_hawkins_diary_feature.shtml Jim Hawkins's diary] (BBC Shropshire) |
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2006/11/30/jim_hawkins_diary_feature.shtml 'Jim Hawkins's diary'] (BBC Shropshire) |
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* {{Twitter|jimallthetime}} |
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Jim Hawkins | |
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Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Essex, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Broadcaster |
Employer | BBC Radio Shropshire |
Awards | Sony Silver Award, 2002 |
Website | jimhawkins |
Jim Hawkins (born 1962[1][2]) is a BBC radio presenter.
Biography
Personal life
Hawkins was born in Essex and brought up there and in Warwickshire, England.[3] He now lives in Shropshire.[4]
Career
Hawkins' broadcasting career began on a student radio station at Warwick University.[5] He worked for independent local radio station Mercia Sound from 1981 to 1983.[6] He joined BBC Radio 4 in 1984, writing and presenting the News Stand programme.[7] Hawkins has worked for several commercial and BBC local radio stations across the United Kingdom in various roles on both sides of the microphone,[7][8] including spells as a producer and manager.[8]
Hawkins has also worked for a disability-rights group and as a newspaper journalist, hotel restaurant pianist, and stagehand; at one point he ran the coconut shy on Brighton Pier.[8] During his career he has interviewed notable figures including Gordon Brown, Gene Simmons and Steve Cropper.[3][8]
Hawkins hosts a programme every weekday from 9 am to 12 noon on BBC Radio Shropshire called "Jim Hawkins in the Morning".[9] Hawkins uses Twitter to interact with listeners during the show,[5] having been persuaded to try Twitter after finding his Facebook experience disappointing.[5] Hawkins also hosts a Saturday night programme entitled "Saturday Night with Jim Hawkins" broadcast by BBC Shropshire, BBC Hereford & Worcester, and BBC Radio Stoke.[10]
Awards
In 2002, Hawkins received a silver Sony Radio Academy Award in the "interactive" category, for his drive-time programme The Baldy Brothers on Century FM.[3][7][11] He was also highly commended at the BT sponsored Regional News and Current Affairs Awards.[7] Hawkins was one of five shortlisted for the 2006 Sony Radio Academy Speech Broadcaster of the Year Award.[12]
References
- ^ "Jim Hawkins Diary". BBC Radio Shropshire. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ^ Jim Hawkins. "Fat Losers! The BBC Shropshire Weight-Loss Weblog". BBC. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ a b c "Jim Hawkins". BBC Radio Shropshire. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ^ Hawkins, Jim (17 November 2011). "Introducing Jim Hawkins!". Shropshire Life. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ a b c "Radio star bringing Shropshire together". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
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(help) - ^ "KPS.ORG.UK Mercia Sound Presenter – Jim Hawkins". www.kps.org.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d "JIM HAWKINS is appearing in TRAMLINES as himself". Livid Film Productions. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
- ^ a b c d "BBC Hereford & Worcester feature". BBC. 12 September 2006. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
- ^ "Jim Hawkins Diary". BBC Radio Shropshire. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ^ "BBC – BBC Shropshire Programmes – Saturday Night with Jim Hawkins – Episodes coming up". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ "Sony Radio Academy Awards Winners 2002". Sony Radio Academy Awards. Archived from the original on 9 January 2003. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
- ^ "Sony Radio Academy Awards 2006: nominations", Guardian News and Media, 28 March 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/mar/28/radio, retrieved 23 March 2012
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External links
- Hawkins' website
- BBC Hereford & Worcester feature
- 'Jim Hawkins's diary' (BBC Shropshire)
- Hawkins on X