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==Personal== ==Personal==

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For the fictional character, see Jim Hawkins (character).
Jim Hawkins
Born (1962-03-01) March 1, 1962 (age 62)
Essex, England, UK
NationalityBritish
OccupationBroadcaster
EmployerBBC Radio Shropshire
AwardsSony Silver Award, 2002
WebsiteJim Hawkins on Twitter

Jim Hawkins (born 1 March 1962) is a BBC radio presenter.

Personal

Hawkins was born in Essex and brought up there and in Warwickshire.

Career

Hawkins' broadcasting career started on a student radio station at Warwick University. He worked for independent local radio station Mercia Sound from 1981 to 1983. He joined BBC Radio 4 in 1984, writing and presenting the News Stand programme. Hawkins has worked for various commercial and BBC local radio stations across the United Kingdom in various roles on both sides of the microphone, including spells as a producer and manager.

Hawkins has also worked for a disability-rights group and as a newspaper journalist, hotel restaurant pianist, and stagehand; and at one point ran the coconut shy on Brighton Pier. During his career he has interviewed notable figures such as Gordon Brown, Gene Simmons and Steve Cropper.

Hawkins hosts a programme every weekday from 9 am to 12 noon on BBC Radio Shropshire called "Jim Hawkins in the Morning". Hawkins uses Twitter to interact with listeners during the show. Hawkins was persuaded to try Twitter after finding his Facebook experience disappointing. Hawkins also hosts a Saturday night programme entitled "Saturday Night with Jim Hawkins" broadcast by BBC Shropshire, BBC Hereford & Worcester, and BBC Radio Stoke.

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. He was also highly commended at the BT sponsored Regional News and Current Affairs Awards. Hawkins was one of five people who were shortlisted for the 2006 Sony Radio Academy Speech Broadcaster of the Year Award.

References

  1. Hawkins: Twitter status 9837110448
  2. Hawkins: Twitter status 9844456848 "It was" in reply to "It was your birthday today?"
  3. ^ "Jim Hawkins". BBC Radio Shropshire. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
  4. "Jim Hawkins Diary". BBC Radio Shropshire. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
  5. Jim Hawkins. "Fat Losers! The BBC Shropshire Weight-Loss Weblog". BBC. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
  6. ^ "Radio star bringing Shropshire together". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 10 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. "KPS.ORG.UK Mercia Sound Presenter - Jim Hawkins". www.kps.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
  8. ^ "JIM HAWKINS is appearing in TRAMLINES as himself". Livid Film Productions. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  9. ^ "BBC Hereford & Worcester feature". BBC. 2006-09-12. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
  10. "Jim Hawkins Diary". BBC Radio Shropshire. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
  11. "BBC - BBC Shropshire Programmes - Saturday Night with Jim Hawkins - Episodes coming up". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
  12. "Sony Radio Academy Awards Winners 2002". Sony Radio Academy Awards. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

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