Spotlight No: 485
Website: http://www.chrishawkins.org.uk
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'10''
Build: Average
Playing Age: 31 - 35
Chris presents the weekday Early Breakfast show on BBC 6Music as well as doing regular shows on LBC 97.3. He has regularly deputised on Radio 2 and introduced headline acts on stage for Radio 2 live music events. Chris often appears on BBC 1 Breakfast TV, News 24 and BBC 3 TV News offering his opinion on music and pop-culture stories. He is a regular on BBC 5Live and has fronted both the BBC World Service UK Album Chart Show & the UK Top 20.
Chris writes a monthly music column in the London magazines, ‘Angel’ and ‘North’ and played himself in the Manchester and London productions of the play, Funkface.
He presented a daily show on GLR 94.9 for over two years and has also presented on Classic Gold, BBC London Live, BBC Radio Nottingham, Jazz FM, Real Radio (Guardian Media Group) and American College Radio.
Chris began his career at BBC Radio Shropshire and also had a stint at Talk Radio UK.
He has DJ’ed at the BAFTA TV Awards star-studded after-show party, played alongside top European DJs at the launch of a major new radio station in Budapest as well as at the legendry Kings Hall in the Midlands with Andy Rourke (The Smiths).
Voice Character
Assured
Voice Quality
Strong