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Chris
Evans (born April 1,
1966, in Warrington,
England) is an English
radio and television
presenter and
producer.
Chris
Evans started his
broadcasting career in
1985 at Manchester
Piccadilly Radio working
as an assistant to Timmy
Mallett and playing a
character on his show
called Nobby Nolevel (No
'O' Level). He was then
offered a Saturday
afternoon show &
then the Weekday evening
show, until he was
sacked in 1987 after a
showdown with his
boss.
After
working as a producer on
Richard Branson's
service Radio Radio,
Chris Evans went onto
work at the BBC London
radio station GLR, first
of all as a producer on
Emma Freud's mid-morning
show & then went
onto produce Danny
Baker's Weekend
Breakfast
show.
Evans
became a presenter on
the station in early
1990, taking over a
Saturday afternoon show
& then three month's
later, he went onto
present the Monday -
Thursday evening show,
entitled The Greenhouse,
which went out from 7.30
- 10pm. He remained on
this slot until the end
of 1990.
In
addition to his Saturday
morning show on GLR, in
March 1992, Evans began
presenting a Sunday
afternoon show on BBC
Radio 1, replacing
Phillip Schofield who
had previously broadcast
in the slot. His show
called 'Too Much Gravy',
was broadcast from
2.30-4pm ending in
September 1992. His move
to Radio 1 was
shortlived but seen as a
huge success, with
controller Johnny
Beerling later admitting
he wished he'd offered
Evans a full-time show
there and then. At the
time, however, Evans
objected that Radio 1
had tried to constrain
his style, preventing
him from using the "zoo"
format, allegedly
because Steve Wright was
already doing that on
the station.
Websites:
Wikipedia
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Information.
News:
Ross
And Evans Battle For
Award
29 March 2007
Teenager
Still Awaits Chris Evans
Gift
19 February
2006
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