Becky Want
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Rebecca Elizabeth Want is a radio and television broadcaster, based in Manchester
.
Want, originally from Hyde
in Cheshire
, currently presents of the weekday afternoon show on BBC Radio Manchester
. She also presents Becky Want's Retail Therapy, a Saturday morning show broadcast live from various shopping centres in Greater Manchester, such as the Trafford Centre
.
After studying drama at university, Want began her career in 1990 at Signal Radio in Stoke-on-Trent
, presenting a Sunday afternoon show before joining Piccadilly Radio in Manchester as a weekend overnight presenter, later progressing to co-present the breakfast show. In 1994 she joined Fortune 1458
in Manchester. headed by her former boss Colin Walters. She presented the Breakfast Show there for around a year.
Want also joined Granada Television
to present a wide range of regional programmes including the nightly regional news magazine Granada Tonight (now Granada Reports
) and feature series such as The Motor Show. She later joined Granada Sky Broadcasting
's now-defunct lifestyle channel, Granada Breeze
, as a presenter of Livetime and Predictions with Derek Acorah
.
She has also presented Inside Out North West for BBC North West
and Homesearch (now The Homesmine) for Channel M
, where she was also a reporter and occasional presenter for the station's regional news service, Channel M News
.
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
.
Want, originally from Hyde
Hyde, Greater Manchester
Hyde is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. As of the 2001 census, the town had a population of 31,253. Historically part of Cheshire, it is northeast of Stockport, west of Glossop and east of Manchester....
in Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
, currently presents of the weekday afternoon show on BBC Radio Manchester
BBC Radio Manchester
BBC Radio Manchester is a BBC Local Radio station broadcasting to Greater Manchester in North West England. It broadcasts 24 hours a day from studios at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays via a transmitter at Holme Moss, with a small repeater at Saddleworth covering Tameside and Saddleworth...
. She also presents Becky Want's Retail Therapy, a Saturday morning show broadcast live from various shopping centres in Greater Manchester, such as the Trafford Centre
Trafford Centre
The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and leisure complex situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, close to the Trafford Park industrial estate and approximately 5 miles from Manchester city centre. It is the highest valued shopping centre in the...
.
After studying drama at university, Want began her career in 1990 at Signal Radio in Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...
, presenting a Sunday afternoon show before joining Piccadilly Radio in Manchester as a weekend overnight presenter, later progressing to co-present the breakfast show. In 1994 she joined Fortune 1458
Fortune 1458
-History:The station began broadcasting in 1994 on the old BBC GMR medium wave frequency and was seen as a direct competitor to Piccadilly 1152.Following take overs, the station went through several name changes including Lite 1458, Big AM and Capital Gold. The frequency is currently used by Gold...
in Manchester. headed by her former boss Colin Walters. She presented the Breakfast Show there for around a year.
Want also joined Granada Television
Granada Television
Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....
to present a wide range of regional programmes including the nightly regional news magazine Granada Tonight (now Granada Reports
Granada Reports
Granada Reports is the flagship regional news programme of ITV franchisee Granada, presented by Tony Morris and Lucy Meacock, and serving the North West of England and the Isle of Man....
) and feature series such as The Motor Show. She later joined Granada Sky Broadcasting
Granada Sky Broadcasting
ITV Digital Channels Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of British television broadcaster ITV plc...
's now-defunct lifestyle channel, Granada Breeze
Granada Breeze
Granada Breeze was a lifestyle channel operated by Granada Sky Broadcasting, a joint venture between Granada Television and British Sky Broadcasting. The channel was launched as Granada Good Life on 1 October 1996....
, as a presenter of Livetime and Predictions with Derek Acorah
Derek Acorah
Derek Acorah is a British medium. He is best known for his work on Most Haunted, broadcast on Living, between 2002 and 2005. He recently presented the series Derek Acorah on Sky Real Lives...
.
She has also presented Inside Out North West for BBC North West
BBC North West
BBC North West is the BBC English Region serving Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, Walsden in West Yorkshire, the Isle of Man , north-west Derbyshire, the Yorkshire Dales including Settle and Ribblesdale, and southern Cumbria.BBC North West television output is also broadcast in...
and Homesearch (now The Homesmine) for Channel M
Channel m
Channel M is a regional television station, based in Manchester, England. It began broadcasting on 14 February 2000 as Manchester Student Television and is owned and operated by the Guardian Media Group.-Coverage:...
, where she was also a reporter and occasional presenter for the station's regional news service, Channel M News
Channel M News
Channel M News was a regional television news service covering the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, produced by Channel M, partly in conjunction with the Manchester Evening News....
.