Hellon Wheels
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Hellon Wheels also known as Helen Kennedy (born Helen Meacham on 29 October, 1973) is currently the co-host of the Breakfast show on Worcester
based radio station Wyvern
along with former Quay Radio presenter Rich 'Hursty' Hurst. Her on-air name originated from her time as Traffic and Travel girl at Birmingham
's 100.7 Heart FM
.
Her career with Heart began in 1996, after graduating with a degree from Cardiff University, where she had studied journalism. She originally applied for a job as a tea girl at the station, but after her stint as a travel presenter on Cox and Bumphrey breakfast show, she went on to become a full time presenter.
Prior to June 2006, Hellon co-hosted the weekday Heart Breakfat along with Ed James, but left temporarily to give birth to her first child. Sarah-Jane Mee deputised for her during this time, and became the permanent co-host of the breakfast show after Hellon's brief return in late 2006. Hellon then presented the Sunday morning breakfast show along with Ed James until moving to Wyvern in 2008.
Worcester
The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...
based radio station Wyvern
Wyvern
A wyvern or wivern is a legendary winged reptilian creature with a dragon's head, two legs , and a barbed tail. The wyvern is found in heraldry. There exists a purely sea-dwelling variant, termed the Sea-Wyvern which has a fish tail in place of a barbed dragon's tail...
along with former Quay Radio presenter Rich 'Hursty' Hurst. Her on-air name originated from her time as Traffic and Travel girl at Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
's 100.7 Heart FM
100.7 Heart FM
Heart West Midlands is a radio station based in Birmingham, England, as part of the Heart Network, with a regional license to broadcast to the West Midlands...
.
Her career with Heart began in 1996, after graduating with a degree from Cardiff University, where she had studied journalism. She originally applied for a job as a tea girl at the station, but after her stint as a travel presenter on Cox and Bumphrey breakfast show, she went on to become a full time presenter.
Prior to June 2006, Hellon co-hosted the weekday Heart Breakfat along with Ed James, but left temporarily to give birth to her first child. Sarah-Jane Mee deputised for her during this time, and became the permanent co-host of the breakfast show after Hellon's brief return in late 2006. Hellon then presented the Sunday morning breakfast show along with Ed James until moving to Wyvern in 2008.