Jeremy Rees (radio presenter)
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Jeremy Rees is a Welsh radio presenter and voice-over artist. He currently heard on Radio Cardiff
in South Wales.
, Swansea
and grew up in the Lliw Valley. He left Wales in 1983 to become a community worker in Bradford
, West Yorkshire before moving to London
where he spent 21 years working in mental health and community development
. He returned to live in Wales
in 2007 and now resides in Cardiff
.
Rees joined Radio Cardiff on its official launch in 2007 as a newsreader and interviewer. He was a co-presenter on the station's flagship magazine programme, Lunchbreak until July 2008 and continues to do occasional interviews on its successor News, Views & Interviews. He still presents the station's main news bulletins on Thursdays and Fridays.
He presented the Saturday afternoon sports programme Ready Steady Score! until September 2009 when he took over the 7:00–9:00am slot on Saturday mornings with the Soulful Saturday Breakfast featuring classic soul, jazz and lover's rock (reggae) and including a weekly live 'unplugged' slot where local singers & bands perform acoustically and discuss their musical influences.
Rees was also writer/producer for the twenty-two part music profile series Legends in 2008 which featured iconic performers in the soul, jazz, reggae and R&B genres. His other shows for the station include : Radio Cardiff Soul Cellar (Northern Soul
retrospective) and The Rhythm of Life (interviews with Cardiff characters giving personal perspectives of the City interspersed with favourite music tracks).
Away from Radio Cardiff, Rees remains active in the community development field in Wales.
Radio Cardiff
Radio Cardiff is a community radio station serving Cardiff, the capital of Wales. It broadcasts locally on 98.7 FM and via live streaming on the Internet....
in South Wales.
Biography
Rees was born in MorristonMorriston
Morriston is a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales and falls within the Morriston ward. Morriston is sometimes referred to as a distinct town , however Morriston never had a town charter, and is now part of the continuous urban area around Swansea, the centre of which lies three...
, Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
and grew up in the Lliw Valley. He left Wales in 1983 to become a community worker in Bradford
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
, West Yorkshire before moving to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
where he spent 21 years working in mental health and community development
Community development
Community development is a broad term applied to the practices and academic disciplines of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of local communities....
. He returned to live in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
in 2007 and now resides in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
.
Rees joined Radio Cardiff on its official launch in 2007 as a newsreader and interviewer. He was a co-presenter on the station's flagship magazine programme, Lunchbreak until July 2008 and continues to do occasional interviews on its successor News, Views & Interviews. He still presents the station's main news bulletins on Thursdays and Fridays.
He presented the Saturday afternoon sports programme Ready Steady Score! until September 2009 when he took over the 7:00–9:00am slot on Saturday mornings with the Soulful Saturday Breakfast featuring classic soul, jazz and lover's rock (reggae) and including a weekly live 'unplugged' slot where local singers & bands perform acoustically and discuss their musical influences.
Rees was also writer/producer for the twenty-two part music profile series Legends in 2008 which featured iconic performers in the soul, jazz, reggae and R&B genres. His other shows for the station include : Radio Cardiff Soul Cellar (Northern Soul
Northern soul
Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged from the British mod scene, initially in northern England in the late 1960s. Northern soul mainly consists of a particular style of black American soul music based on the heavy beat and fast tempo of the mid-1960s Tamla Motown sound...
retrospective) and The Rhythm of Life (interviews with Cardiff characters giving personal perspectives of the City interspersed with favourite music tracks).
Away from Radio Cardiff, Rees remains active in the community development field in Wales.