- Gideon Coe
Gideon Coe is a radio DJ, presenter, sportscaster, voice-over artist, and journalist. He was born on
22 September 1967 .Coe graduated from Coventry's Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University) in 1989. He gained a 2.1 in Communication Studies. During his time there he played rhythm guitar with pop/punk bands Cradle Song and The Vendetta Men. He'd previously spent some time in The Strike It Out Gang and A-Bomb
He started his career working in local government in the
Kent County Council, then took a position as a sports broadcaster at BT Clubcall.Gideon joined
BBC GLR in 1994 as the sportscaster on the Breakfast show, moving up to joint-presentation duties. He won a Sony Award in 1995 and another in 1999 for the Sports show.He has presented shows on
BBC Radio Five Live andBBC Radio 4 where he became a regular guest on Loose Ends. He has also done TV programmes and was presenter of Something For The Weekend onVH1 and a live show, The Live Six Show, onSky One , voiceovers for Channel Five, as well as being a contributor to theThe Guardian newspaper.He joined
BBC 6 Music in 2002, presenting the 10am-1pm weekday show from the station's launch, until19 October 2007 . He won his third Sony Award in 2003 for his work there presenting the mid-morning show. On22 October 2007 his show was controversially moved to 10pm-1am, Mondays to Thursdays, now broadcasting an hour earlier from 9pm-12am. The 10am-1pm slot was taken over by George Lamb.Gideon is the son of accomplished Jazz musician
Tony Coe .External references
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/gideon_coe/ Gideon Coe's show page at BBC 6 Music]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzfQeaOr0wg Gideon performing with The Vendetta Men]
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