- Vic McGlynn
Vic McGlynn (born Victoria Claire McGlynn,
May 19 ,1978 inBlackpool ,England ) is a radiopresenter andDJ .She is also a performance DJ, as well as having been a one-time stand-up comedian, and an animal
mascot performer, being a monkey, shark, lion and rabbit, on the stage with theThe Flaming Lips at theManchester Apollo .Vic left Montgomery High School [ [http://www.montgomeryschool.co.uk/ Montgomery High School, Blackpool, England] ] in Blackpool in 1994.
She became a big fan of
The Smiths very early on in her life, then worked for RSL Radio and regional radio inPreston in her late teenage years. She subsequently spent eight years working for commercial radio stations inLiverpool ,London ,Manchester , and abroad inDubai .All this before arriving at
BBC 6 Music , where she was the presenter of the weekday lunch time radio music show from 2003 to 2006. She announced that her last afternoon show for BBC 6 Music was to be onAugust 25 , 2006 and left the BBC to embark on a trip circumnavigatingAustralia on atandem bicycle . [ [http://www.flamin-saddles.com/ expressed mission statement, Vic McGlynn's travel website] dead link|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070517200357/http://www.flamin-saddles.com/ |date=October 2008]Timeline
*2003 - 2006
BBC 6 Music , London, England, Lunchtime Presenter
*2001 - 2003
Galaxy 102Manchester , England, Mid morning presenter/breakfast
*2000 - 2001
Juice 107.6,Liverpool , England, Evening presenter/breakfast
*2000
Channel 4 FM,Dubai , AE, Breakfast co-presenter and producer
*1999 - 2000
Virgin Megastore Radio, London, England, Presenter
*1997
Rock FM,Preston , England, Weekend overnight presenter
*1992 - 1996
Radio Wave, Blackpool, England
*1994 - 1997
Blackpool Tower , Blackpool, England, Spinner of the Macarena, EntertainmentQuotes
On
Kurt Cobain :"Kurt left a legacy of a brutally honest artist who opened up his most personal thoughts and exposed his self-loathing and laid them down for all to see. His music was honest, tortured and vulnerable. He gave his all for his art but it's a shame he left nothing for himself". [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/spl/pop_ups/04/all_kurt_cobain0s_legacy/html/6.stm BBC "On This Day", regarding impressions and legacy of Kurt Cobain] ]
ee also
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BBC 6 Music Notes
External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040629214507/www.bbc.co.uk/6music/presenters/vic_mcglynn/ Vic McGlynn's show page at BBC 6 Music (archived from June 29, 2004)]
* [http://www.flamin-saddles.com Vic McGlynn's personal travel website]
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