- Jim Lee (radio)
Jim Lee is a freelance
continuity announcer onBBC Radio 4 , a newsreader and announcer at theBBC World Service and also provides links forBBC 7 . He was born inNuneaton ,England and joined theBBC in 1989. In the early 1990s he was involved in trials of DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting – i.e. Digital Radio), but was made redundant in 1997. Shortly after he re-joined as a freelance continuity announcer on Radio 4 and theWorld Service , and joinedBBC7 in 2002. He is known for his distinctive accent, and often interjects humour into his announcements. After theRadio 4 UK Theme made it into the UK popular music charts, he introduced it by saying "You don't often hear a hit single on Radio 4... but here's the UK theme", possibly indicating support for the decision to end the theme's daily transmission or possibly not.External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/presenters/jimlee.shtml Jim Lee on BBC7 - Profile]
* [http://www.kpsenterprise.co.uk/mercia1980/index.htm Jim Lee - Began his career at Mercia Sound in Coventry]
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