Sandy Warr is a British radio news presenter and academic. She presents on LBC News on Sundays.[1]
Education
editWarr studied English Language and Literature at the University of Hull, graduating in 1983. Immediately following this, she studied a Diploma in broadcast journalism at the University of Central Lancashire; she later graduated with this Diploma.[2]
Career
editWarr's career began at Radio Mercury in the South-East of England.[3]
From 1984 to 1988, she was the News Editor at BBC Radio Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, which is now known as BBC Three Counties Radio and BBC 3CR.[4]
In 1992, she played a fictional newsreader in the 2-episode TV series The Guilty, which starred, amongst others, Michael Kitchen.[5]
In 1995, Warr was presenting sports programmes at BBC Radio 5 Live. She presented a programme focused on skiing, Off Piste, which was broadcast every Friday evening.[6] In the same year, she was also a sports commentator at the station, and was given the Rose Harris Award for her services to netball.[7]
In 1995, Warr was presenting a weekday early breakfast on Talk Radio UK, between 6 and 7am.[8] In 1996, Warr was presenting the show from 5am until 7am, alongside Chris Ashley.[9]
In 1998, she completed a master's degree in mass communication research at the University of Leicester.[2] In the same year, Warr joined City, University of London to teach about topics relating to radio production, radio journalism and radio presenting; she is currently a senior lecturer in journalism at City, University of London.[4]
From 2001 until 2006, Warr was a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster.[4]
In 2002, she was presenting the drivetime show on LBC.[10]
From 2006 to 2007, she was a programme presenter and news presenter at BBC Radio Berkshire.[3]
In 2008, she was presenting on Smooth Radio in the UK.[11]
In 2015, she co-presented a podcast for The Guardian, analysing the events of the Rugby World Cup of that year.[12]
From 2012 until 2020, Warr presented the news on talkSPORT.[4] She was also heard on talkSPORT's sister station talkRADIO, after the station launched in 2016. In 2016, she stormed off an edition of the Alan Brazil Breakfast Show on talkSPORT after Brazil accused her of showing a political bias during an on-air conversation.[13]
In the 2010s and possibly earlier, she was also a newsreader on Bauer Media Group's UK radio output.
By 2023, she had pioneered the first MA in Podcasting in the UK; the qualification began to be taught in that year. She was involved in finding funding for bursaries for the MA.[14]
Warr has won awards for her radio work, and is a Fellow of the Radio Academy.[14]
She has worked as a network presenter at the Classic Gold Digital Network.
Warr presents on Sundays on LBC News,[1] a radio station delivering rolling summaries of the latest news, business news, entertainment news, sports news, and other news.
Personal life
editWarr has run the London Marathon, and in 2008 she was interviewed by The Guardian about taking part in the MoonWalk, a charity fundraising event which involves power-walking, in Hyde Park in London.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Sandy Warr". Global Player. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ a b Warr, Sandy. "Education | Sandy Warr | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ a b Warr, Sandy. "Experience | Sandy Warr | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Sandy Warr | City, University of London". www.city.ac.uk. 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ The Guilty (TV Mini Series 1992– ) - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-11-14 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "1995 Sandy Warr awarded the Rose Harris Award for services to Netball". Our Netball History. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "Results for '"sandy warr"' | Gloucestershire Echo | Publication | British Newspaper Archive".
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help);|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ "Results for '"sandy warr"' | Gloucestershire Echo | Publication | British Newspaper Archive". Retrieved 14 November 2024.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ Day, Julia (2002-11-08). "Simon Bates axed from LBC". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ a b Warr, Sandy (2008-05-01). "Best foot forward". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ "Rugby World Cup 2015 podcast | The Guardian". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ Dean, Jon (2016-06-30). "Sandy Warr breaks silence for first time since Talksport row with Alan Brazil". The Mirror. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ a b "XCITY (2023) - by City, University of London's Journalism Department by Jason Bennetto - Issuu". issuu.com. 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2024-11-14.