Peter Deeley
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Peter Deeley is a British
journalist who until January 2006 was a presenter on the London
phone-in radio station, LBC 97.3
.
and Richard Nixon
, former British Prime Minister
s Baroness Thatcher
and Sir John Major
, Dr. Henry Kissinger
, and Tony Blair
. His career began in the late sixties when he reported on the Solihull
News in the West Midlands
. He moved to the Birmingham Evening Mail
.
In the late seventies, he became deputy news editor and presenter at Beacon Radio in Wolverhampton
. From there he moved to IRN
reporting team, where he remained until the early eighties. He then moved to LBC
in London, presenting LBC Reports and Weekend Breakfast. From 1985-1990 he was the breakfast anchorman at LBC alongside Douglas Cameron. He has also worked on Talk Radio
, BBC Radio Kent
and BBC Radio 5 Live
.
- being a recovering alcoholic himself. But from April 2006 he was broadcasting again. He now lives in Greece.
United Kingdom
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journalist who until January 2006 was a presenter on the London
London
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phone-in radio station, LBC 97.3
LBC 97.3
LBC 97.3 is a London-based talk and phone-in radio station. It is one half of the latest incarnation of LBC, the news and speech service which was Britain's first commercial radio station when it went on air in October 1973...
.
Career
Deeley has enabled interviewed Ronald ReaganRonald Reagan
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and Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
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, former British Prime Minister
Prime minister
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s Baroness Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
and Sir John Major
John Major
Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...
, Dr. Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
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, and Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
. His career began in the late sixties when he reported on the Solihull
Solihull
Solihull is a town in the West Midlands of England with a population of 94,753. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is located 9 miles southeast of Birmingham city centre...
News in the West Midlands
West Midlands (region)
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. He moved to the Birmingham Evening Mail
Birmingham Mail
The Birmingham Mail is a tabloid newspaper based in Birmingham, UK but distributed around Birmingham, The Black Country, Solihull, Warwickshire and parts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire. The newspaper, which was re-branded from the Birmingham Evening Mail in October 2005, is one of the biggest...
.
In the late seventies, he became deputy news editor and presenter at Beacon Radio in Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
. From there he moved to IRN
Independent Radio News
Independent Radio News provides a service of news bulletins, audio and copy to commercial radio stations in the UK and beyond.The managing director of IRN is Tim Molloy, who succeeded long-term MD John Perkins in November 2009...
reporting team, where he remained until the early eighties. He then moved to LBC
LBC
LBC Radio operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. LBC was Britain's first legal commercial Independent Local Radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. It began broadcasting on 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio...
in London, presenting LBC Reports and Weekend Breakfast. From 1985-1990 he was the breakfast anchorman at LBC alongside Douglas Cameron. He has also worked on Talk Radio
TalkSPORT
Talksport , owned by UTV radio, is one of the United Kingdom's three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters, offering a sports and talk radio service broadcast from London to the United Kingdom....
, BBC Radio Kent
BBC Radio Kent
BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Kent.It broadcasts on FM on 96.7 , 97.6 and 104.2 also 774 and 1602 MW and DAB.- History :The radio station was launched in 1970 under the name of BBC Radio Medway, originally only serving the...
and BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live
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.
LBC Radio Show
Deeley presented from 1am to 5am on Monday and from 12am to 5am on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In December 2005, he left LBC live on air, to become an addiction psychotherapistPsychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a general term referring to any form of therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client or patient; family, couple or group...
- being a recovering alcoholic himself. But from April 2006 he was broadcasting again. He now lives in Greece.