Shaun Keaveny
Encyclopedia
Shaun William Keaveny is a British
broadcaster
, who presents the breakfast show on digital radio station BBC 6 Music
.
between 1987 and 1993.
Shaun joined XFM
in 2000 fronting the Early Breakfast show warming up for Christian O'Connell
and later presented the weekday afternoon show (Monday-Thursday) and the Friday breakfast show on XFM London
up until 2006.
Shaun's work in TV has included appearing with Richard Bacon
on his show Flipside TV (Channel 4 and Paramount Comedy), with Mary Anne Hobbs on JAMZ (Nation 217) and appeared on Ready Steady Cook
with Huey Morgan. He has narrated for E4's Stop Treating Me Like a Kid, Superheroes for Sky One and Channel 4's Road to V; and was the new "voice of Sky One".
He was often derided by Richard Bacon
during Bacon's now defunct XFM drive-time show, though he had cordial relations with Bacon off air.
Shaun joined BBC 6 Music
in 2007, to present the late evening show, which he did until April 2007. He began presenting the BBC 6 Music Breakfast Show on 2 April 2007. He deputises for a range of presenters on BBC Radio 2
. The show was originally presented by Phill Jupitus
, who had hosted the show since the station's inception in March 2002.
His first book 'R2D2 lives in Preston' was published in November 2010. It is a compilation of little known facts relating to various towns throughout the United Kingdom, advised by listeners to his Radio Show in a feature entitled 'Toast The Nation'.
United Kingdom
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broadcaster
Presenter
A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
, who presents the breakfast show on digital radio station BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....
.
Career
He played guitar for John Ariss in the student band MosqueMosque (Band)
Mosque were an English rock band that formed in 1987. Whilst sticking to no one distinct style, their music was based around new prog and alternative rock. Mosque consisted of Shaun Keaveny , Paul Banks , John Ariss and Leon Parr .Keaveny has since gone on to be breakfast radio presenter for BBC 6...
between 1987 and 1993.
Shaun joined XFM
Xfm
Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...
in 2000 fronting the Early Breakfast show warming up for Christian O'Connell
Christian O'Connell
Christian O'Connell is an English radio DJ who presents the Absolute Radio weekday breakfast show.He has formerly hosted BBC Radio Five Live's weekend sports game show Fighting Talk alongside the weekday breakfast show on indie music station Xfm London...
and later presented the weekday afternoon show (Monday-Thursday) and the Friday breakfast show on XFM London
Xfm London
Xfm London is a commercial radio station in the United Kingdom owned by Global Radio and broadcasts on 104.9 FM in London, on digital radio via 30 DAB multiplexes across the country, Sky, TalkTalk TV and Virgin Media....
up until 2006.
Shaun's work in TV has included appearing with Richard Bacon
Richard Bacon (television presenter)
Richard Paul Bacon is an English television and radio presenter.Bacon's first high-profile media role was as a presenter of Blue Peter, from which he was sacked in 1998 following newspaper reports of him taking cocaine...
on his show Flipside TV (Channel 4 and Paramount Comedy), with Mary Anne Hobbs on JAMZ (Nation 217) and appeared on Ready Steady Cook
Ready Steady Cook
Ready Steady Cook was a BBC daytime TV cooking programme it first debuted on 24 October 1994 and the last edition was broadcast on the 2 February 2010. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott became the new host...
with Huey Morgan. He has narrated for E4's Stop Treating Me Like a Kid, Superheroes for Sky One and Channel 4's Road to V; and was the new "voice of Sky One".
He was often derided by Richard Bacon
Richard Bacon (television presenter)
Richard Paul Bacon is an English television and radio presenter.Bacon's first high-profile media role was as a presenter of Blue Peter, from which he was sacked in 1998 following newspaper reports of him taking cocaine...
during Bacon's now defunct XFM drive-time show, though he had cordial relations with Bacon off air.
Shaun joined BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....
in 2007, to present the late evening show, which he did until April 2007. He began presenting the BBC 6 Music Breakfast Show on 2 April 2007. He deputises for a range of presenters on BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
. The show was originally presented by Phill Jupitus
Phill Jupitus
Phillip Christopher Jupitus is an English stand-up and improvised comedian, actor, performance poet, musician and podcaster....
, who had hosted the show since the station's inception in March 2002.
His first book 'R2D2 lives in Preston' was published in November 2010. It is a compilation of little known facts relating to various towns throughout the United Kingdom, advised by listeners to his Radio Show in a feature entitled 'Toast The Nation'.