Elliott Webb
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Early career
Elliott started his career in 1989 at Radio Wyvern in Worcester where he presented the evening show. From there he briefly presented the late night show at Severn SoundSevern Sound
Heart Gloucestershire is an Independent Local Radio station that broadcasts to Gloucestershire, England. The station now has just two programmes a day broadcasting live from Gloucestershire with the majority of its output being the same as most other stations in the Heart network, owned by Global...
in Gloucester and then moved to MFM 103.4 to present evenings again.
In 1991 he moved to Bradford to work at the newly re-launched Pulse of West Yorkshire
The Pulse of West Yorkshire
The Pulse is a British Independent Local Radio station that serves the Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale areas of West Yorkshire. The station was originally known as Pennine Radio...
. He hosted various shows until he took over presenting duties for Breakfast with co-host Debbie Lindley
Debbie Lindley
Debbie Lindley is a British presenter and journalist.- Career :Lindley began her career as co-host of a local radio station Breakfast Show, The Pulse until joining Yorkshire Television in early 1996. In 2002, Lindley joined Real Radio presenting a late night weekend request show...
until his departure in 1996.
More early starts followed with his move to Galaxy 101 in Bristol which had recently been acquired by Chrysalis Radio. As part of a major revamp for the station Elliott hosted the Breakfast Show with Sally Bailey until March 1997.
BRMB
In April 1997 Elliott moved to BRMBBrmb
brmb is a local radio station based in Birmingham, UK, owned and operated by Orion Media. The station broadcasts on 96.4 FM, DAB Digital Radio in the West Midlands and online...
, Birmingham to present the evening show and provide holiday cover for the then Breakfast host, Les Ross
Les Ross
Les Ross MBE is a British disc jockey and long established personality in the West Midlands.-Early life and career:...
. It was during one of these cover periods in 1999 that Elliott hosted the notorious Two Strangers and a Wedding
Two Strangers and a Wedding
Two Strangers and a Wedding is a controversial radio competition currently running on 106 Jack FM and Glide FM in the U.K, created and first hosted in Australia....
contest where couples competed to win the chance to marry a complete stranger. Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were the chosen couple who tied the knot having met only minutes before. The contest received condemnation from many but generated worldwide publicity for the station. It was later the subject of two networked ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
documentaries and acres of press coverage.
Elliott eventually took over the Breakfast Show full time following the departure of Les Ross in 2001. The show went on to win several awards and was back in the media spotlight in 2006 with a second Two Strangers and a Wedding contest this time marrying Rebecca Duffy and Craig Cooper. Later in the same year a string of emails to the show from an anonymous female listener culminated in the sender hiring a giant billboard in Birmingham city centre to dump her husband whom she suspected of cheating.
After twelve years, Elliott left BRMB in October 2009 following the purchase of the station by new owners Orion Media
Orion Media
Orion Media is a UK commercial radio group run by radio veteran Phil Riley and backed by Lloyds TSB Development Capital. It was created from the enforced sale of several radio stations in the English Midlands owned and operated by Global Radio.-History:...
.
Hit40UK & 95.8 Capital FM
In 2003 Elliott covered presenting duties for the nationally broadcast chart show Hit40UKHit40uk
Hit40UK was a networked Top 40 chart show broadcasting on around 130 UK commercial radio stations every Sunday from 4pm to 7pm. It is now a TV programme shown on 4Music. The radio version was produced in house by Global Radio and Somethin' Else...
. He has also presented the Capital FM produced and networked weekly entertainment show Seven and the Capital FM weekend Breakfast Show.
Current Radio Work
Since leaving BRMB Elliott has been working as a freelance cover presenter for a variety of BBC and commercial stations. These include BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Radio ShropshireBBC Radio Shropshire
BBC Radio Shropshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Shropshire. Launched on 23 April 1985 it broadcasts from its studios in Shrewsbury on 96 , 90 , 95 , 104.1 FM and DAB...
, BBC WM
BBC WM
BBC WM is the BBC Local Radio service for the West Midlands, South Staffordshire, north Worcestershire and north Warwickshire, operated by BBC Birmingham. Launched on 9 November 1970 as BBC Radio Birmingham, it broadcasts from central Birmingham on 95.6 FM, DAB and on the internet...
and BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire is the BBC Local Radio service serving the City of Coventry and the county of Warwickshire. It broadcasts on 94.8, 103.7 and 104 MHz FM, DAB Digital Radio and is streamed on the internet via the ....
, where he regularly presents a Saturday lunchtime show. Commercial stations include Heart Oxfordshire, Smooth East Midlands
106.6 Smooth Radio
106.6 Smooth Radio was an Independent Local Radio station for the East Midlands, which replaced Saga 106.6 FM at 6am on Monday 26 March 2007. In turn it replaced itself by the national Smooth Radio service which was launched on 4 October 2010...
, Signal 1
Signal 1
Signal One is a British Independent Local Radio station broadcasting from studios in Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent to Staffordshire and Cheshire on 96.4 , 96.9 and 102.6 MHz FM for Cheshire, Stafford and North Staffordshire respectively. It also broadcasts on the Stoke "UTV-EMAP Stoke-on-Trent"...
and Real Radio (North West) and network cover.
Television
Elliott has presented and contributed to a wide variety of TV shows throughout his career. These include regional news bulletins for Yorkshire Television's CalendarCalendar (News)
Calendar is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Yorkshire at its studios in Leeds, serving Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and parts of the North Midlands and North West Norfolk...
, “Two Strangers and a Wedding” documentaries for ITV, “The Home Health Show” for Discovery Home and Health
Discovery Home & Health
Discovery Home & Health is a television channel based in the United Kingdom.Discovery Home & Health is available in Latin America , Australia, Republic of Ireland, Hong Kong, Philippines, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.It was formerly available on SelecTV from March 2007...
, “The Last Word” for ITV Central and the weekly studio debate show “Central Extra” also for ITV Central.
Flaps Podcast
Elliott is a presenter and producer of the award-winning British aviation podcast, Flaps PodcastFlaps Podcast
Flaps Podcast is a British aviation podcast. Produced by BBC radio producer Mark Newman and presenter Elliott Webb, it discusses topics of interest to private and general aviation pilots....
. He is also a holder of a private pilot licence.
Awards
- 2011 Sony Radio Awards - Best Internet Programme - Bronze
- 2007 Sony Radio Awards - The Interactive Programme Award - Silver
- 2006 GCap Media Awards - Best Interactive Bit
- 2005 New York Radio Festival - Best Music/Personality Show - Silver
- 2005 New York Radio Festival - Best Comedy/Humour Personality - Bronze