Geoff Clark (journalist)
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Geoff Clark is a journalist and television presenter
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reporter with LBC Radio
in London in the late 1970s before moving to a studio-based presenter's job there. He then moved to TV-am
as an overnight sports producer working 8pm to 8am.
He gained promotion to Deputy Sports Editor and presented reports and bulletins on screen before going on to front a live 90 minutes sports programme on Saturday mornings.
He also worked with Sky News
and Sky Sports
before moving into the south east with ITV
.
He worked there for twelve years, starting as sports presenter then taking over the anchor role of the main news magazine show Meridian Tonight
before he moved to the BBC in 2004 as co-anchor of South East Today
, alongside Beverley Thompson
. He also spent a short spell as a relief presenter for the BBC News Channel during August 2009 and July 2010.
BBC South East announced in June 2009 that a reshuffle of regional news in October would result in Geoff leaving the Corporation. He presented his final edition of South East Today
earlier than originally planned on 17 September 2009.
Geoff returned to the BBC News Channel as a relief presenter in early February 2010.
In summer 2010, he also returned to his radio roots, presenting a Sunday afternoon show on BBC Radio Kent
. Radio Kent broadcasts from the same Tunbridge Wells site at which Clark was based during his time on South East Today. He also presents the Saturday breakfast show on BBC Sussex
.
Presenter
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Career
Clark started his broadcasting career as a footballFootball (soccer)
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reporter with LBC Radio
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 in the late 1970s before moving to a studio-based presenter's job there. He then moved to TV-am
TV-am
TV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast to the United Kingdom from 1 February 1983 to 31 December 1992. It made history by being the first national operator of a commercial television franchise at breakfast-time , and broadcast every day of the week for most or all of the period...
as an overnight sports producer working 8pm to 8am.
He gained promotion to Deputy Sports Editor and presented reports and bulletins on screen before going on to front a live 90 minutes sports programme on Saturday mornings.
He also worked with Sky News
Sky News
Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
and Sky Sports
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
before moving into the south east with 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...
.
He worked there for twelve years, starting as sports presenter then taking over the anchor role of the main news magazine show Meridian Tonight
Meridian Tonight
Meridian Tonight is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Meridian , serving the South and South East of England , and usually broadcast at 6pm and 10.30pm every weeknight. Other bulletins are branded as Meridian News...
before he moved to the BBC in 2004 as co-anchor of South East Today
South East Today
BBC South East Today is the BBC South East regional television news programme, serving Kent, East Sussex and the eastern fringes of Surrey. Prior to its launch on 3 September 2001, most of the viewers in the region received Newsroom South East, though some had been receiving South Today.South East...
, alongside Beverley Thompson
Beverley Thompson
-Career:Thompson's career with the BBC spanned over 23 years - much of that time spent on regional news. She began in the mid 80s as a reporter for Wales Today. She progressed to reading short news bulletins and occasionally presenting the main 5:35pm programme. By 1988, she moved to BBC West in...
. He also spent a short spell as a relief presenter for the BBC News Channel during August 2009 and July 2010.
BBC South East announced in June 2009 that a reshuffle of regional news in October would result in Geoff leaving the Corporation. He presented his final edition of South East Today
South East Today
BBC South East Today is the BBC South East regional television news programme, serving Kent, East Sussex and the eastern fringes of Surrey. Prior to its launch on 3 September 2001, most of the viewers in the region received Newsroom South East, though some had been receiving South Today.South East...
earlier than originally planned on 17 September 2009.
Geoff returned to the BBC News Channel as a relief presenter in early February 2010.
In summer 2010, he also returned to his radio roots, presenting a Sunday afternoon show on 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...
. Radio Kent broadcasts from the same Tunbridge Wells site at which Clark was based during his time on South East Today. He also presents the Saturday breakfast show on BBC Sussex
BBC Sussex
BBC Sussex is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Sussex. It began on 14 February 1968 as BBC Radio Brighton, later becoming BBC Radio Sussex and then part of BBC Southern Counties Radio, before adopting its present name on 30 March 2009...
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