Janine Machin
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Janine Machin is a British
radio and TV presenter. Machin was born in Stoke-on-Trent
and is a graduate of Oxford University.
Machin began her media work in the English counties of Staffordshire
and Cheshire
as the host of the breakfast show on BBC Radio Stoke
. She joined the radio station in 1999 as a telephone answerer and then in 2002 she became co-presenter of the breakfast show along with Kevin Fernihough. Since Fernihough's departure in 2004 to BBC Radio Northampton, Machin hosted the show as its sole presenter. In 2007 Machin joined BBC Look East based in Cambridge as a presenter and reporter for the BBC's Look East's "Close Up" service.
United Kingdom
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radio and TV presenter. Machin was born in Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...
and is a graduate of Oxford University.
Machin began her media work in the English counties of Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
and Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
as the host of the breakfast show on BBC Radio Stoke
BBC Radio Stoke
BBC Radio Stoke is a BBC Local Radio station in England, for the area of North and Mid Staffordshire, north east Shropshire and South Cheshire. The station began broadcasting programmes on 14 March 1968 as BBC Radio Stoke-on-Trent....
. She joined the radio station in 1999 as a telephone answerer and then in 2002 she became co-presenter of the breakfast show along with Kevin Fernihough. Since Fernihough's departure in 2004 to BBC Radio Northampton, Machin hosted the show as its sole presenter. In 2007 Machin joined BBC Look East based in Cambridge as a presenter and reporter for the BBC's Look East's "Close Up" service.
Trivia
Machin:- Is reputed to have an exhaustive collection of footwear.
- She was also a goalkeeper of her school field hockey team.
- In an entry on the BBC website she says, "I like cheese and shoes more than I should, and I'm not a fan of Centre-Lane-Hoggers on the motorway!"
External links
- http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/images/2005/08/25/janine_machin_203x152.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2006/02/27/janine_machin_radio_stoke_feature.shtml&h=152&w=203&sz=12&hl=en&start=7&sig2=-oaLSiu9DzDkUMhnK1gW-w&tbnid=4A5ws93fEahdyM:&tbnh=79&tbnw=105&ei=ckgDSKbbG4XywwH49b2QCQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djanine%2Bmachin%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3DenBBC website]
- BBC Look East biography
