Ronnie Herel
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Ronnie Herel is a disc jockey
and radio presenter on BBC radio 1Xtra
, the BBC's digital station for new black music, presenting the flagship 1xtra R&B show on Monday nights from 10pm til 1am.
Ronnie also hosted The 1xtra Chart Show and The Basement on 1xtra - Saturday and Sunday 1pm til 4pm respectively.
Consequently, has now been selected as one of a few DJs to carry out a resident spot on BBC Radio 1 Saturday night 1 til 3 slot from January 2011
Ronnie sat in for Greg James
' (painfully) early Breakfast show on BBC Radio One on many occasions.
He has previously been nominated for two MOBO
awards in the categories of Best Radio Show and UK Best Club DJ and was voted Best Club DJ by readers of Blues & Soul Magazine in 2000.
He is also nominated for Best DJ at the Urban Music Awards
2008.
Ronnie Herel has supported artists such as Amp Fiddler and Brand New Heavies and performed on releases by the Brand New Heavies
.
He has also appeared on the BBC television programmes Babyfather and Holby City.
Ronnie is also a recording artist and his first record ‘Quartz – Its too Late’ reached No 8 in the UK charts in 1991.
Ronnie was also co-director of Uptown Records in London.
He now DJs at a successful soulful monthly residency in London @ The Drunken Monkey 222 Shoreditch High St London E1 6PJ which takes place every last Friday of the Month.
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
and radio presenter on BBC radio 1Xtra
BBC Radio 1Xtra
BBC Radio 1Xtra is a digital radio station in the United Kingdom from the BBC specialising in new black music, sometimes referred to as urban music. Launched at 18:00 on 16 August 2002, it had been codenamed Network X during the consulation period and is the sister station to BBC Radio 1...
, the BBC's digital station for new black music, presenting the flagship 1xtra R&B show on Monday nights from 10pm til 1am.
Ronnie also hosted The 1xtra Chart Show and The Basement on 1xtra - Saturday and Sunday 1pm til 4pm respectively.
Consequently, has now been selected as one of a few DJs to carry out a resident spot on BBC Radio 1 Saturday night 1 til 3 slot from January 2011
Ronnie sat in for Greg James
Greg James (DJ)
Greg James is a British radio DJ at BBC Radio 1.Having previously had experience at BBC Radio Norfolk and Galaxy North East, James started presenting the Early Breakfast show in October 2007, replacing the previous incumbents of the slot, JK and Joel...
' (painfully) early Breakfast show on BBC Radio One on many occasions.
He has previously been nominated for two MOBO
Mobo
Mobo can refer to:*Shorthand for the motherboard in computers and other electronic equipment*Shorthand for a mobile [network] operator or MNO *Shorthand for a mobile bohemian, a person who embraces mobile technology...
awards in the categories of Best Radio Show and UK Best Club DJ and was voted Best Club DJ by readers of Blues & Soul Magazine in 2000.
He is also nominated for Best DJ at the Urban Music Awards
Urban Music Awards
The Urban Music Awards is a HipHop, R&B, Dance and soul music awards ceremony launched in 2003 and now held in six countries annually.The awards ceremony is held annually by Invincible Media Group. The UMA's is now held in 6 countries annually...
2008.
Ronnie Herel has supported artists such as Amp Fiddler and Brand New Heavies and performed on releases by the Brand New Heavies
Brand New Heavies
The Brand New Heavies are an acid jazz and funk group formed in 1985 in Ealing, a suburb of London, England.-Biography:The Brand New Heavies began in the 1980s as an instrumental acid jazz group called Brother International....
.
He has also appeared on the BBC television programmes Babyfather and Holby City.
Ronnie is also a recording artist and his first record ‘Quartz – Its too Late’ reached No 8 in the UK charts in 1991.
Ronnie was also co-director of Uptown Records in London.
He now DJs at a successful soulful monthly residency in London @ The Drunken Monkey 222 Shoreditch High St London E1 6PJ which takes place every last Friday of the Month.