Sam Matterface
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Sam Peter Matterface is a well-known English
sports broadcaster currently working for TalkSPORT
.
He came to prominence as the well-known voice of south-coast radio station 107.4 The Quay, where he presented a variety of sports related programmes from 2001–2007, as well as the breakfast show. He is a fan of Chelsea FC. He started presenting on Sky Sports News
in July 2007, before leaving in Autumn
2010. Matterface will take up the lead commentary role at TalkSPORT
.
Matterface started working in sports radio in 1992 for local hospital radio station OHR, before moving into commercial radio at 16. He worked at BBC Radio Kent in 1998, then Capital Radio Sport from 1999.
He was amongst three shortlisted for the Commercial Radio Presenter of the Year award in 2006.
He is married to Sky Sports News presenter and former colleague, Natalie Sawyer
, and they have a son, Sawyer, who was born on 28 October 2010.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
sports broadcaster currently working for TalkSPORT
TalkSPORT
Talksport , owned by UTV radio, is one of the United Kingdom's three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters, offering a sports and talk radio service broadcast from London to the United Kingdom....
.
He came to prominence as the well-known voice of south-coast radio station 107.4 The Quay, where he presented a variety of sports related programmes from 2001–2007, as well as the breakfast show. He is a fan of Chelsea FC. He started presenting on Sky Sports News
Sky Sports News
Sky Sports News is a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. It is run by BSkyB whose sports channels include Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as Sky Sports HD1, HD2, HD3 and HD4....
in July 2007, before leaving in Autumn
Autumn
Autumn is one of the four temperate seasons. Autumn marks the transition from summer into winter usually in September or March when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier....
2010. Matterface will take up the lead commentary role at TalkSPORT
TalkSPORT
Talksport , owned by UTV radio, is one of the United Kingdom's three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters, offering a sports and talk radio service broadcast from London to the United Kingdom....
.
Matterface started working in sports radio in 1992 for local hospital radio station OHR, before moving into commercial radio at 16. He worked at BBC Radio Kent in 1998, then Capital Radio Sport from 1999.
He was amongst three shortlisted for the Commercial Radio Presenter of the Year award in 2006.
He is married to Sky Sports News presenter and former colleague, Natalie Sawyer
Natalie Sawyer
Natalie Sawyer is a presenter on Sky Sports News.-Early life:Sawyer was born to an English father, and a mother of Bulgarian descent. She graduated from Leeds Trinity University College with a degree in History and Media. This also included a work placement at Sky Sports, during which time she...
, and they have a son, Sawyer, who was born on 28 October 2010.