Anne-Marie Minhall

Anne-Marie Minhall is an English radio presenter who works for Classic FM. She presents the weekday afternoon show from 12pm–4pm.

Early life and education

Minhall was born in London and raised in a Nottinghamshire village.[1] She attended Clarendon College in Nottingham.[1]

Career

Her broadcasting career started by volunteering at Radio Trent Careline and then becoming a newsreader at Trent FM.[1] She presented the late-night show on the opening night of East Midlands regional station GEM-AM. She moved to Independent Radio News, in 1994.

Classic FM

Minhall joined Classic FM in 1996,[1] four years after its launch, as a regular newsreader and as the main presenter of the weekly arts and culture show, The Guest List,[2] which she hosted for just over three years.[3] She has remained with the station ever since,[4] and her work has included the Great Composers series featuring biographies and examples of music,[5] and work as the news editor for Classic FM.[6] In 2014 she became the weekday afternoon presenter, with a program consisting of Classic FM Requests between 12 noon to 2pm followed by her own show from 2pm to 4pm which includes the "Hall of Fame 3 at 3", a choice of three items from the Classic FM Hall of Fame.[7] In 2018 it was reported that her show attracted 2.7 million listeners every week, out of the channel's 5.7 million weekly listeners.[8]

Other work

Minhall presented the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's "Spring Classics in Reading" in 2017[9] and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's "Classical Extravaganza" in 2021 in Poole.[4]

She has also worked as a voice-over artist for advertisers including Sport England and 20th Century Fox.[10]

Honours and awards

In 2016, Minhall was ranked 10th in the Radio Times Favourite Radio Voice Poll (women), which that year was won by Kirsty Young.[11][12]

References
  1. O'Hagan, Simon (2 March 2021). "Face behind the voice; BBC Local Radio Classic FM South of England and Midlands regions". Radio Times. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 20 May 2022 – via Gale.
  2. Sawyer, Miranda (6 August 2006). "Review: Critics: Radio: Full English broadcast: Indigestion beckons, with LBC's noisy Nick Ferrari running perilously close to spoof, Prince Edward boring Dad and country - and house music pumping first thing: Nick Ferrari LBC 97.3 The Guest List Classic FM Gaydar Radio". The Observer – via ProQuest.
  3. Classic fm Radio: Anne-Marie Minhall
  4. "In conversation with Classic FM's Anne-Marie Minhall". Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  5. Payne, Anthony (23 March 2001). "Music: On the Air". The Independent – via ProQuest.
  6. Burell, Ian (7 May 2007). "Reinvention of a radio classic ; Derided by some music purists, Classic FM was the star performer at last week's national radio industry awards. Ian Burrell spent a day behind the scenes at the biggest classical music station in the world". The Independent – via ProQuest.
  7. "Anne-Marie Minhall". Shows and presenters. Classic FM. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  8. Wright, Katy (8 February 2018). "Classic FM celebrates audience increase". Rhinegold. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  9. "Spring Classics in Reading". City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  10. "Anne-Marie Minhall". www.6thvision.com. 6th Vision. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  11. "Kirsty Young & Eddie Mair are favourite radio voices, poll finds". inews.co.uk. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  12. Burgess, Kaya (26 July 2016). "Radio listeners prefer comfortable brogues". The Times. Retrieved 20 May 2022 – via Gale.
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