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A Profile of Radio Personality Emma B

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Personal: Real name: Emma Boughton. Born November 27, 1970 in Oxford, England. Graduated from the University of Exeter with a BA in English and Drama.

Media: Her media career began with stints working on Select, Kerrang, Elle and New Woman. Having made lots of contacts in the music industry Emma sequed into jobs with record companies.

Radio: Emma translated her acquired music expertise into radio and was recruited by the BBC's Radio 1 on 25 April 1998 to present the early morning show on Saturdays.

She then moved to the Saturday lunchtime slot which she co-presented with Sara Cox and then took over presenting the Sunday Surgery with Dr Mark Hamilton when Sara was announced as the new Radio 1 Breakfast Show host.

Other stints on-air include the Saturday Breakfast program in September, 2001 until late 2003.

Between 2004 and 2005 she worked on BBC 6 Music as a fill-in host.

Emma B left Radio 1 in 2005 and joined Heart 106.2/London where she worked until July, 2009.

Claim to Fame: Her first radio experience was on BBC Radio Oxford in 1977 when she was 7.

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