Malcolm Boyden

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Malcolm George Boyden (born 5 August 1964) is a BBC Local Radio Presenter, who currently presents on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, BBC Hereford & Worcester & occasionally BBC WM.

Contents 1 Early career 2 Broadcasting career 3 BBC Hereford & Worcester 4 BBC Coventry & Warwickshire 5 Back to Brum 6 Current Work 7 Personal life

[edit] Early career

Boyden began his career as a newspaper journalist for the Redditch indicator. He then went on to work as a sports sub-editor on the Daily Star and then sports editor of the Birmingham Daily News.

[edit] Broadcasting career

He first started broadcasting on Beacon Radio in Wolverhampton as a comentator on West Bromwich Albion games.

He then started broadcasting on BBC WM in the summer of 1993 presenting the Sunday Lunchtime show. In addition to that, in May 1994 he also took over Saturday Breakfast & later in 1994 was promoted to the Weekday Mid-Morning show from 10am-12midday, taking over from Gordon Astley.

He then went on to present the lunchtime show from 12-2pm & then the afternoon show from 1-4pm until he was axed from the station in March 2004.

[edit] BBC Hereford & Worcester

After 6 months in the wilderness, freelancing on various commercial stations around the Birmingham area, in October 2004, Boyden was poached by BBC Hereford & Worcester to present their Tuesday evening sports show from 7-9pm.

In addition to that, in May 2005 he also took over a Sunday morning show on the station from 9am-12midday.

[edit] BBC Coventry & Warwickshire

In addition to his regular stints on BBC Hereford & Worcester, in late 2005, Boyden also took over Saturday Breakfast on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.

[edit] Back to Brum

In the summer of 2006, Boyden made a brief return to BBC WM, where he took over the evening show, from Daz Hale who had taken over the Breakfast show during the summer of that year.

He remained on the show until the Autumn of 2006 as Daz Hale returned to the slot upon the arrival of Phil Upton on the stations Breakfast show. Although, Boyden has covered for various presenters on the station since then.

This was in addition to his weekend shows on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire & BBC Hereford & Worcester, although he did quit his Tuesday evening show on BBC Hereford & Worcester to take over the shows on BBC WM.

[edit] Current Work

Boyden is still heard on the Radio every Weekend, now presenting a Saturday mid-morning Show from 9am-12noon on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire. He still continues with his Sunday Mid-Morning Show from 9am-12midday on BBC Hereford & Worcester but the Tuesday evening show ended in December 2007. He also covers for various holidaying presenters on both stations.

In addition to this he can also be heard covering presenters on BBC WM.

He lives in Bromsgrove with his wife Maxine and their two sons Elliott (born 25 January 1998) and Oliver (born 31 August 2001).

Malcolm is an ardent West Bromwich Albion Supporter.

[edit] Personal life

He lives in Bromsgrove with 2 Children called Elliott and Oliver. He has a wife called Maxine and a dog called Ted.