Seamus McKee

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Seamus McKee is a former BBC Northern Ireland news presenter broadcasting mostly on Radio Ulster

A former French and English teacher and sports presenter he has worked for the BBC fulltime since the early 1980s and today is found mostly presenting Evening Extra.[1]

History[]

In 1984, during The Troubles, there was controversy when he was named at an Ulster Unionist Party conference as one of an unrepresentatively large number of Roman Catholics working for the BBC.[2]

Awards[]

He was named as News Broadcaster of the Year in the Phonographic Performance Ireland (PPI) Radio Awards in 2014 and 2016.[3][4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ "BBC Radio Ulster signals the end of an era as Wendy Austin moves aside". Belfast Telegraph. 24 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Declassified files: Names of Catholic BBC staff read out at UUP conference". Belfast News Letter. 2 Jan 2016.
  3. ^ "GONGS FOR RADIO FOYLE AND PRESENTER ENDA MCCLAFFERTY AT PPI AWARDS". Derry Daily. 8 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Winners - 2016 PPI RADIO AWARDS". IMRO Radio Awards. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. ^ "RTÉ Radio 1 dominates annual radio awards". Irish Times. 4 October 2014.
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