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BBC presenter is delighted to be involved in this year’s awards
Winners of the Great Big Thank You Awards will be invited to an awards ceremony hosted by BBC Radio Shropshire breakfast presenter Eric Smith.
He explains why he is delighted to be involved in this year’s Great Big Thank You Awards campaign:
“It means such a lot when people say thank you!
“It’s quite humbling to meet people featured in The Great Big Thank You Awards – they don’t do things for reward, or to receive your thanks, but they certainly do make a difference in their local community. It’s easy to think that someone else will get involved and do something, but there are those who just get in there and get on with it! Maybe you know someone who deserves a great big thank you for a job well done.
“It certainly brings communities together, and with your help, it’s nice to say ‘thank you’.”
Eric, who has fronted BBC Radio Shropshire’s breakfast show for the past 22 years, is one of the most familiar and best-loved broadcasters in the county. He is also well-known for his star turns in the Christmas pantomimes at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn.
Eric, 67, took over the breakfast show in 1997, and over the past eight years has forged a popular double act with co-presenter Clare Ashford.
He moved to Shropshire in 1988, when appointed to an off-air role at the station, having previously worked as a nightclub DJ and record librarian at BBC Sheffield.
When he first took up his post, as assistant station manager, he was not expecting to stay around, but quickly fell in love with the county.
He says: “I was expecting to be in Shropshire for a couple of years as a stepping stone before moving on.
“I am from Yorkshire and had been job hopping around local radio stations and expected to keep that going.
“But I stayed and have fallen in love with the county. It is beautiful, there’s nowhere else I would prefer to be.”
Go to the website here to make a nomination: https://www.starthankyou.shropshirestar.co.uk/
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