Martyn Lee (broadcaster)
Martyn Lee (born 22 July 1978) is a British national radio broadcaster, Sony award-winning radio producer,
He has been Programme Director for radio stations on the south coast of England including 2CR FM,
Early career
He grew up in
2CR FM
In October 1996 he joined
GWR Group and GCap Media
Whilst at 2CR FM in Bournemouth, Martyn was part of the music scheduling team for the parent companies, GWR and GCap Media responsible for choosing the playlists of over 30 radio stations.
Original 106 and The Coast 106
He joined Original 106 in July 2006 as Assistant Programme Director and host of the Saturday Breakfast show. For much of 2007 he was the host of the weekday afternoon show. In early 2008, with the arrival of Richard Skinner, he no longer presented a weekday programme and became Programme Director, whilst retaining his own show on Saturday evenings 6pm-midnight.
When Original 106 was bought by Celador in August 2008, Martyn was employed as Programme Director to launch The Coast 106, which went on air on 30 October 2008 with a line-up that included Matt Hopper, Iain Meadows and John Clayton.
Absolute Radio
On Monday 5 October 2009 he moved to Absolute Radio to produce The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show weekday mornings from 6am-10am. In 2010 he produced a Sony Radio Award Winning promotion called 'One Last Dream'.
In November 2010 he moved from the breakfast show to present daily shows on the national digital radio stations operated by Absolute Radio, including
In May 2015, Lee began presenting The Absolute 80s Chart, which airs every Sunday and looks at two different charts of two years of the 80s. In 2019, Lee announced that he would be leaving Absolute 80s and would be replaced by Sarah Champion. Lee presented his final show on Absolute 80s on 3 March 2019.
NLP and hypnotism
Martyn often talks about his experiences as a hypnotist live on the air. According to his website [2] he also works with companies, particularly in the radio industry such as GCap Media, as a communications and language consultant. He also works with the Radio Academy to educate student broadcasters.[3]
Personal and family
Lee comes from Lowestoft and attended Bournemouth University from 1996 to 1999. He is married with a son and they live in Dorset. He often posts on Twitter under the username martlee.
Martin Lee is a big EV and sustainable power enthusiast, owning and driving electric vehicles for many years and presenting the EV News Daily Podcast.[4]
References
- ^ Borough of Poole News Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Home". martynlee.com.
- ^ Bournemouth University | News and Events | BU Graduates Return to Run Radio Masterclass
- ^ "EV News Daily - Daily podcast updates with the latest news & comment on electric cars, cleantech and the future of transport". EV News Daily. Retrieved 28 December 2023.