Kevin Greening
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Kevin Greening 30 December 1962 Kent, England |
| Died | 29 December 2007 (aged 44) Wandsworth, south London, England |
| Resting place | Herongate Wood Cemetery, Brentwood, Essex. |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Radio DJ |
| Partner(s) | Sean Griffin |
Kevin Greening (30 December 1962 – 29 December 2007) was a British radio presenter, who co-hosted The Radio 1 Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1 with Zoë Ball from 1997 to 1998.
Kevin Greening grew up in Bristol where he worked voluntarily for the Bristol Hospital Broadcasting Service and was educated at Bristol Grammar School. He later studied chemical engineering at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he was station manager at Cambridge University Radio. His first job was as a construction worker on the Humber Bridge. He then trained as a studio manager and began his broadcasting career at the BBC World Service. After a brief spell as a Programme assistant at BBC Radio Solent, in 1989 Greening joined London's Local station BBC GLR as a producer, before becoming a presenter of their Breakfast show in 1991.
In April 1993, Greening joined the newly launched Virgin Radio, presenting a Friday and Saturday evening show and a Sunday morning show. After two months, he took over their weekday afternoon show, where he remained until he quit Virgin in December 1993.
In January 1994, Greening joined BBC Radio 1, presenting the Weekend Breakfast Show (Saturday & Sunday 7-10am). In the summer of '94, Radio 1 agreed to cover the Gay Pride event for the first time and these reports into the general days output were fronted by Greening; the success of these led to Radio 1 becoming a regular fixture at Gay Pride events. In May 1995 Greening was named in Gay Times' Top 200 Gay Men and Lesbians as an out gay DJ.
In November 1994, Greening took over the Weekend Lunchtime show (Saturday & Sunday 12-2pm). Again he featured many of his comedy characters (usually voiced by Andrew McGibbon) featured on Weekend Breakfast. October 1995 saw Greening move back to Weekend Breakfast where he would remain for another 16 months. Greening was given the Drivetime show in February 1997. Regular features on the show included the "Joke du Jour", "60 Second Cinema", and the "Evening Procession".
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