Vicki Blight
| Vicki Blight | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981 (age 34–35) |
| Station(s) | Absolute Radio |
| Previous show(s) | Red Dragon FM, Heart 106, Century FM, BBC Radio 1 |
Victoria "Vicki" Blight (born 1981 in Plymouth) is a radio DJ based in the United Kingdom. Blight has presented shows on Heart 106, a regional radio station broadcast to the East Midlands, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio 1 and currently Absolute Radio.[1] The name Blight is of Cornish origin.[2]
Early radio career
Vicki Blight was involved in student radio at Cardiff University, where she went on to win Best Female Presenter at the Radio 1 Student Radio Award in 2002.[3]
From there, she became a presenter on Red Dragon FM, a commercial radio station based in South Wales, in 2003. After graduating, she joined independent station Century FM.[3]
Heart 106
Vicki Blight has presented various shows on Nottingham-based Heart 106, including a weekday afternoon slot and a topical phone-in show.
She has additionally presented an overnight slot and a weekend slot on the station, and, in under a year, she became the co-presenter of the lucrative breakfast show.[3]
BBC Radio 1
In 2007, she was awarded with the Friday Early Breakfast slot on the station, and presented the slot for a month.
She was rumoured to be the new Radio 1 Surgery presenter on BBC Radio 1;[4] these rumours have since been proved false when Kelly Osbourne was unveiled as the new presenter in September 2007.[5]