Vicki Blight

Vicki Blight
Career
Station(s)	BBC Radio Wales, Virgin Radio UK
Previous show(s)	Red Dragon FM, Heart 106, Century FM, BBC Radio 1, Absolute Radio

Victoria "Vicki" Blight 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, Absolute Radio, BBC Radio 1 and currently BBC Radio Wales.^[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 breakfast show.^[3]

BBC Radio 1

In 2007, Blight 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]

References

1. http://bbc.ask-adders.com/series/vicki+blight/, BBC listings. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
2. "Cornish Family Names". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
3. "Wisebuddah". www.wisebuddah.com.
4. "vicki blight on radio 1 - Radio - Digital Spy Forums". Digital Spy.
5. Oatts, Joanne (6 September 2007). "Kelly Osbourne joins Radio 1". Digital Spy.

External links

• Vicki Blight (BBC Radio Wales)