Seamus McKee
Seamus McKee is a presenter of "Evening Extra" on BBC Radio Ulster. Previously he was a news presenter for BBC Northern Ireland, mainly working in radio.
A former French and English teacher and sports presenter he has worked for the BBC fulltime since the early 1980s.[1] On 13 September 2022 he provided television commentary for a service at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast attended by King Charles III on his first visit to Northern Ireland as king.[2] The British Prime Minister Liz Truss and Taoiseach Micheál Martin also attended the service.[3]
History
[edit]In 1984, during The Troubles, there was controversy when he was named at an Ulster Unionist Party conference as one of an unrepresentatively large number of Roman Catholics working for the BBC.[4]
Awards
[edit]He was named as News Broadcaster of the Year in the Phonographic Performance Ireland (PPI) Radio Awards in 2014 and 2016.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "BBC Radio Ulster signals the end of an era as Wendy Austin moves aside". Belfast Telegraph. 24 September 2014.
- ^ "BBC - HM the King, HM the King in Northern Ireland".
- ^ "Queen's coffin arrives at palace – as it happened". TheGuardian.com. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Declassified files: Names of Catholic BBC staff read out at UUP conference". Belfast News Letter. 2 January 2016.
- ^ "GONGS FOR RADIO FOYLE AND PRESENTER ENDA MCCLAFFERTY AT PPI AWARDS". Derry Daily. 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Winners - 2016 PPI RADIO AWARDS". IMRO Radio Awards. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "RTÉ Radio 1 dominates annual radio awards". Irish Times. 4 October 2014.