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
editIn 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
editHe 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.