Matt Webb is an established Local and National Television Presenter, Radio Presenter and Broadcast Engineer from Cambridge, UK.
April 2007 News -
'Matt is proud to be celebrating his 20th Birthday on Friday 20th April!'
Matt has retuned to the airwaves of Cambridge, after a years absence with a brand new show on 209radio. 209talk is live every month on 209radio. The next Live show is being aired on Wednesday 18th April at 7pm. Check out 209radio.co.uk for further details.
About Matt and his Media Career
Matt is best known for being the Station Manager, Programme Controller and Head of Music at Flava FM, working for Star Radio in Cambridge and working alongside 209radio in the Cambridge area. He was broadcast engineer for Radio Taxi, an RSL Radio Station in Cambridge and was a presenter and broadcast engineer on 209radio's RSL in February 2006. He is also a qualified and trained TV Presenter and can be seen on a variety of Quiz Television Channels on Sky and Cable Television. He is 19 years of age and lives in the centre of Cambridge. Matt celebrates his 20th Birthday on 20 April 2007.
In February 2007, Filming took place on Tuesday 20th February for the BBC Documentary Series that Matt was starring in. The shoot was a great success. The series is being aired on BBC Two and BBC Four in Autumn this year. More details about the air dates to follow soon.
Qualifications
- A Level in Radio Broadcasting.
- Key Skills grade 3 in ICT.
- GCSE's in English (Language & Literature), Maths, Sciences (Biology/Chemistry/Physics), German, Geography, Graphics and Art.
Radio and TV Stations he's worked for
- Star Radio (Cambridge & Ely) | May 2003 - January 2005
- 87.7 Flava FM | June 2004 - February 2005
- 209radio | June 2005 - Present
- B&Q Satellite Radio | July 2005 - Present
Matt also appeared on Richard Straffon's Drivetime Programme on the Luton based station; 97.6 Chiltern FM in a Work Experience competition in September 2005.
Matt's Terrestrial TV Appearances
Matt has appeared on TV a few times; ironically as it may seem, but all of Matt's high-profile TV appearances have occured in February.
His terrestrial TV appearances are listed below:
Matt was a contestant on the BBC Two Live Sunday Morning Kid's TV Show Subzero. The show was based on the cult TV programme The Crystal Maze. Matt travelled down to London, Television Centre and had to carry out a series of challenges, against a team of girls from Essex - with his friends Steven Green and Ben Green. Matt's team won the show competition and the series in total and walked away with a Digital Camera and he walked away with 30 minutes of fame under his belt!
- February 2005 | ITV1 Anglia | Anglia News/Anglia Tonight:
Matt appeared on the 6pm edition of Anglia News' Anglia Tonight on ITV1, on the 22nd February 2005 as part of Flava FM. Matt was seen being interviewed on the report. The clip can be viewed online here
Matt is to star in a Huge BBC Documentary Series being filmed in February 2007 and being aired in Autumn 2007.
What TV and Radio Software he's trained with
Matt is trained on the following computer software Radio and TV applications:
- Adobe Audition/Cool Edit
- ProTools
- Digital Performer
- Adobe Premiere
- Trinity, Vision Mixing Software
- ENCO DAD
- MegaSeg
- RCS Selector/Linker/Master Control
- Barrcode BCX
- Dalet
- Miriad
Favourite Song List of All-Time
Matt's Top 10 favourite songs of all-time are:
- 10 | Phil Collins & Phil Bailey - Easy Lover
- 9 | Deacon Blue - Dignity
- 8 | Kiss - Crazy Nights
- 7 | The Bucket Heads - The Bomb! (These sounds fall into my head)
- 6 | The Corrs - So Young
- 5 | The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running
- 4 | The Four Tops - Loco in Acapulco
- 3 | Earth, Wind and Fire - Let's Groove
- 2 | New York City - I'm Doing Fine Now
And his favourite song of all time is:
- 1 | The Eagles - Take it to the Limit
Famous Relatives
It is rumoured Matthew's second-cousin is Charley Webb the actress who plays Debbie Dingle in the ITV1 Soap-opera 'Emmerdale' in the UK, but he has never openly confirmed this.