June Yee
Born
June Yee
Career
ShowOrient Express
Station(s)BBC Radio Merseyside
Time slotWeekly, Mondays at 9pm
StyleRadio presenter
CountryUnited Kingdom

June Yee is a British-Chinese radio presenter from Liverpool England.[1][2] She is best known for presenting BBC Radio Merseyside's weekly Chinese programme called 'Orient Express' since the 1980s.[3][2]

Life

Yee was raised in Liverpool, England. June attended Queen Mary High School in Liverpool.[4]

Career

Yee began her broadcasting career at BBC Radio Merseyside in 1988, alongside Lawrence Ma and Mary Ng.[5] She took on various roles including the production and planning of five-minute news bulletins, before becoming a presenter.[6]

In 2014, Yee took part in a special broadcast for the BBC based on the Chinese Community, at Liverpool's History Museum.[7]

June currently presents the weekly version of 'Orient Express', alongside co-host Billy Hui BEM, on Monday evenings on BBC Radio Merseyside.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "MediaInfo - June Yee". MediaInfo. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  2. 1 2 "Orient Express". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2010-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "Presenter Profile: June Yee". BBC. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  4. ↑ "BBC Liverpool Chinese anchor talks about growing up". BBC News. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  5. ↑ "BBC Radio Merseyside - Orient Express". BBC Radio Merseyside. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  6. ↑ "Orient Express : BBC Radio Merseyside : January 14, 2020". Internet Archive. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  7. ↑ "Video: Liverpool Chinese Xu Weilian and June Yee". BBC China. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  8. ↑ "BBC Radio Merseyside - June Yee". BBC Radio Merseyside. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  9. ↑ "TuneIn - Orient Express". TuneIn. Retrieved 2009-05-14.


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