Mark Goodier
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Mark Goodier (born in Rhodesia on June 28, 1961) is a British radio disc jockey.
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[edit] Early career
Mark Goodier was educated at George Heriot's School, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He became a mobile DJ in Edinburgh and then joined local station Radio Forth at the age of 19. After progressing through several jobs at stations in Scotland and the North East of England, he joined BBC Radio 1 in 1987, beginning a very successful 15 year stint with the station, starting with a 2 hour Saturday night show.
[edit] Radio 1
Goodier was a hit with listeners on the "Liz & Mark" weekend breakfast show, and he quickly progressed to a teatime slot. He hosted The Evening Session from 1990 until 1993. During part of this period, he also presented the UK Top 40 chart countdown on Sunday evenings and was also an established host on Top Of The Pops along with his Radio 1 colleagues. He also presented the listener-request Megahits programme during 1992 and 1993; this was a half-hour filler between Steve Wright's programme and the network's evening news programme.
When Simon Mayo left the coveted breakfast show in 1993, the Radio 1 boss, Matthew Bannister approached Steve Wright to take over the slot. Wright said that he would not do so immediately after Mayo, and hence Goodier became the host for four months in late 1993 and early 1994. After relinquishuing breakfast, he shifted to afternoons, then back to his old teatime slot in 1995. In the same year, he returned to the chart show after Bruno Brookes left the station.
In 1997, Goodier took on a Saturday and Sunday morning slot after quitting daily radio to establish his production company, Wise Buddah (a variation on Budweiser). He spent his final two years at Radio 1 only presenting the Top 40 show, before leaving the station entirely in 2002. Goodier's final show was broadcast on November 17th that year which also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the UK singles chart.
[edit] After Radio 1
After leaving Radio 1, Goodier went on to present the Emap-produced Smash Hits Chart, which competed with Radio 1's official chart and hit40uk. The Smash Hits Chart finished in March 2006, when Emap alsio began to broadcast the hit40uk chart show across their Big City Network of stations. He also presented the Classical Chart for Classic FM. He was a frequent stand-in on BBC Radio 2 when regular presenters were on leave.
On April 1, 2006, his new Real Top 40 shows began on the Real Radio network in Scotland, Wales and Yorkshire. Each show reflected sales and airplay for that area.
[edit] Smooth Radio
In March 2007, Goodier joined the newly relaunched Smooth Radio in London, where he now presents the weekday mid-morning show from 10am-1pm, his first daily show in a decade. From September 3 2007, his show has been networked on other Smooth Radio stations in the UK, apart from 100.4 Smooth Radio in the North West.
In addition, he is still much in demand as a voiceover artist for adverts which promote new CDs, in particular the Now That's What I Call Music series, of which he has been "the voice" since 1992. As of 2006, he is also the voice of adverts for Magnet, a fitted kitchen retailer.
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| Preceded by Simon Mayo |
BBC Radio One Breakfast Show Presenter 1993 |
Succeeded by Steve Wright |
| Preceded by Bruno Brookes |
BBC Radio One chart show presenter 1990 - 1992 |
Succeeded by Bruno Brookes |
| Preceded by Bruno Brookes |
BBC Radio One chart show presenter 1995 - 2002 |
Succeeded by Wes Butters |
