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  • Comment: Your attempt at referencing fails. One is a dead link, others are playbills, others interviews, one is Facebook (absolutely not, please) the remainder are announcements or passing mentions. I cannot see one useful reference here. WP:ROTM radio presented. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 08:41, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Interviews cannot be used to establish notability. C F A 💬 18:16, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Every single statement must be cited. How do you know the details in the Early Life section?
    Also, the sources do not currently show she passes WP:NENTERTAINER. Qcne (talk) 15:33, 16 April 2024 (UTC)


Deb Grant
Born
Dublin, Ireland
Occupation(s)DJ, broadcaster, writer
Years active2000s–present
Known forBBC Radio 6 Music, Jazz FM, The Big Issue

Deb Grant is an Irish DJ, broadcaster, and writer based in the United Kingdom. She is primarily known as a presenter on BBC Radio 6 Music and also previously on Jazz FM (UK), as well as for her music columns in The Big Issue.

Career

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Grant began her broadcasting career under the pseudonym "Anne Frankenstein," hosting shows on Jazz FM. In January 2022, she announced she would revert to using her real name professionally.[1]

She currently hosts New Music Fix Daily on BBC Radio 6 Music, a program dedicated to showcasing new music releases which broadcasts from Monday to Thursday every week.[2][3]

Grant has featured regularly across the BBC 6 Music schedule, stepping in for presenters and appearing on special programming. Her on-air roles have been highlighted in national media, including coverage in The Guardian.[4] She has also been part of broader conversations around the station’s evolving lineup.[5][6]

In addition to her radio work, Grant appeared in the 2024 documentary Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande, which tells the story of the influential British funk band. The film received critical attention, with The Guardian praising its focus on rediscovered legacy and contributors like Grant.[7] She also hosted a Q&A with the band at the British Film Institute in London following a screening of the film.[8]

Beyond radio, Grant contributes regularly to The Big Issue, writing about various music topics.[9]

Early Life

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Grant was born in Dublin, Ireland. She developed an interest in music from a young age and began DJing during her teenage years.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Jazz FM presenter Anne Frankenstein reverts to her real name". Radio Today. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  2. ^ "New Music Fix Daily". BBC Radio 6 Music. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  3. ^ Shepherd, Nathan (4 April 2023). "Nathan Shepherd joins 6 Music's New Music Fix Daily as Tom Ravenscroft exits digital station". Music Week. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  4. ^ Brooks, Libby (23 July 2022). "Angela Rayner, Chris Bryant, Matt Hancock sit in for James O'Brien on LBC; Annie Mac, Lauren Laverne, Deb Grant and Chris Hawkins on BBC Radio 6 Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  5. ^ Vince, Jessica (8 August 2023). "BBC 6 Music is the antidote to corporate blandness". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  6. ^ "BBC 6 Music fans unhappy with schedule shake-up". Yahoo News UK. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  7. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (14 February 2024). "Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande review – the second life of a cruelly ignored UK funk band". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Watch Getting it Back: The Story of Cymande - Q&A online - BFI Player". player.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  9. ^ "BBC 6 Music's Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024". The Big Issue. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  10. ^ "My Cultural Life: Deb Grant". Irish Independent. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
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