Linda McAuley

Linda McAuley MBE is an award-winning presenter for the BBC Radio Ulster consumer advice programme On Your Behalf.[1][2]

McAuley first worked for Downtown Radio in 1976 as a copytaker, then newsreader and presenter. She joined BBC Radio Ulster in 1978 as presenter of the evening drive time programme Change Gear. Since September 1995 she has hosted the Saturday morning consumer programme On Your Behalf.[3][4]

The Trading Standards Institute named On Your Behalf "Best Consumer Television or Radio Programme", and McAuley was awarded "National Consumer Journalist of the Year for Northern Ireland" in 2006.[5]

McAuley also presents in the Stephen Nolan Show slot on BBC Radio Ulster when Stephen Nolan is on holiday, and presented the series Real Estates, in which she investigated what goes on behind the gates of some of Northern Ireland's stately homes.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2011-01-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "BBC NI broadcaster Linda McAuley receives MBE". Belfast Telegraph. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. "Linda McAuley". Agenda NI. June 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  4. "Linda McAuley: 'This is a time for us to provide a familiar voice, friendship and some reassurance to listeners when they need it most'". Belfast Telegraph. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  5. "Consumer journalism award". Press Gazette. 22 June 2006. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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