Stuart Maconie (born 13 August 1961) is an English radio DJ and television presenter, writer, journalist, and critic working in the field of pop music and popular culture, and second cousin of Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder. He is currently a presenter on BBC Radio 6 Music, where he hosts an afternoon show five times a week (Monday to Friday, 1pm - 4pm), alongside Mark Radcliffe, called Radcliffe & Maconie, which broadcasts from the BBC's MediaCityUK in Salford, Greater Manchester. The pair had previously presented an evening show on BBC Radio 2. He used to present his own solo show on Saturday afternoons from April 2006 until 29 March 2008, and is a frequent stand-in for holidaying presenters on Radio 2. He also hosts BBC Radio 6 Music programmes The Freak Zone, on Sundays from 8 - 10pm and The Freakier Zone, on Friday night/Saturday mornings from midnight-1am.
He lives in and broadcasts from Birmingham, though the Radcliffe and Maconie show is broadcast from BBC's MediaCityUK studios in Salford, Greater Manchester.
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