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Tracy Gee
Tracy Gee is the Senior News Editor for Yorkshire at Minster FM keeping you updated with breaking news 7 days a week
My first experience of stepping into a radio station was back in 1994 aged 14 when I did work experience at BRMB in Birmingham. I loved the buzz around the place, always something going on, and to be honest I was overwhelmed by the glitz and glamour of the whole experience. Looking back now it's funny because I know that everyone running around, what I considered at the time to be "great fun", were probably ridiculously stressed as a news story was breaking. Anyway it was my springboard into the industry and inspired me to do hospital radio and a degree in Media at Huddersfield University.
Uni years (bit of a blur) great parties, lots of liquor, made life long friends, oh and of course some hard work towards the end to actually get my degree. I finished with a 2.1 in Media and Television Production, so the obvious route for my career was radio. ???? I know I don't know how I got here either.
If you hadn't guessed from my slight "Brummie twang" on the airwaves I'm originally from the West Midlands. Ma and pa are still there, living near Coventry now, and I moved up to Yorkshire in 1999 seeking fame and fortune.
I've worked at numerous radio stations up and down the country but eventually decided to settle at the No.1 Commercial Radio Station for North Yorkshire Minster FM and I've been here now as the Senior News Editor for Yorkshire since March 2007.
In my free time I love to travel. Myself and a group of friends did a round the world trip in 2005/2006, the best 12 months of my life to date. There's still a number of places I'd love to go though, so roll on the holiday period.
My favourite music is a bit of a mixture. I do love a good 80s power ballad, which makes me a big fan of Minster FM at the weekends when we play back-to-back classics. I love the festival scene too and will definitely be at Leeds this August to party with a bit of rock/indie.
As a Journalist to date I've interviewed some very high profile people across politics, the royals, showbiz, sport, you name it. To name just a few Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Prince Charles and Camilla, Prince Andrew, Princess Anne (in fact my family call me 'Royal Correspondent') Ricky Hatton, Steve Cram, TV chef James Martin, Status Quo etc...the list goes on. I love my job because no day is the same, you've always got to be on your toes ready to react to the latest news and that makes everyday exciting.
My school report age six said "Tracy talks to much", who knew I'd make a career out of it.
Gemma Dillon
From when I was a child I was always told I'd grown up on the wrong side of the Pennines. My Mum grew up in Beverly and my Dad comes from Sunderland - and I spent my formative years in Lancashire . So I've spent my adult life trying to get back to my roots in the greatest county in the land.
Having said that every school holiday involved trips to stay with my Gran, visiting Bridlington, going to the Yorvik Centre, feeding the fish at Burnby Hall Gardens and smelling the pigs at my Uncle Johns Farm in Melbourne. It wasn't until I was eleven and declared I was a Vegetarian I then became the ‘black sheep' of our family.
I had three ambitions as a budding journalist aged thirteen and that was to interview Kylie Minougue, Jason Donovan and Sonia - as of yet I am still waiting for their agents to call back. I thought the most famous person I'd interviewed was Chesney Hawkes but according everyone else I know its Olympic Gold Medalist and Chair of the 2012 Olympics Sebastian Coe.
Fundamentally I'm a gossip I like to know things first - and then I can't resist sharing what I know which makes delivering the breakfast news my ideal job.
If you ever meet me out in town - depending on the time of day - mines a large white coffee or a large white wine.
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