12 Facts About Lynn Parsons

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Lynn Margaret Parsons was born on 27 June 1961 and is a British disc jockey.

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Lynn Parsons was a DJ on the pirate soul station JFM before moving to a Saturday night pop music programme at County Sound in Guildford.

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In 1998, Lynn Parsons joined BBC Radio 2, taking over the Friday and Saturday overnight slot, where she remained as a full-time presenter until 2003.

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Lynn Parsons was briefly a presenter of the weekday late show during 1999 whilst fellow DJ Richard Allinson covered the drivetime slot.

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In 2001, Lynn Parsons' show received two hours of phone calls after rival Virgin Radio DJ Jon Holmes requested that his listeners call Lynn Parsons to request John Denver's Annie's Song be played.

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Lynn Parsons had her own early Sunday morning show on Radio 2 from January to April 2010, and later that year stood in for Sarah Kennedy after Kennedy was absent from her Dawn Patrol programme.

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Lynn Parsons joined 102.2 Smooth Radio in London following its launch in March 2007, later becoming a presenter on its successor, Smooth Radio.

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In October 2012 Lynn Parsons was confirmed as the new host of the weekday mid morning show on Smooth, replacing Mark Goodier from December.

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Lynn Parsons would be succeeded as weekend presenter by David Prever, who was previously a stand-in presenter at the network.

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On 11 September 2014, the Radio Today website reported that Lynn Parsons would join Jazz FM to present the station's breakfast show, The Jazz Breakfast.

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Lynn Parsons left Jazz FM on Friday 2 October 2015, and she joined Magic Radio in 2016.

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Lynn Parsons is a regular participant in the 26 mile moonlight walkathon.