Education
Leona Graham was educated at Berkhamsted School for Girls in Berkhamsted. She then studied at the from 1989 to 1993 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama. She is also a qualified school teacher.
Leona Graham was educated at Berkhamsted School for Girls in Berkhamsted. She then studied at the from 1989 to 1993 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama. She is also a qualified school teacher.
She is currently a presenter of Absolute Radio (formerly Virgin Radio), a position she has held since 2000. She can also be heard on the digital stations Absolute 80s and Absolute Classic Rock. In addition Leona Graham has recorded voiceovers for numerous national and local television and radio stations and commercials.
Leona Graham was a judge at the Sony Radio Academy 2011.
Early career She began her career in broadcasting at W963 University Radio Warwick (now Radio Warwick) where she presented the "Thursday Night Rock Show" and a nightly magazine style news programme called "Weekday Warwick". Before joining Virgin Radio in 2000 Leona Graham worked for a number of radio stations, at first for low pay and during the night.
Virgin Radio Leona Graham joined Virgin as a presenter in April 2000. During her time with Virgin Radio she presented a variety of shows: Virgin Radio United Kingdom Album Charts, Virgin Radio Party, Teenage Kicks, 80′s Anthems, Smells like the 90′s, The Classic Rock Show, The Late Show, Virgin Love and Weekend Breakfast.
She was the second presenter heard on Virgin"s digital station Virgin Classic Rock at its launch in 2003.
Absolute Radio Leona stayed after Virgin Radio was re-branded as "Absolute Radio". She can be heard on Saturdays from 6.30 to 10.00pm with her "Absolute Classic Rock Party" and on Sundays from 12.00 to 5.00pm. She is also the swing-presenter and steps in regularly for other presenters.
She is also a presenter on Absolute Radio"s digital stations Absolute Classic Rock (weekdays from 1000am to 100pm.
Sunday from 900am to 1200pm) and Absolute 80s (weekdays from 100pm to 400pm. Saturday from 1pm to 6pm).
On 9 January 2012, Leona took over the weekday 1.00pm-5.00pm slot for three months on Absolute Radio following the departure of Nick Jackson until Andy Bush arrived at the station. Interviews At Absolute Radio Leona Graham has interviewed rock star Alice Cooper, Air Corps/District of Columbia lead singer Brian Johnson and vocalist of Free, Bad Company and Queen Paul Rodgers.
Leona has recently set up her own Voice over production Company called High Voltage Media.
Leona has been the voice for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio One, British Broadcasting Corporation 5 Live, 95.8 Capital FM, The BOX, E4, Virgin Radio and Absolute Radio. She also contributes regularly for BBC1, ITV1 and SKY1 and narrates programmes for Channel 4. She is also known for her voice in movie trailers on Virgin Media television More recently she started working with Orion Media to produce trailers for its stations BRMB, Mercia and Wyvern FM and is one of the voices of Canadian radio station 102.3 Now Radio in Edmonton.
