June Yee
{{Short description|British radio presenter}}
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June Yee is a British-Chinese radio presenter from Liverpool England.{{cite web|title=Orient Express|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7xy|publisher=Wayback Machine|accessdate=2010-05-14|archive-date=2010-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113142631/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7xy|url-status=bot: unknown}} She is best known for presenting BBC Radio Merseyside's weekly Chinese programme called 'Orient Express' since the 1980s.{{cite web |title=Presenter Profile: June Yee|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/liverpool/hi/tv_and_radio/newsid_8238000/8238220.stm |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2009-05-14}}
Life
Yee was raised in Liverpool, England. June attended Queen Mary High School in Liverpool.{{cite web |title=BBC Liverpool Chinese anchor talks about growing up|date=18 March 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/uk/2014/03/140321_whys_liverpool_chinese |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=2014-03-20}}
Career
Yee began her broadcasting career at BBC Radio Merseyside in 1988, alongside Lawrence Ma and Mary Ng.{{cite web |title=BBC Radio Merseyside - Orient Express|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7xy |publisher=BBC Radio Merseyside|accessdate=2014-05-14}} She took on various roles including the production and planning of five-minute news bulletins, before becoming a presenter.{{cite web |title=Orient Express : BBC Radio Merseyside : January 14, 2020|date=14 January 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/BBC_Radio_Merseyside_20200114_000000|publisher=Internet Archive |accessdate=2020-01-14}}
In 2014, Yee took part in a special broadcast for the BBC based on the Chinese Community, at Liverpool's History Museum.{{cite web |title=Video: Liverpool Chinese Xu Weilian and June Yee|date=20 March 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.com/ukchina/trad/multimedia/2014/03/140320_vid_liverpudlian_billy_june|publisher=BBC China |accessdate=2014-05-14}}
June currently presents the weekly version of 'Orient Express', alongside co-host Billy Hui BEM, on Monday evenings on BBC Radio Merseyside.{{cite web |title=BBC Radio Merseyside - June Yee|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/england/radiomerseyside/presenters/june_yee/yee.shtml |publisher=BBC Radio Merseyside |accessdate=2009-05-14}}{{cite web |title=TuneIn - Orient Express|url=https://tunein.com/podcasts/Entertainment--Media/Orient-Express-p181423/?topicId=259622304 |publisher=TuneIn |accessdate=2009-05-14}}
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Category:Chinese radio presenters
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