Shaun Keaveny (born June 14, 1972) is a British radio DJ from Leigh in Greater Manchester.

Shaun joined XFM in 2000 fronting the Early Breakfast show warming up for Christian O'Connell and presented the weekday afternoon show (Monday-Thursday) and the Friday breakfast show on XFM London up until 2006.

Shaun is a proficient guitarist having been in rock band Mosque, between 1987 and 1993. Drummer Leon Parr went on to be drummer in Mr. So & So, Bassist Paul Banks became a librarian, Keyboardist Damian Higgins is a teacher and vocalist John Ariss a renowned commercial insurance underwriter.

Keaveny's work in TV has included appearing with Richard Bacon on his show Flipside TV (Channel 4 and Paramount Comedy) and with Mary Anne Hobbs on JAMZ (Nation 217).

He is a regular pundit for ITV1, ITV2, Channel 4 and Five; the current narrator for E4's Stop Treating Me Like a Kid, Superheroes for Sky One and Channel 4's Road to V; and is the new "voice of Sky One".

He was often derided by Richard Bacon during Bacon's now defunct XFM drive-time show, though he had cordial relations with Bacon off air.

Shaun joined BBC 6 Music in 2007, to present the late evening show, which he did until April 2007.

He began presenting the BBC 6 Music Breakfast Show on April 2, 2007 .

Notes

1. "Shaun Keaveny to present new breakfast show on BBC 6 Music", BBC Press Release, March 12, 2007. The show was previously presented by Phill Jupitus, since the station came on air in March 2002.

External links

• Shaun Keaveny at BBC 6 Music
• Xfm Biography
• Xfm Show Page
• Agent page & biography in 2006

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