Mark Webster
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Mark Webster is a British journalist and broadcaster who has presented many of five's late night sports shows.
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[edit] TV presenting
Mark worked for the pre-MTV music channel Music Box, hosting their flagship show Off the Wall, before being given a job by ITV co-hosting arts and entertainment guide 01- For London in 1988. He appeared on the show for three series, also recording specials from Los Angeles, Moscow, Berlin and the Edinburgh Festival. Other presenting credits include an entertainment strand for BBC News 24, reviewing music videos on The Little Picture Show and hosting First Take, a series for first-time film makers on Anglia. He is also popular as a pundit; contributing to C4's 'Top Ten...’ and British Soul series and ITV's ‘Tribes’.
[edit] Sport presenting
Mark's first role on a sports show came on the cable station Sportswire where he fronted live events and chat shows. In 1995 he began a three year run of working in the USA for British station Channel 4 anchoring their live game coverage of NBA matches as well as presenting their basketball lifestyle magazine show 24/7.
In recent years Mark has worked on a variety of programmes for five including hosting their NBA, NFL, NHL and IndyCar coverage. He has also been an occasional stand in for Jonny Gould on MLB on Five.
[edit] Radio
Mark hosted KISS FM's breakfast show for two years and the XFM breakfast show for one, he has also worked for Jazz FM and TalkSPORT. As a guest, he is a semi-regular on the TV panel during Simon Mayo's BBC Radio 5 Live early afternoon show.
[edit] Print
Mark began his media career in the 1980's as assistant editor on the world's most popular black music magazine Blues & Soul.More recently, he has continued to freelance for publications such as The Face, Loaded and GQ, writing 'style' articles covering fashion, film, design and music.
