Matt Wilkinson

Matthew John Wilkinson (born 1981/1982 ) is a British radio presenter and television continuity announcer.

Education Wilkinson comes from London. He studied at university in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Career At the age of 15, Wilkinson presented on hospital radio for St Helier Hospital in the London Borough of Sutton.

Early in his career, Wilkinson worked at Century Northeast in North East England

However, in December 2007, Wilkinson was hired to present a show on Heart 106.2 in London between 7pm and 10pm on weekdays, replacing Paul Hayes. As of 2010, Wilkinson was presenting a show between 6am and 8am on weekend mornings nationally on the Heart network of radio stations. As of 2013, he was presenting on weekdays between 4am and 6am nationally on the Heart network. As of 2014, he was presenting between 1pm and 4pm on weekdays nationally on the Heart network, with a Time Tunnel, a focus on the music of one year, taking place after 2pm. As of 2016, Wilkinson's show contained an hour of exclusively happy, upbeat pop music (from the same decades as the other hours) between 2pm and 3pm; the show However, from 2017, due to a change in the Heart network's playlist, the entire show has contained happy, upbeat pop music. From 2019 he also presented a show between 12pm and 4pm nationally on Heart. He now no longer presents in that slot. Wilkinson has in the past also presented a show between 4pm and 7pm on Saturdays nationally on Heart. Wilkinson still presents between 1pm and 4pm on weekdays nationally on Heart; however, Wilkinson is not heard on Heart Scotland, on which another presenter presents.

Wilkinson has in the past stood in as host of the Big Top 40 show, He was on the panel of judges for the Mind Media Awards 2012.