Tributes have been paid to a Sony Gold award-winning BBC radio presenter who has died aged 44 after a brief sickness.
Lisa Shaw was a broadcasting establishment within the north-east of England, having moved by the area’s business radio stations earlier than discovering a house at Radio Newcastle in 2015.
For nearly 13 years she was a presenter on Actual Radio, successful a Sony Gold award for breakfast present of the 12 months in 2012 alongside Gary Philipson.
Her loss of life was introduced by Alfie Joey on the Sunday morning present on Radio Newcastle. His voice cracking, he summed up how native radio presenters had been beloved members of their communities, earlier than enjoying Thank You for Being a Buddy by Andrew Gold.
“At BBC Radio Newcastle, we share every little thing collectively, as a result of the place we dwell you reside. The exhibits we do are your exhibits, they’re not our exhibits. We go to the identical locations you do, we go to the identical parks, we go to the identical libraries. Your children go to our youngsters’ colleges. We’re all the time speaking about tales within the north-east that matter, that matter to all of us. Typically it’s our job to let you know issues that we’d somewhat not and this, I’m afraid, is a type of moments,” he mentioned.
“We’re so sorry and so saddened to share with you that after a brief sickness our stunning buddy, our pretty colleague Lisa Shaw has died on the age of solely 44. Lisa, as you understand, was real, heat, sort, calm and lively and she or he was a spouse, she was a mammy, a really particular individual and she or he meant rather a lot to lots of people, together with us at BBC Newcastle.”
An announcement from Shaw’s household described her as an “wonderful individual” who had “touched and enriched so many individuals’s lives, and made them higher simply by being in it”.
“We’re all utterly heartbroken, in disbelief, numb, and saddened, that there’s a Lisa-shaped gap in our lives that may by no means, ever be crammed,” they mentioned.
“We’re so grateful for the time that we have now had along with her, and there are such a lot of comfortable recollections that we are going to maintain expensive for the remainder of our lives.
“She was the perfect spouse and mammy, sister, daughter, aunty, buddy and colleague that anybody might hope for. She beloved connecting each day with the great individuals of the north-east, and it offers us nice consolation to know what number of lives she was an integral a part of each single day.”
Chris Burns, the pinnacle of BBC Native Radio, mentioned: “Lisa was a gifted presenter who had already achieved rather a lot and would have achieved way more. She hosted a particular programme at Easter broadcast on all 39 of our native stations in England, a proven fact that displays the regard she was held in. My ideas are with Lisa’s household, pals, and colleagues at this horrible time.”
Tribute had been additionally paid to Tony Lyman, one other BBC presenter, who died on the weekend from leukaemia, aged 65. Lyman joined BBC Radio Derby in 2010, presenting the early present for the East Midlands and a Sunday music present.
His profession, which spanned greater than 40 years, started in hospital radio and included stints at Leicester Sound, Clean and as continuity announcer on Central TV.
BBC Radio Derby’s govt editor, Aftab Gulzar, mentioned he was a “sensible broadcaster” and “great man”.