Host announced for upcoming Chambers awards
A BBC presenter with over 50 years of broadcast experience has been announced as the host of the Royal Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield & Tamworth and Cannock Chase Awards 2025.
Nick Owen (pictured) will be hosting the awards ceremony, taking place at The Belfry Hotel on Friday, 31 January.
Nick has been broadcasting for more than fifty years, 46 of those in television.
After four years in newspapers, he moved to BBC local radio before entering the world of television with ATV, later Central, in 1978. It was there that Nick first teamed up with Anne Diamond.
In 1983, he joined TV-am as a sports presenter. He was on air on the very first day of Good Morning Britain, covering sport, but became the main anchorman within eight weeks, replacing David Frost.
It was shortly afterwards that he was joined again by Anne Diamond in a partnership that endured through hundreds of programmes, both on TV-am and later Good Morning with Anne and Nick.
In 2006, he was awarded the Baird Medal by the Royal Television Society for lifelong achievement in television, and in 2010 he was named UK Speaker of the Year.
In 2023, he was named Onscreen Personality of the Year by the RTS Midlands. He was made an honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Worcester in 2013 and by the University of Chester in 2022.
He has presented BBC Midlands Today since 1997 and still does. In 2024, he was awarded the MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List for services to broadcasting and charity.
Earlier this year, Nick became a vocal campaigner for men to be checked for prostate cancer after he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of the disease and had to undergo an operation within six weeks.
Nick said: “I am delighted to be hosting the SLTC Awards 2025.
“Having lived in South Staffordshire for many years, I am excited to celebrate and recognise the achievements of businesses in the region, and look forward to meeting all those shortlisted on the night.”
