Maggie Lennard

On the show....
Excellent music, informative features, and quirkie news stories, just the thing to help your afternoon pass quickly with Tenerife's no.1 female presenter. Maggies broadcasting style is quick and witty, but with the programme schedule as it is, she refrains from talking too much (contrary to popular belief, her “words per show” count is lower than others, who will remain nameless!), music being the main focus of her shows.
Maggie chats with comedian Tony Law
Maggie called Tony Law following his appearance on Have I Got News For You, before he came to the Tenerife Comedy Club
Listen to their interview here>>
Maggie chats with comedian Tom Binns!
Tom Binns popped in for a chat on his way to the Tenerife Comedy Club, so Maggie had a chat with him about stand-up, radio, and two of his main characters!
Listen to their interview here>>
Biog:
Maggie was born in Solihull in the West Midlands. She was a British Rhythmic Gymnastics Champion aged 15 and went on to gain a B.A. with Qualified Teacher Status from the University of Warwick, where she was also honoured to have been the first female Students’ Union House Manager at any UK university.
Optimistically applying for overseas jobs, she landed her first teaching post at Wingate School in south Tenerife in 1988, where she was responsible for the education of the reception infants.
Two years into her teaching career and she met musician Ian Lennard, and they married in St. Lucia in 1992.
After realising she had the gift of the gab (much to her absolute astonishment), Maggie left teaching in 1994 to pursue a career in entertainment, including a stint as a male impersonator alongside the inimitable Crystal Starr at what was the Wigan Pier in Playa de las Americas. The transition into radio was incidental – Maggie became the island’s first main line female presenter, hosting a weekend lunchtime show.
In her spare time, Maggie also fell into another great job – presenting international boxing events held on the island, where she completed another first – the World’s first televised female M.C. A few appearances on Eurosport and Digital Plus (Spain’s equivalent of Sky Sports) ensured she was seen at one point by 12 million viewers, doing the “Let’s get ready to rumble” speeches in both English and Spanish. In 1997 she introduced a young Jean-Marc Mormeck (former WBC and WBA unified world Cruiserweight champion) into the ring in Los Cristianos.
Maggie left Oasis FM in June 2005 due to ill health and upon recovery, went to work in telecommunications.
It took six and a half years for Maggie to claw her way back on air, and you can tell how delighted she is to be ‘home’ by listening to her show.
25 questions in 25 seconds!
Star sign: Pisces
Marital status: Married
What makes you smile: Kicking through Autumn leaves (tough in Tenerife!), family, good food and company
What makes you unhappy: dishonesty, deceit, loss
Bad habits: since I quit smoking, umm…. eating too much!
Favourites:
Sports: Football. I support Birmingham City
Movie type: Soppy chick flicks and good courtroom dramas
Film: Friends with Benefits, Good Will Hunting
Your idol: Eddie Izzard
Holiday: Menorca
Place: Menorca
Food: Indian, Italian, Thai
Soft drink: water
Alcohol: Don’t really drink a lot these days, but the odd Dorada is OK
Car: Fiat 500 Abarth
Colour: Powder to Royal Blue
Clothes brand: Not fussed about labels (take a look and you’ll see!)
Shop: Mercadona
Band: Queen, and most British indie from the last 15 years or so, plus Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls… umm, the list is VERY long!
Author: Jeffery Deaver and Steig Larsson (RIP), whose Millenium Trilogy makes compelling reading.
Animal: Cole the Cat, Sheldon Cooper Cat and (best bib and) Tucker Cat.
Thing: raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens…. You can guess the rest!
Saying: “Never fight with buildings or furniture, they invariably win”…..