Alex Zane To Present XFM Friday Breakfast Show

Alex Zane is to be the new presenter for Xfm’s Friday Breakfast Show in London.

Zane, who previously hosted a weekend show on the station before presenting Popworld on Channel 4, will start his new show on Friday 5 January 2007.

Lauren Laverne will continue to present the Xfm Breakfast Show from Monday to Thursday.

Zane’s show is part of Xfm’s ‘Fridays are Different’ strategy, designed to put listeners in the mood for the weekend by creating a completely different feel from the rest of the week.

This includes different DJs, Xfm’s indie anthem show The Weekender and prize giveaways throughout the day.

Ande Macpherson, Xfm’s network programme director, said: “Alex was the obvious choice for the job. Firstly, Lauren thinks he’s great, he’s coming back to his radio home and he lives and breathes new music. We thought it was about time he got back on air.”

Zane is one of three new DJs joining the Xfm London line-up in January. Comedian and former Xfm Manchester DJ Paul Tonkinson will host the afternoon show, which includes Xfm’s request hour The X-List, and Steve Harris will take on Xfm’s new music show Music:Response.

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