Harry Gration returns to compere the Examiner Business Awards 2009

Nov 4 2009 by Henryk Zientek, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

BROADCASTER Harry Gration will take to the stage at next week’s Examiner Business Awards.

It will be Harry’s fourth appearance as compere of the annual event.

The veteran broadcaster and presenter of BBC TV’s Look North hosted the first Examiner Business Awards in 2006 and has been ever-present since then.

A familiar face for Huddersfield audiences, he has previously compered other major events in the town, including the Examiner Literary Lunch and The Proms in the Park.

The Examiner Business Awards will be held on Thursday November 12 at the Galpharm Stadium, when winners in 11 categories will step forward to collect their trophies and the plaudits of a capacity audience.

Journalist and broadcaster Declan Curry will be the guest speaker for the awards, which are sponsored once again by law firm Chadwick Lawrence.

Harry, who has also fronted BBC North’s rugby league show, began working as a history teacher before taking a career path into broadcasting.

He spent school holidays helping out on match reports for Radio Leeds and Radio Humberside before taking the gamble of giving up teaching for a three-month contract as Radio Leeds sports editor.