Mary Anne Hobbs

Mary Anne Hobbs, born in 1964 in Preston, Lancashire, is an English broadcaster and music journalist who began her career writing for the weekly paper Sounds at nineteen. She joined BBC Radio 1, fronting the Rock Show from 1999 to 2005 before launching Experimental, a late-night showcase for electronic and underground sound. Her January 2006 special Dubstep Warz is widely credited with introducing the genre to a global audience, and in 2007 she curated a UK dubstep showcase at Sónar with Skream and Kode9. She later hosted shows on XFM Manchester before returning to the BBC, now presenting on 6 Music.