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British journalist (born )

"Boazman" redirects here. For a similar name, see Bozeman (surname). For other uses, see Bozeman (disambiguation).

Sally Boazman is a British radio traffic news reporter on the national radio station BBC Radio 2.^[1] Her reporting introduced live reports from motorists on mobile phones and lorry drivers on CB radio.^[2]

Boazman has presented Radio 2's weekend travel bulletins since , alongside Orna Merchant.

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Career

Following a brief foray into acting, Boazman took a post in the current affairs department of LWT where she worked as a secretary for the future Director-General of the BBCGreg Dyke.^{[citation needed]} After later working as a traffic news announcer for the Automobile Association she went on to present traffic reports for a number of local radio stations before moving to Classic FM.^{[citation needed]} Her first presenting role was for the British Forces Broadcasting Service after which she worked for the BBC World Service and commercial radio.^{[citation needed]} She spent some time away from broadcasting following the birth of her son, Harry, but returned later to become Chief Travel Reporter for BBC Radio London.^{[citation needed]}

She joined BBC Radio 2 as the network's first official travel news presenter in ,^[1] presenting travel updates during the weekday afternoons.

She has worked alongside Johnnie Walker, later Chris Evans and Simon Mayo on their respective Drivetime shows, Steve Wright during the afternoon, and Jeremy Vine at lunchtime. Boazman now provides traffic news reports on Saturdays on BBC Radio 2^[3] with Orna Merchant normally doing the same on Sundays.^[4] Sally's weekday afternoon slots are now normally presented by Bobby Prior who also occasionally covers for Richie Anderson on morning travel along with regular cover travel presenters Jules Lang and Ellie Brennan.^{[citation needed]}

In , Boazman was described by Autotrader UK as the "sexiest voice on the radio" and a national treasure^[5] who changed the way traffic reporting was done.^[6] Her fans have named a thoroughbred race horse after her,^[7][8] as well as lorry trucks.^[9]

On 7 December , Boazman was announced as the recipient of the Special Contribution to Motoring Award from the Guild of Motor Writers.^[10]

Books, records, and activities

In she narrated the poem Crawl of The Light Brigade for the CD recording Guide Cats for the Blind.^[11] In she wrote the book The Sally Traffic Handbook and narrated a CD for the Highways Agency called Hear When the Going's Good, providing advice to lorry drivers.^[12]

TomTom navigation has a Sally Traffic voice available for its GPS units.

Proceeds from purchase of the voice driving set go to the charity BBC Children in Need.^[13]

From 10 to 19 November , she cycled across kilometres (&#;mi) of Kenya's Rift Valley to support charity Transaid.^[14] In she presented the Gold level Sony Radio Academy Award for drivetime entertainment to her fellow broadcaster Chris Evans,^[15] while in the Gold level Entertainment award honoured the Chris Evans Drivetime show and staff, of which Boazman was part.^[16] She also won the Truck & Driver Driver's Choice award for Best Traffic Information in ^[17]

On 29 October , she presented The Road to Nowhere for BBC One in London and South East England, a documentary celebrating the 25th anniversary of the M The programme sees Boazman journeying around the motorway and examining its economic and environmental impact, as well as other ways it has changed Britain's society.^[18]

Personal life

She lives in Ipswich with her son Harry (born ), who is a musician.^[19] She was a regular participant at Truckfest, appearing in every event between and ^[20]

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