Stuart Maconie  Stuart Maconie (born 13 August 1961) is an English radio DJ and television presenter, writer, journalist, and critic working in the field of pop music and popular culture. He is currently a presenter on BBC Radio 6 Music, where he hosts the weekend breakfast show (SaturdaySunday, 7am10am), alongside Mark Radcliffe, which broadcasts from the BBC's MediaCityUK in Salford. The pair had previously presented an evening show on BBC Radio 2 and the weekday afternoon show for BBC Radio 6 Music. Maconie used to present his own solo show on Saturday afternoons from April 2006 until 29 March 2008, and is a frequent stand-in for holidaying presenters on Radio 2. He also hosts BBC Radio 6 Music programmes "The Freak Zone", on Sundays from 8pm to 10pm and "The Freakier Zone", on Saturday night/Sunday mornings from midnight to 1am. Maconie was educated at St John Rigby College, Wigan and Edge Hill University. Maconie has been a musician, author, journalist and broadcaster. Maconie was born in Whiston. While at St John Rigby College, Wigan, Maconie formed a band named (after several iterations) "Les Flirts", featuring Maconie on guitar/vocals, Nigel Power on bass and Jem Bretherton on drums. They performed at Wigan venues like the BierKellar and "Trucks". Performance style was influenced by the early Elvis Costello school of delivery. Set highlights included the self-penned "Little Flirts" and a crowd-pleasing cover of "Satellite of Love" by Lou Reed. In his career as a writer and journalist he has written for "Q", "Word Magazine", "ELLE", "The Times", "The Guardian", the "Evening Standard", "Daily Express", "Select", "Mojo", "Country Walking", "Deluxe" and was an assistant editor for the "NME". In September 2008, he began a new monthly column for "Cumbria Life" magazine. Maconie previously worked as an English and sociology teacher at Skelmersdale College, Lancashire for one year in 1987–88. He has written screenplays for television and films. Maconie is also the author of "Cider With Roadies," an autobiography of his experiences as a music journalist that references "Cider with Rosie" in the wordplay of the title.