James Hengist Reeve, born 25 June 1950, is anEnglish broadcaster, journalist,raconteur and radio phone-in host. Reeve has hosted shows onPiccadilly Radio,^[1]BBC GMR (nowBBC Radio Manchester),BBC Radio 5 Live, The NewHallam FM,talkSPORT,TEAMtalk 252 stations and, up until July 2006, presented the late night phone-in show atKey 103.

Reeve joined the Manchester BBC Local radio stationGMR in April 1995, presenting the afternoon show. In April 1998, he rejected an opportunity to join new stationCentury Radio to stay with GMR.^[2] Just a few months later, he left GMR in controversial circumstances with Reeve claiming he had been unfairly dismissed and had to explain complaints of "gratuitous use of racist language on and off-air."^{[citation needed]}

• Late 1970s-1981Piccadilly Radio
• February 1986-mid-1994Piccadilly Radio (Saturday Sport, late night phone-in until 1989 then breakfast show)
• June 1994 -Fortune 1458
• Mid 1994 - April 1995 - The New Hallam FM (nowHallam FM) (late night phone-in)
• April 1995-September 1998GMR (now BBC Radio Manchester)
• 1999-2000TalkSPORT
• 2000105.4 Century Radio (football phone-in show)
• 2002TeamTalk 252
• June 2005-July 2006Key 103 (late night phone-in)
• May 2008106.1 Rock Radio
• September 2008 - May 200996.2 The Revolution

In July 2006, Reeve had his gall bladder removed at Manchester Royal Infirmary by surgeon Jon Bell, son of the lateColin Bell, formerly ofManchester City Football Club and England.^[3]

• Long time hillman Gary Burt and assorted James gags circa 2000Archived 2 February 2006 at theWayback Machine
• Hear James during his short stint on the now defunct TEAMtalk 252 in Summer 2002Archived 17 February 2006 at theWayback Machine
• Read about the circumstances surrounding James' departure from the BBC in 1998 at theWayback Machine (archived June 14, 2008)
• Simon Sandiford-Mitchell's JHR site
• Manchester Evening News article re James' departure from Key103
• DJ's fight with BBC - Lancashire Evening Telegraph article from 21 Sept 2001