Shaheen to present Jacko radio show (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)

Shaheen to present Jacko radio show

5:46pm Friday 10th July 2009 in

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Singing sensation Shaheen Jafargholi is to present a one-off radio show dedicated to his hero Michael Jackson.

The 12-year-old Britain's Got Talent star - who performed at the King of Pop's memorial service in LA on Tuesday - will host his own August Bank Holiday show.

Swansea Bay Radio, of south Wales, is already a firm favourite with Shaheen, who fronted a programme during his rise to fame on the TV talent show.

"Basically, Shaheen did a Bank Holiday show for us back in May when he was just starting up in Britain's Got Talent," said Andy Griffiths, the radio station's programme director.

"We also invited his mum on and she and he played his favourite songs.

"Afterwards he promised to come back and do another show at the next bank holiday which is August. He is down to come in again on August 31 and we will be making it a Michael Jackson special."

He said the radio station has been a big supporter of Shaheen since he first shot to fame, running a campaign to get as many people to vote for him as possible.

"Outside of this area he is now a mega-star but around here he is still a local schoolboy who has made good."

The station broadcasts from a building in Neath Abbey, near Swansea, where Shaheen lives in the city's Mount Pleasant district.