Born, 1961, in Manchester, the city she has spent almost all of her life, Denise remembers hearing The Beatles as a small child on her parents transistor radio. She had a fun childhood playing football with the boys and being mischievous, though her teachers thought otherwise and suspended her for a year.

After leaving school with little in the way of qualifications, she worked her way up as a youth worker, a job she found very rewarding. After being made redundant and having time on her hands, she noticed an advert for a radio course. There was no guarantee of a show out of it, but Denise took to it like a duck to water, and with her gift of the gab and huge record collection decided to pitch for her own show at WFM.

"Whilst I felt there were some marvellous shows (on WFM), I decided to ask for a show where I could add something different...and so my Mouthworth of Southworth show came about.

"I play a wide range of music-- everything from Marley to Mozart via Led Zeppelin. plus humour, soap box rantings on current topics, interviews and whatever else comes out of my mouth."

Denise Southworth

Denise has interviewed many guests, from celebrities to ordinary people from our local community. Her shows celebrating a pop star who may have a birthday, anniversary, or sadly recently passed away, telling their story intertwined with their hits and lesser known tracks are ever popular with our listeners. Always well researched, her shows cover a variety of topics and issues or just let the music do the talking.

Off air Denise likes watching Manchester City, the team she has supported since she was 8 years old. She also enjoys travelling, having visited over 115 different countries and has been all over Great Britain.

Listen to some highlights from Denise...

Manchester born and raised Sylvia Tella has always been an outspoken rebel and age hasnt mellowed her ! Hers she tells her life story from her birth in Manchester to touring the world with huge artists and singing on million selling records

Denise travels on a night coach to London to pay her respects following the death pf Queen Elizabeth II, she speaks to mourners along the way, in a series of joint reports for WFM and BBC Radio Manchester. This piece of audio reached the final of the national Community Radio Awards 2023.

Listen to Denise in conversation with Roz Johnson about her life in Meet The Presenter...