By 1986, Warren was presenting shows on Metro Radio, covering the north-east of England, and he remained with the station until September 1988, when he accepted a 2-year posting with BFBS in Cyprus, but returned home after six months, citing homesickness.
After leaving ITV in 1990 he joined Capital FM, initially presenting an overnight slot as well as covering other shows.
Warren was one of the presenters of the Radio 1 Roadshow in 1995 and 1996, and between July 1995 and November 1998 he was a regular stand-in for Mark Goodier on the Sunday UK Top 40 chart.
[5] He left Radio 1 in 2000, with his final Saturday Early Breakfast show broadcast on 30 September, the station's 33rd birthday.
In October 2000, Clive joined Virgin Radio, presenting a Sunday afternoon show from 1-4pm and in January 2001, he took over the Weekday late-night slot from Gary Davies, from 10pm-1am.
He left Virgin in January 2002 and returned briefly to Capital FM presenting occasional overnight slots.
In early 2005, Clive joined London's Heart 106.2 as a stand in presenter, before taking over the Sunday mid-morning show from 9 AM to noon.