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Profile: Phil Kennedy: Phil Kennedy was once almost Dr. Kennedy but, having dropped out of medical school with a degree, became a DJ. His radio career started not at University Radio or Hospital Radio but at Radio Top Shop in the centre of London. From there, he was talent spotted by Radio 1 and moved over to present the Saturday evening show across 1984 / 1985.
From here, he spent some time over
1985 / 6 at Liverpool's Radio City on the early show, Cardiff's
Red Dragon on Drivetime, plus a stint in Manchester at Piccadilly Key 103.
In 1988, he then came back to his hometown, London, to work for Richard Branson's
ILR sustaining service, off air known as Radio Radio, on-air known as The
Superstation where he presented the syndicated nighttime show,
10:00pm-2:00am, across 35 stations, working alongside names such as John Kenning, Diana
Luke, and Peter Grant. During his show, he hosted
late-night but very popular feature 'Kennedy's Classic Cuts' where the audience
could call to select three tracks out a of select group - tracks such as
Foreigner's 'Cold As Ice', Pink Floyd's 'Another
Brick In The Wall', The Stranglers' 'Peaches(!!!), Bruce Springsteen's 'Dancing
In The Dark' and other tracks of a similar ilk.
Radio Radio went to the 'Wall Wall' in 1990 and Phil joined the BBC to host sports programmes in
1990 for GLR during Breakfast and Lunchtime Live programmes as well as a
job looking after Saturday Sport output. He spent part of 1992 & 1993
at 2-Ten FM on mid-mornings, but by 1994, he'd taken one last good full night of sleep before starting the early show
on BBC GLR. These early mornings continued up to 1999 when Phil joined Virgin Radio where he presented the early show from 4:30am.
In between, he also popped up on BBC Radio Berkshire, presenting a mid-morning show
and an afternoon show rom 1994 to 1997, and an afternoon show on BBC Thames Valley FM in
1996 where he stayed for 18 months. He left there to concentrate on his
work at GLR up until 1999.. Phil left Virgin Radio in 2002, and
also appeared on BBC Radio's sixth radio service, aired
digitally and via SKY DIGITAL, BBC 6 Music. He then returned to
analogue radio, with London's Heart 106.2 presenting Weekends Noon 'til
3:00pm, but departed commercial waters to return to the BBC in 2003.
His other work has included appearances for BFBS, (British Forces Broadcasting Service), BBC World Service, and as a fill in for Danny Baker on Radio Five's 6-0-6 programme.
From 1998 until 2004, in line with his passion for all things football, Phil also presented live Premiership, Italian Serie A and European Champions League football commentary for the US satellite TV network, Showtime, and has recently appeared on Channel 4 presenting football from Hong Kong. He's married and has a young child.
Whereabouts: You can now find
Phil Kennedy back on BBC Radio Berkshire (94.6, 95.4, 104.1 &
104.4 FM), weekdays 12:30 - 16:00. His show features guests, competitions,
phone-ins and music from across the decades. You may also hear Phil
presenting sports bulletins on LBC stations on 97.3 FM & 1152AM in
London - a position he's held since 2002.
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