{"version":"https:\/\/jsonfeed.org\/version\/1","title":"Presenter Profiles","home_page_url":"https:\/\/www.fixradio.co.uk\/fix-feed\/presenter-profiles\/","feed_url":"https:\/\/www.fixradio.co.uk\/fix-feed\/presenter-profiles\/json","items":[{"id":"353-87-5d020c3243004","url":"https:\/\/www.fixradio.co.uk\/fix-feed\/presenter-profiles\/post\/meet-the-presenters-paul-burrell\/","title":"Meet The Presenters - Paul Burrell","date_published":"2019-06-13T08:41:00+00:00","summary":"In our weekly feature to get to know who the people are behind the mic","content_html":"<p>Firstly, before you start, we are not talking about the disgraced royal butler (although we think he is looking around for a job!).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/353\/5d020bf8ba362.jpg\" style=\"box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7) 0px 3px 15px; border-radius: 8px; width: 396.984px; height: 297px; float: right;\" \/>Paul is the host of Kickin&rsquo; Off, your one stop shop for everything sports related. If Paul doesn&#39;t know it then it ain&#39;t worth knowing about. In fact, he is so knowledgeablehe infrequently&nbsp;appears on Trev &amp; Ben&#39;s Show <em>Brew &amp; Banter<\/em>&nbsp;as the infamous &#39;Sportsmaster&#39;, He knows about everything from horse racing to gymnastics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">His credentials are pretty impressive.&nbsp;Paul is known to thousands of Londoners as the voice of the Emirates Stadium where he is the stadium announcer for the Gunners, a job he&rsquo;s done since 1991 (the year that Ed Sheeran was born!).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He&#39;s even been the announcer at Wembley during the prestigious London Olympics, as well as international games. During the 2012 European Championships in Ukraine he did the business there - so he&#39;s well travelled as well as well knowledgeable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And, if you catch a bit of an accent, then you&#39;d be right. Paul&#39;s&nbsp;a proud Brummie (there had to be one!). He&#39;s&nbsp;worked for&nbsp;Capital Gold, BRMB and Chiltern Radio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But don&#39;t take our word for it, have a listen yourself. Tune in to Kickin&#39; Off everyday from 1pm on DAB, online &amp; on our app<\/p>","image":"https:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/353\/5cd1766d52c6d.jpg","author":{"name":"Dave Chawner"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.fixradio.co.uk\/_app_pages\/stations\/3426\/blogs\/posts\/46665"},{"id":"353-87-5cf91bd08424f","url":"https:\/\/www.fixradio.co.uk\/fix-feed\/presenter-profiles\/post\/meet-the-presenters-ugly-phil\/","title":"Meet The Presenters - Ugly Phil","date_published":"2019-06-06T13:57:00+00:00","summary":"Get to know our new Breakfast Show presenter Ugly Phil","content_html":"<p dir=\"ltr\">If you listen to us on DAB, online or via our app you can help but know that Ugly Phil starts on his new slot on The Breakfast Show on Monday 10th June.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>So, we thought it was our duty to get you up to speed with the man behind the mic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"Ugly Phil in The Daily Mail\" src=\"https:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/353\/5cf91ab665fbf.jpg\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 5px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7) 0px 3px 15px; border-radius: 8px; width: 360px; height: 487.992px;\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ugly Phil is well known down under. He&#39;s worked on some of Australia&rsquo;s biggest radio stations including Triple M, SAFM in Adelaide, FOX FM Melbourne, B105 Brisbane and has hosted Breakfast on Triple M Sydney, the<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hot30_Countdown&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1559911995871000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFQY-WDM23EAF0jBEpD3zFz0hd8tQ\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hot30_Countdown\" target=\"_blank\"> Hot30 Countdown<\/a> and Drive at<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nova_969&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1559911995871000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF0yicUpdwQ87wjRD385CmFAth1FQ\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nova_969\" target=\"_blank\"> Nova 969<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He&#39;s so well know that it&#39;s become big news, attracting attention from international media.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Before the Fix Radio announcement, speculation was rife online, with Phil tipped to join Radio X, Virgin or Absolute Radio but we snapped him up and can&#39;t wait for him to get on air.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He&#39;s no stranger to The UK thought. Phil has worked for XFM, KISS and LBC.<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Perhaps you might know him from the Breakfast Show on Kerrang! Radio, where he won the Sony Breakfast Show of the Year silver and hosted&nbsp;from 2004 to 2007,<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Phil said about Fix, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think it needs Fixing coz it&rsquo;s the perfect station already. I can&rsquo;t wait to join Fix Radio&rsquo;s breakfast show, and I think I&rsquo;ll be a perfect fit because people have been telling me that I&rsquo;m a tool for years&rdquo;.<\/p>\n\n<p>Fix Radio&rsquo;s Program Director, Graham Mack said, &ldquo;Great radio stations are built on great talent and Ugly Phil is one of the world&rsquo;s best. It&rsquo;s brilliant that he&rsquo;s joining our line-up that also includes Russ and Jono, formerly of Virgin Radio and Clive Holland from BBC TV&rsquo;s Cowboy Trap.<\/p>\n\n<p>Ugly Phil&rsquo;s first Breakfast Show will be heard on Fix Radio on Monday June 10th.<\/p>\n\n<p>Listen to Fix Radio on DAB in London and Manchester, online around the world and on the Fix Radio app.<\/p>","image":"https:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/353\/5cd1704a2c71e.jpeg","author":{"name":"Dave Chawner"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.fixradio.co.uk\/_app_pages\/stations\/3426\/blogs\/posts\/46664"},{"id":"353-87-5ce668c9f03f3","url":"https:\/\/www.fixradio.co.uk\/fix-feed\/presenter-profiles\/post\/meet-the-presenters-trev-and-ben\/","title":"Meet The Presenters - Trev & Ben","date_published":"2019-05-24T09:30:00+00:00","summary":"In our weekly feature we tell you who the people are behind the mic","content_html":"<p>We bring you the&nbsp;best music, the best stories, the best comedy, and we also bring you the best presenters. In another of our weekly feature we give you the lowdown on who&#39;s ruling the airwaves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>This week we take you through the wonderful Trev &amp; Ben. You can hear them from 7am every morning on The Full Fix Breakfast and then again 10am for Brew &amp; Banter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The gruesome twosome have quite a history in radio, and when you tune in you can hear it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/353\/5ce665e974317.jpg\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 5px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 2px 10px; border-radius: 8px; width: 154px; height: 154px;\" \/>Trev&nbsp;has worked in radio for the past 2 decades.&nbsp;He&#39;s been every different level, doing&nbsp;almost every job going including making ads, voiceovers, producing shows, presenting shows.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Originally&nbsp;a South London lad he hosted a show with Ben on Croydon Radio which is how the 2 met.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trev actually started his working life as a painter and decorator with a bit of &ldquo;furniture logistics&rdquo; (removals to you and me!) as well as dabbling in some IT techie stuff.<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Then we have Ben.&nbsp;<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/353\/5ce665ee0bb11.jpg\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 5px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 2px 10px; border-radius: 9px; width: 167px; height: 167px;\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Also a South London bloke. Little celebrity fact about Ben TV&rsquo;s Roy Walker was a guest at his&nbsp;wedding (where Trev was the best man)<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ben&#39;s a&nbsp;bit of a jack-of-all-trades, starting as a gardener and landscaper as well as being an oddjob man and a delivery van driver.<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Together they are a winning combo<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tune in on DAB, online &amp; on our app -&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fixradio.co.uk\/player\/player-selection\/\">https:\/\/www.fixradio.co.uk\/player\/player-selection\/<\/a><\/p>","image":"https:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/353\/5cd1707ea442d.jpg","author":{"name":"Dave Chawner"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.fixradio.co.uk\/_app_pages\/stations\/3426\/blogs\/posts\/46663"}]}