List of on-air resignations

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This is a list of on-air resignations. These are resignations in the public eye.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">BBC Radio 1</span> British national radio station

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, hip hop and indie, while its sister station 1Xtra plays black contemporary music, including hip hop and R&B. Radio 1 also runs two online streams, Radio 1 Dance, dedicated to dance music, and Radio 1 Relax, dedicated to chill-out music; both are available to listen only on BBC Sounds.

RTÉ 2fm, or 2FM as it is more commonly referred to, is an Irish radio station operated by RTÉ. The station specialises in current popular music and chart hits and is the second national radio station in Ireland.

Simon Philip Bates is an English disc jockey and radio presenter. Between 1976 and 1993 he worked at BBC Radio 1, presenting the station's weekday mid-morning show for most of this period. He later became a regular presenter on Classic FM. He hosted the breakfast show on Smooth Radio from January 2011 until March 2014, and took on the same role at BBC Radio Devon from January 2015 until January 2017. He was the first presenter of BBC Two's Food and Drink programme in 1982.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emperor Rosko</span> American DJ

Michael Joseph Pasternak, known by his stage name Emperor Rosko, is an American presenter of rock music programmes, most widely known for his shows on Radio Caroline and BBC Radio 1 in the UK in the 1960s and early 1970s.

TXFM was a Dublin based radio station, founded in 1997 as a pirate radio station. TXFM broadcast under a contract awarded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI). The station ceased broadcasting on 26 October 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marty Whelan</span> Irish media presenter

Martin "Marty" Whelan is an Irish radio and television personality currently working for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). His early television credits included the game shows Millionaire and Fame and Fortune, and the weekday afternoon show, Open House.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">5FM</span> South African radio station

5FM is a South African FM radio station forming part of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), South Africa's public broadcaster. 5FM follows a Top 40 music format aimed at a youth market, together with news and sports coverage.

Nicky Horne is an English DJ, who has worked for a variety of radio stations, including Capital Radio, BBC Local Radio and Boom Radio.

Radio Nova was a pirate radio station broadcasting from Dublin, Ireland. Owned and operated by the UK pirate radio veteran Chris Cary, the station's first broadcasts were during the summer of 1981 on 88.5 MHz FM and 819 kHz AM.

Kevin Owen is a British television and radio news anchor, reporter and presenter who was born in Plymouth, UK. He has worked in UK regional and network broadcasting for more than three decades. From 2006 to 2022, he worked at the Russian state-controlled television network RT as the English network's senior news anchor.

Alan Cantwell is an Irish journalist, presenter and newsreader, best known as the former anchor of TV3 News at 5.30 and later the 5.30.

Weekend Breakfast was an Australian radio station breakfast show on the Hit Network. The show aired from 7 am to 9 am on weekend mornings with music and daily topic discussions and special guests. News, sport, weather and traffic updates were presented throughout the show.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liz Wahl</span> American journalist

Liz Wahl is an American journalist. She was a correspondent for the Russian government-sponsored RT television network from 2011 to 2014 but left the network following a harshly critical on-air resignation that went viral.

<i>Chris and Ciara</i>

Chris and Ciara, formerly titled Bottom of the Barrel, is an Irish radio show on RTÉ 2fm hosted by Chris Greene and Ciara King. It is broadcast on Saturday and Sunday starting at 11am, and consists of contemporary hits and comedic pop culture-focused talk segments. The show features film and celebrity news quizzes and a "Rap Off" in which Greene and King compete, as well as interviews and guests such as 2fm's Emma Power and DJ Mo K, Brian M. Lloyd from entertainment.ie, Blindboy Boatclub of The Rubberbandits, and the self-styled dating expert the Galway Player. King reads from her teenage diary every Wednesday, and the presenters often read text messages and tweets sent by listeners.

Christopher Greene is an Irish broadcaster and comedian. He stars with Peter Ganley in the series Craic Addicts, produced for Channel 4's on-demand service 4oD. Previously, he hosted the radio show Chris and Ciara on RTÉ 2fm with Ciara King from when the pair left iRadio in 2014, till the show ended in March 2022. The end of his show with RTE was subject to a dispute at the Workplace Relations Commission.

Fifi, Fev & Nick is an Australian breakfast radio show on 101.9 The Fox in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is hosted by Fifi Box, Brendan Fevola and Nick Cody with anchor Josiah Shala. The show began on 20 January 2014, replacing The Matt & Jo Show.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dan Anstey</span> Australian presenter

Dan Anstey, is an Australian radio and television presenter.

This is a timeline of Capital London, previously known as Capital Radio, 95.8 Capital FM or similar variations, from its initial period as an Independent Local Radio station for Greater London to the present day CHR network serving most of the UK.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Times Radio</span> British digital radio station owned by News UK

Times Radio is a British digital radio station owned by News UK, part of the Murdoch media empire. It is jointly operated by News Broadcasting, The Times and The Sunday Times.

This is a timeline of the history of chart shows on UK radio.

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