Phil Kennedy

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Phil Kennedy is a British broadcaster. He presents the podcast Phil Kennedy - Mildly Getting Away With It. [1] His career includes work in British radio, television and podcasting.

Career

Kennedy left medical school, where he was studying to be a medical doctor, to join Radio Jackie in London. He then joined Radio Top Shop, also in London. [2]

Kennedy presented a Saturday evening show on BBC Radio 1 in the 1980s, starting in late 1984. [3]

From 1985 to 1986, he presented the early breakfast show on Radio City in Liverpool. From 1988 to 1990, he presented a late night programme, which was broadcast live on a range of commercial radio stations across the UK, for the Superstation service. He presented the early breakfast show on BBC GLR (now BBC Radio London) from 1994 to 1999.

In 2002, Kennedy presented a football programme for Channel 4 in East Asia. [4]

As of 2006, he was the presenter of the drivetime programme on BBC Radio Berkshire, with the show containing interviews, news, sports news and travel news. [4] As of 2020, he was the presenter of the drivetime programme on the same station, [5] although the programme moved to a 2pm-6pm slot in the same year. [6] The programme ended in 2023, [7] just before BBC Radio Berkshire began to share its 2-6pm afternoon programme with BBC Radio Oxford.

Kennedy presented a Saturday morning programme on BBC Radio Oxford, with the programme starting in the 2008 at the latest and finishing in 2012. [8]

Kennedy started presenting a podcast, Phil Kennedy - Mildly Getting Away With It, in 2023. [9] The programme features interviews of famous guests. [1]

He has also presented on BBC Radio 6 Music, [10] Virgin Radio and LBC. [11] Outside of the media, he has worked in a variety of jobs, including as a wine bottle stacker and as an assistant in a psychiatric treatment facility. [2]

He has filled in for Pete Mitchell on BBC Radio 2. [12] He has also filled in for Adam Ball on BBC Radio Oxford. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Phil Kennedy - Mildly Getting Away With It". Buzzsprout. 2024-10-20. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  2. 1 2 "Presenter Profile: Phil Kennedy". 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  3. ↑ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  4. 1 2 BBC. "Phil Kennedy". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  5. ↑ "BBC Radio Berkshire - Schedules, 20 - 26 January 2020". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  6. ↑ "BBC Radio Berkshire - Schedules, 16 - 22 November 2020". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  7. ↑ "BBC Radio Berkshire - Phil Kennedy - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  8. ↑ "BBC Radio Oxford - Phil Kennedy - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  9. ↑ #1 Carol Kirkwood - Phil Kennedy - Mildly Getting Away With It. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-11-07– via www.buzzsprout.com.
  10. ↑ "Schedule - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  11. ↑ Phil Kennedy - Radio Greats. 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2024-11-07– via www.buzzsprout.com.
  12. ↑ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 2009-01-11. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  13. ↑ "BBC Sounds - Radio Oxford - Schedules, Monday 21 October 2024". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
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