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]

In the mid-1980s, he presented the early breakfast show on Radio City in Liverpool. In the late 1980s, he presented a late night programme, for the Superstation service, which was broadcast on many different commercial radio stations in the UK. [4]

In the early 1990s he worked at Reading's 2-Ten FM and BBC GLR, the BBC's local radio station for London. [4] In 1994, he was presenting the weekday early breakfast show on BBC GLR. [5] In the late 1990s, he was a presenter at Virgin Radio in the UK. [6]

In 2002, Kennedy presented a football programme for Channel 4 in East Asia. [7]

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. [7] As of 2020, he was the presenter of the drivetime programme on the same station, [8] although the programme moved to a 2pm-6pm slot in the same year. [9] The programme ended in 2023, [10] 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. [11]

Kennedy started presenting a podcast, Phil Kennedy - Mildly Getting Away With It, in 2023. [12] The programme features interviews of famous guests. [1]

He has also presented on BBC Radio 6 Music, [13] Virgin Radio and LBC. [14] 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. [15] He has also filled in for Adam Ball on BBC Radio Oxford, in 2024. [16]

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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 "Aircheck Tracker - Phil Kennedy". Aircheck Tracker. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "The Television & Radio Database - Listings for Wednesday, 30th March 1994". tvrdb.com. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
  6. ↑ "Your results for: "phil kennedy" | Between 1st Jan 1990 and 31st Dec 1999". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  7. 1 2 BBC. "Phil Kennedy". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  8. ↑ "BBC Radio Berkshire - Schedules, 20 - 26 January 2020". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  9. ↑ "BBC Radio Berkshire - Schedules, 16 - 22 November 2020". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  10. ↑ "BBC Radio Berkshire - Phil Kennedy - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  11. ↑ "BBC Radio Oxford - Phil Kennedy - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  12. ↑ #1 Carol Kirkwood - Phil Kennedy - Mildly Getting Away With It. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-11-07– via www.buzzsprout.com.
  13. ↑ "Schedule - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  14. ↑ Phil Kennedy - Radio Greats. 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2024-11-07– via www.buzzsprout.com.
  15. ↑ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 2009-01-11. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  16. ↑ "BBC Sounds - Radio Oxford - Schedules, Monday 21 October 2024". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
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