Simon Ross

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Simon Ross
Born (1967-01-17) 17 January 1967 (age 57)
Armagh, Northern Ireland
Nationality British
Occupation Broadcaster
Years active1991-present
Employer Bauer Media Audio UK
Website rossieonline.co.uk

Simon "Rossie" Ross (born 17 January 1967) is a British radio presenter. He has hosted the breakfast show on Greatest Hits Radio since its launch in 2019. [1] He previously presented the Radio City breakfast show until May 2014.

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Early years

Ross grew up in Armagh and attended St Patricks Grammar School, Armagh Technical College and The College of Business Studies, Belfast. He is a chef by trade, but started out as a DJ in Northern Ireland clubs, bars and discos while studying at college. [2]

He gave up his career as a chef in 1991, to join Radio Top Shop and Radio HMV in London.

Radio career

Ross has worked for several radio stations across the United Kingdom. [3] He presented on Rock FM in Preston from 1992, moving to Capital FM in London in 1998 to present the Evening Show. [4] In 2001, he joined Radio Aire in Leeds to host the mid morning show, where he remained for four years. He also occasionally presented on Magic 828 and hosted a Sunday morning show named Radio Aire’s Greatest Hits, playing songs from the 1980s and 1990s.

In 2005, Ross left Aire to join Radio City. He hosted the breakfast show and mid morning shows there for over 10 years, [5] before moving over to Radio City 2 in 2016. [6] The station was rebranded as Greatest Hits Radio in 2019 and Ross has hosted the Breakfast Show since launch, [7] broadcasting across England and Wales.

Other work

In addition to his radio work, Ross is also a voice-over artist and event host. This includes being the regular host of the "Educate Awards" at Liverpool Cathedral. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rossie". Greatest Hits Radio.
  2. ↑ "Q&A with Simon 'Rossie' Ross!". Educate Awards. 18 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Rossie Online » About".
  4. ↑ "Capital move for Rock FM's Simon Ross". Lancashire Telegraph.
  5. ↑ Wright, Jade (2 May 2014). "Rossie bows out and bids farewell to his breakfast show listeners". Liverpool Echo.
  6. ↑ "Simon Ross moves to Radio City 2 Breakfast". 30 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Katie (7 January 2019). "New radio station for 40 and 50-somethings launches in Manchester". Manchester Evening News.
  8. ↑ "Simon 'Rossie' Ross – Radio presenter". Educate magazine. 13 January 2020.


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