Mike George is a British radio presenter. He was born in Harrow, Middlesex in 1945, a premature baby, as a result of the VE Celebrations. He attended Watford Central Primary and Bushey Grammar School. He spent most of his school holidays with his grandparents in

Ross on Wye Ross-on-Wye (Welsh: ''Rhosan ar Wy'') is a market town in England, near the border with Wales. It had a population of 10,582 according to the 2011 census, estimated at 11,309 in 2019. It lies in south-eastern Herefordshire, on the River Wye and ...

, which is how he developed his love of the counties of Hereford and Worcester. Mike and his two sons have been lifelong supporters of

Watford Football Club Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. They play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club’s original foundation is 1881, aligned with that of its antecede ...

. He is married to Lin and they have four children and at the last count, five grandchildren.

Early career

Mike spent ten years in the navy and eight years as a Medical Rep before discovering Hospital Radio. His first professional radio job was in

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...

. Mike joined Radio Wyvern (was

Wyvern FM Free Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire (formerly Radio Wyvern) is a local commercial radio station owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Herefordshire and Worcestershire. As of September 2022, the s ...

) (now Free Hereford and Worcester) in Worcester, when the station opened in 1982 as the weekday drive time presenter and later breakfast show presenter. He left the station in 1987 and joined

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Red Dragon FM Capital South Wales is a regional radio station owned by Communicorp UK and operated by Global as part of the Capital network. It broadcasts to Cardiff and Newport and the surrounding areas from studios in Cardiff Bay. History The station ...

as a presenter of their breakfast show and was also heard on Touch AM. He remained here until early 1992. During his time in South Wales Mike appeared in pantomime with the comedian and actor

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, at Porthcawl.

BBC career

In early 1992 Mike moved back to the

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area and joined

BBC Hereford & Worcester BBC Hereford & Worcester is the BBC's local radio station serving the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and online via BBC Sounds from studios on Hylton Road in Worcester. According to RAJ ...

, taking over the weekday mid-morning show from 10 am–1 pm. In late 1996 he took over the weekday Breakfast show, a role he would remain on until retiring from the slot in April 2005. Just before retiring from the Breakfast show, in January 2005 Mike took over the station's gardening Programme. This was broadcast on Saturday mornings from 9–11 am. Here, Mike was joined by local gardening expert Reg Moule. He still hosts this show (July 2012). In addition to that, from May 2005, Mike took over a three-hour Sunday afternoon show also on

, playing classic pop tunes from the last three decades. This show was also broadcast on

BBC Radio Shropshire BBC Radio Shropshire is the BBC's local radio station serving Shropshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Boscobel Drive in Shrewsbury. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 61,00 ...

and

BBC Radio Stoke BBC Radio Stoke is the BBC's local radio station serving Staffordshire and South Cheshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, Freeview and via BBC Sounds from studios in the Hanley area of Stoke-on-Trent. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekl ...

. It was also during this period that Mike was a stand-in presenter, covering for many holidaying presenters on

and

BBC Radio Gloucestershire BBC Radio Gloucestershire is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Gloucestershire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, AM, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Portland Court in Gloucester. According to RAJAR, the station has ...

Current work

Mike now presents the Sunday Breakfast programme on

Mike George
BBC Radio Shropshire. Retrieved March 2011 Mike also presents the 7-10pm slot on Tuesdays on BBC Hereford and Worcester with sport and 'Essential 80's
BBC Hereford & Worcester
Mike retired in August 2013 and he and his wife went travelling for 10 months.

References

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