Phil Trow (born 9 September 1966, in

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) is a broadcaster at

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and has worked in radio for over 30 years.

Life

Trow began broadcasting on a Hospital radio station at Park Hospital in Davyhulme, Manchester. He started his professional career at

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at the age of nineteen before joining the

in 1990.Phil Trow
BBC Radio Derby, accessed August 2011 Whilst at

, had a Number One record (in Staffordshire) with the 'Telethon Rap' with Lee Finan.

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worked for Phil and Trow was the first radio presenter to play a

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record (Do what you like). He worked for

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for 15 years before moving to

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in 2003. Whilst with

he was part of the team that won a Sony award for coverage of the Manchester bomb. In 2006, he began presenting the

Sunday morning programme with Sally Bankes. Trow became the

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Breakfast Show presenter in April 2010, although he had worked as a freelance for the station for six months. In March 2013 he left the Breakfast Show on

after 3 years and returned to present the Drive Time show on

. Trow has been a 'warm up' man for

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working on programmes like

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. He is a regular presenter for the BBC Exhibitions working on ''Gardeners World Live'' and the ''Good Homes Show'' and is a voice over artist in the North West. On television, he has worked on ''Men and Motors'' and presented ''Children in Need'' and is a presenter of Channel M Breakfast on Channel M. A Blackpool FC fan he is also the Matchday Compere at the club.

References

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