Rob Ellis is a radio presenter. He presents ''The Rob Ellis Show'' on Capital FM across Manchester and Lancashire every weekday between 4pm and 7pm. Rob works alongside his small team which consists of Nigel 'Wingman' Clucas and Rachel 'Text on Legs' Burke-Davies. Ellis formerly presented the breakfast show on

Capital Manchester Capital Manchester was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Capital radio network. The station broadcast from their studios at Global's Manchester HQ in the XYZ Building in Spinningfields, Manchester. In Apri ...

(Galaxy FM until 2011) between 2007 and 2019.

Life and career

Ellis worked as a DJ in Preston, before starting his radio career in 1996 as a producer for shows on

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before progressing to their flagship FM station

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. He later moved on to Manchester's

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to present the station's evening show. Ellis was then later released by Key 103. In 2006, Ellis joined

Galaxy Manchester Capital Manchester was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Capital radio network. The station broadcast from their studios at Global's Manchester HQ in the XYZ Building in Spinningfields, Manchester. In Apri ...

, and within the first year he was moved to the station's Drive Time show where he was first joined by his co-presenter and then producer Wingman. In March 2014, Ellis married his fiancée Lisa.

Capital Breakfast with The Rob Ellis Show ''(2007–2019)''

In June 2007, Ellis took over the Galaxy 102 breakfast show from

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, presenting his first broadcast on Monday 18 June 2007. He was rejoined by Wingman and for the first time, co-presented the show with Rachel Burke-Davies and comedian 'Stand Up' Alex Boardman, an original co-presenter of Wes Butters' show. In April 2008, The Rob Ellis Show was nominated for the

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'Rising Star' award (won by

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), alongside

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and others. In the same year, Boardman left the show to focus on other projects, with Wingman stepping in as Boardman's replacement and joining Burke-Davies as a permanent co-presenter on The Rob Ellis Show. In January 2011, amidst the rebranding of multiple Galaxy stations to the Capital network, Ellis continued as host of the breakfast show when the station re-branded as

. The show was renamed to ''Capital Breakfast with Rob Ellis'' to align with the main format of the Capital network.

The Rob Ellis Show (2019–Present)

On 8 April 2019, Capital Manchester merged with 2BR to form

Capital Manchester and Lancashire Capital Manchester and Lancashire is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Capital network. It was broadcast to Greater Manchester and eastern & central parts of Lancashire from studios at the XYZ Building in Spinn ...

. The local breakfast show was replaced by a network broadcast from London (Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp), and Ellis and his team began presenting the weekday drivetime show. (4pm-7pm)

References

External links

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at Capital FM
Rising Star Award
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