Roger Kirk was born in East London and brought up and educated in
Norfolk.
Career
Roger Kirk was originally named Peter Wright.
After training in engineering at
King's Lynn Technical College, he started his interest in radio at Hospital Radio
Tunbridge Wells and then landed a job as a "tech-op" for the
BBC where he worked on numerous
BBC Radio 1 programmes.
In 1971, he presented for
Radio North Sea International, but soon left due to seasickness. By 1973, he had joined London's
Capital FM - then known as Capital Radio - as a sound engineer (after originally applying as a presenter) and stayed there until 1975 when he landed a presenting job at Bradford's
Pennine Radio.
In the late 1980s he presented for
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Hallam FM
Hallam FM is an Independent Local Radio station based in Sheffield, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to South Yorkshire.
As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 283,000 ...
,
Viking FM
Viking FM is an Independent Local Radio station based in Sheffield, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to the East Riding of Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
As of September 2022, the s ...
and
97.2 Stray FM
Stray FM was a local radio station serving the western half of North Yorkshire, and sections of West Yorkshire, to the north of Leeds and Bradford, England. The original licence covered the towns of Harrogate and Ripon and the surrounding area ...
. He was also the first presenter on
Magic 828
Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire (previously Magic 828 and Radio Aire 2) is a local radio station serving West Yorkshire on 96.3 FM, DAB, Online and App.
History
Magic 828
Magic 828 was launched by Roger Kirk at 8:28 am on 17 July 1990. ...
in Leeds
and hosted its breakfast show at launch in 1990. A few years later he presented late-night phone-in shows on Hallam FM and Viking FM.
Roger died in 2001.
References
External links
mediauk.com- Profile.
digitalspy.co.uk- Thread about late night radio.
British radio DJs
British radio personalities
British radio people
Offshore radio broadcasters
Year of birth missing
2001 deaths
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