Mike Sweeney (DJ)
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Mike Sweeney - the broadcaster and radio DJ, was born in Rudman Street, Salford on 15th September 1947.
He attended Mount Carmel School, after which he worked at AEI in Trafford Park, before becoming a plate-layer at the docks, a labourer, a miner and then a computer programmer, while performing in a local pop group known as the Salford jets, as singer and songwriter during the late 70's and early 80's, who had one hit that reached #75 in the UK charts in 1980.
By the age of 30 he was regularly performing on Manchester's Piccadilly 1152 Radio station, and had begun to include short interviews into his act, when he was offered a 12 show trial as one of the station's disk jockeys, where it was thought that his strong regional accent would go down well with local audiences. By 1980 he was occupying prime time slots on the station, which continued well into the late 1980s, and he branched our into interviewing, sports reportage and documentaries. He has continued to play football, has boxed for Salford Lads' Club and swum for the city, as well as continued as a lively and respected local broadcaster.
He has since become a DJ on Capital Gold.