Mike George
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Mike George is a British Radio Presenter.
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[edit] Biography
Mike 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, which is how he developed his love of the counties of Hereford and Worcester.
Mike and his two sons have been life long supporters of Watford Football Club, although his allegiance is often to his exasperation. After one memorably, bad game, he threatened to embarass the boys by going to ask for his money back, under the Trades Descriptions Act.
Mike is married to Lin and they have four children and at the last count, three grandchildren.
[edit] Early Career
Mike spent 10 years in the navy and ten years as a Medical Rep, counting Harley Street as part of his patch, before discovering Hospital Radio. His first professional radio job was in Portsmouth.
Mike joined Radio Wyvern (now Wyvern FM) in Worcester, when the station opened in 1982 as the weekday drivetime presenter and later breakfast show presenter
He left the station in 1987 & joined Cardiff's Red Dragon FM 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, Stan Stennett, at Porthcawl.
[edit] BBC Career
In early 1992 Mike moved back to the Worcester area & joined BBC Hereford & Worcester, taking over the weekday mid-morning show from 10am-1pm.
In late 1996 he took over the weekday Breakfast show. A role he would remain on until retiring from the slot in April 2005.
[edit] Current Work
Mike can be heard on BBC Hereford & Worcester, presenting a Saturday morning gardening programme between 9 & 11am, a role he started in January 2005, just before retiring from the Breakfast show. Here, Mike is joined by local gardening expert Reg Moule.
In addition to that, since May 2005 Mike presents a Sunday afternoon music show from 3-6pm, where he plays tunes from the 60's up to the present day. Regular features on the show include, Snippets of Songs, where listeners have to identify tunes from their introductions, Lyric Lines, where you have to identify a tune from the lyrics & First Worst & Best where Mike plays a listeners first, worst & best record from their collection. His Sunday afternoon show can be heard on BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Radio Shropshire & BBC Radio Stoke.
Mike also now presents the Sunday Breakfast programme on BBC Radio Shropshire, and also covers for various presenters on BBC Hereford & Worcester BBC Radio Gloucestershire & BBC Radio Shropshire.
