Mike Russell (radio presenter)

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Mike Russell is a radio presenter from Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the United Kingdom.

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Mike began his radio career working for Kfm in Tonbridge in the late 1990s, before joining Mercury FM in Crawley in 2000 as their evening show presenter. He moved to Australia and joined Kool FM in Cairns as their breakfast host, before returning to the UK and presenting a show in the same timeslot on Bexleyheath's newly-relaunched Time FM.

Mike fronted breakfast for the new local radio licence holder in Maidstone, CTR 105.6, in 2003 before leaving to join national DAB outfit Capital Life in 2004, hosting their drivetime show for two years, whilst freelance producing within the GCap group. During this time, he also produced Charlie Wolf's overnight phone-in on the national outlet talkSPORT at weekends, amongst other shows for the station.

Mike left GCap to begin hosting the mid-morning show on Slough's Time 106.6 from the summer of 2006 onwards; in May 2007, he successfully attempted to break the world record for the longest continuous radio broadcast by a single presenter, at 126 hours non-stop without sleep. He left the station in November 2007, and briefly presented drivetime on Wire FM in Cheshire in early 2008. He is now working as a producer for Rock Radio in Manchester and City Talk 105.9 in Liverpool.

Outside his presentation commitments, Mike runs an audio production company.