Neil Francis (broadcaster)

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Neil Francis is a British DJ, currently hosting the afternoon slot on Virgin Radio. Neil is an experienced professional with many years of radio shows under his belt.

In his Virgin Radio stint, Neil has presented the 1pm-4pm show and various other shows. In early 2007, he was "sidelined" to a fill-in DJ role also doing the Saturday Midnight-6am slot and Sunday 2am-8am Slot and was heard occasionally on the Sunday Night Show 7pm-Midnight but in July 2007, he became a full time presenter again, taking over the drivetime show from Ben Jones. He returned to the weekday afternoon slot on 3 December 2007.

During his career, he has also presented shows for Chiltern Radio in Herts/Beds/Bucks, Invicta FM in Kent and Capital FM in London. But it was his stint on Radio Caroline, in 1985 which gave him his first big radio break.

In December 2007 he came fourth in the Virgin Radio Poker Tournament.^{[citation needed]}