Phil Trow

Phil Trow

Phil Trow at work
Born September 9, 1966 (1966-09-09) (age 45)
Manchester
Nationality British
Occupation Radio presenter
Employer BBC

Phil Trow (born Manchester, 9 September 1966 [1]) is a broadcaster in the English Midlands and has worked in radio for over 20 years.

Life

Trow began broadcasting on a Hospital radio station at Park Hospital in Davyhulme, Manchester

He started his professional career at Signal Radio in Stoke at the age of nineteen before joining the BBC Radio Manchester in 1990.[2]

Whilst at Signal Radio, he had a Number One record (in Staffordshire) with the 'Telethon Rap' with Lee Finan. Robbie Williams worked for Phil[2] and Trow was the first radio presenter to play a Take That record (Do what you like).

He worked for BBC GMR for 15 years before moving to BBC Radio Lancashire in 2003. Whilst with BBC GMR he was part of the team that won a Sony award for coverage of the Manchester bomb. In 2006 he began presenting the BBC Radio Lancashire Sunday morning programme with Sally Bankes.[1]

Trow became the BBC Radio Derby Breakfast Show presenter in April 2010, although he had worked as a freelance for the station for six months.

Trow has been a 'warm up' man for CBBC working on programmes like Get Your Own Back. He is a regular presenter for the BBC Exhibitions working on Gardeners World Live and the Good Homes Show and is a voice over artist in the North West.

On television, he has worked on Men and Motors and presented Children in Need and is a presenter of Channel M Breakfast on Channel M.

References

  1. ^ a b "Phil Trow". Radio Lancashire. January 26, 2006. http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/articles/2006/01/26/radio_phil_trow_feature.shtml. 
  2. ^ a b Phil Trow, BBC Radio Derby, accessed August 2011