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Phil
Hilton
Phil
Hilton has certainly had an interesting
and eventful career before arriving at 麻豆社
2002 to present the Beeb's Commonwealth
Games Radio Station's early afternoon programme
"Deep Under Cover." (Launching, Monday,
March 4th, 2002)
He
started his radio career in a small village
near Limerick in Ireland . . . and thereby
hangs a tale of poetic radio licence! The
owner ran the station from the third floor
of his house, which was also a washing machine
repair shop at the same time. The highlight
of Phil's time in Limerick was when he arrived
to present the crack of dawn breakfast show,
only to find the house locked up. Apparently,
the owner had had a little too much to drink
in the town the night before and arrived
home later than expected . . . . Phil eventually
got on air at 8.15am.
Not
surprisingly, Phil soon left to come back
to his native North West and worked as a
programme assistant at 麻豆社 Radio Merseyside,
working on a shared programme with 麻豆社 Radio
Cumbria. During that time, Phil receieved
a dubious package in the post. As Phil recalls:
"It smelt a bit odd and felt unusual." The
authorities were called and a brave police
officer opened the parcel, revealing a Cumberland
sausage sent in by a listener!
Seven years ago, Phil spearheaded setting
up a succesful radio station 'Dune fm' in
his home town of Southport before eventually
returning to the 麻豆社 to concentrate on station
branding and on-air promotions for 麻豆社 Radio.
Now,
he's returning to the role of presenter
for "麻豆社 2002" 97.7FM to entertain listeners
each weekday from 1pm until 3pm on "Deep
Under Cover," a programme covering local
stories and action from the communities
of Greater Manchester. Hopefully, he won't
get locked out!
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