Phil Kennedy is a British broadcaster. He presents the podcast Phil Kennedy - Mildly Getting Away With It.[1] His career includes work in British radio, television and podcasting.
Career
editKennedy left medical school, where he was studying to be a medical doctor, to join Radio Jackie in London. He then joined Radio Top Shop, also in London.[2]
Kennedy presented a Saturday evening show on BBC Radio 1 in the 1980s, starting in late 1984.[3]
In the mid-1980s, he presented the early breakfast show on Radio City in Liverpool. In the late 1980s, he presented a late night programme, for the Superstation service, which was broadcast on many different commercial radio stations in the UK.[4]
In the early 1990s he worked at Reading's 2-Ten FM and BBC GLR, the BBC's local radio station for London.[4] In 1994, he was presenting the weekday early breakfast show on BBC GLR.[5] In the late 1990s, he was a presenter at Virgin Radio in the UK.[6]
In 2002, Kennedy presented a football programme for Channel 4 in East Asia.[7]
As of 2006, he was the presenter of the drivetime programme on BBC Radio Berkshire, with the show containing interviews, news, sports news and travel news.[7] As of 2020, he was the presenter of the drivetime programme on the same station,[8] although the programme moved to a 2pm-6pm slot in the same year.[9] The programme ended in 2023,[10] just before BBC Radio Berkshire began to share its 2-6pm afternoon programme with BBC Radio Oxford.
Kennedy presented a Saturday morning programme on BBC Radio Oxford, with the programme starting in the 2008 at the latest and finishing in 2012.[11]
Kennedy started presenting a podcast, Phil Kennedy - Mildly Getting Away With It, in 2023.[12] The programme features interviews of famous guests.[1]
He has also presented on BBC Radio 6 Music,[13] Virgin Radio and LBC.[14] Outside of the media, he has worked in a variety of jobs, including as a wine bottle stacker and as an assistant in a psychiatric treatment facility.[2]
He has filled in for Pete Mitchell on BBC Radio 2.[15] He has also filled in for Adam Ball on BBC Radio Oxford, in 2024.[16]
References
edit- ^ a b "Phil Kennedy - Mildly Getting Away With It". Buzzsprout. 2024-10-20. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ a b "Presenter Profile: Phil Kennedy". 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ a b "Aircheck Tracker - Phil Kennedy". Aircheck Tracker. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "The Television & Radio Database - Listings for Wednesday, 30th March 1994". tvrdb.com. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
- ^ "Results for '"phil kennedy"' | Between 1st Jan 1990 and 31st Dec 1999 | British Newspaper Archive". British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ a b BBC. "Phil Kennedy". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ "BBC Radio Berkshire - Schedules, 20 - 26 January 2020". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ "BBC Radio Berkshire - Schedules, 16 - 22 November 2020". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ "BBC Radio Berkshire - Phil Kennedy - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ "BBC Radio Oxford - Phil Kennedy - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ #1 Carol Kirkwood - Phil Kennedy - Mildly Getting Away With It. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-11-07 – via www.buzzsprout.com.
- ^ "Schedule - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ Phil Kennedy - Radio Greats. 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2024-11-07 – via www.buzzsprout.com.
- ^ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 2009-01-11. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ "BBC Sounds - Radio Oxford - Schedules, Monday 21 October 2024". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-07.