Ian Roberts (DJ)
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Ian Roberts is a British DJ. He currently presents breakfast on Piccadilly Magic 1152
in Manchester
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, Manchester
and started playing records at the Sharston Youth club. He made the move into hospital radio at Wythenshawe's FAB Radio.
Roberts then moved into radio working for several stations before moving back to one of Magic's sister stations Rock FM in Preston where he stayed for a decade working the afternoon shift. He was also the host of Rock FM's Saturday night dance show, which gained large respect in Lancashire and around the North West of England. He also spent a short time simultaneously presenting the evening show on Viking FM in Hull, live from his spare room in Stockport
.
Roberts joined Magic 1152
Manchester in 2002 and has presented the breakfast show since previous hosts McDonald and Maguire moved to sister station Key 103
. He currently resides with his wife and three children in Stockport.
Piccadilly Magic 1152
NB Piccadilly Radio re-directs here. See also Key 103Piccadilly Magic 1152 , began broadcasting as Piccadilly Radio, which was Manchester's first commercial radio station.-Early years:...
in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
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Biography
Roberts grew up in WythenshaweWythenshawe
Wythenshawe is a district in the south of the city of Manchester, England.Formerly part of the administrative county of Cheshire, in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a massive housing estate there in the 1920s to resolve the problem of its inner...
, Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
and started playing records at the Sharston Youth club. He made the move into hospital radio at Wythenshawe's FAB Radio.
Roberts then moved into radio working for several stations before moving back to one of Magic's sister stations Rock FM in Preston where he stayed for a decade working the afternoon shift. He was also the host of Rock FM's Saturday night dance show, which gained large respect in Lancashire and around the North West of England. He also spent a short time simultaneously presenting the evening show on Viking FM in Hull, live from his spare room in Stockport
Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...
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Roberts joined Magic 1152
Magic 1152
Magic 1152 is the name of an Independent Local Radio station in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. It forms part of the Magic network owned by Bauer Radio. It shares a studio complex with sister station Metro Radio at the 55 Degrees North complex, next to the Tyne Bridge...
Manchester in 2002 and has presented the breakfast show since previous hosts McDonald and Maguire moved to sister station Key 103
Key 103
Key 103 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Manchester and the north west of England. Its output is principally contemporary pop and dance music. Formerly owned by Trans World Communications, EMAP and now by Bauer Radio, Key 103 is part of Bauer's Place Network of...
. He currently resides with his wife and three children in Stockport.