Martin Collins
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Martin Collins is a British
radio presenter.
Martin started broadcasting as soon as he left college. His broadcasting career began at Chiltern Radio. Next, he moved to London's Capital Radio
, first presenting a Sunday night specialist show for the station, before moving to promience on the latenight show (10pm-1am) in 1986-1989. He later moved to the weekday afternoon slot before eventually leaving the station in December 2003.
At the beginning of 2004, Collins went 'freelance', heard on various stations across the UK such as Virgin Radio
, Magic 105.4 and Capital Gold
. In July 2004, Martin joined Virgin Radio
on a permanent basis, with stints on drivetime and the late show, leaving the station in December 2006.
Martin replaced Russell Pockett
on drivetime when 102.2 Smooth Radio
relaunched in early 2007, and remained in the slot until December 2008.
Collins has most recently been heard covering the late show on The One Network
and various programmes on Absolute Radio and Magic 105.4 London
In late 2009, he took on the weekend breakfast show 6-10am on Magic 105.4
United Kingdom
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radio presenter.
Martin started broadcasting as soon as he left college. His broadcasting career began at Chiltern Radio. Next, he moved to London's Capital Radio
Capital Radio
Capital London is a London based radio station which launched on 16 October 1973 and is owned by Global Radio. On 3 January 2011 it formed part of the nine station Capital radio network.- Pre-launch :...
, first presenting a Sunday night specialist show for the station, before moving to promience on the latenight show (10pm-1am) in 1986-1989. He later moved to the weekday afternoon slot before eventually leaving the station in December 2003.
At the beginning of 2004, Collins went 'freelance', heard on various stations across the UK such as Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio
Absolute Radio is one of the UK's three Independent National Radio stations. The station rebranded to its current name at 7.45am on 29 September 2008.The station is based in London and plays popular rock music...
, Magic 105.4 and Capital Gold
Capital Gold
Gold is a network of oldies radio stations which was formed by the merger of the Capital Gold network and the Classic Gold Network in August 2007...
. In July 2004, Martin joined Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio
Absolute Radio is one of the UK's three Independent National Radio stations. The station rebranded to its current name at 7.45am on 29 September 2008.The station is based in London and plays popular rock music...
on a permanent basis, with stints on drivetime and the late show, leaving the station in December 2006.
Martin replaced Russell Pockett
Russell Pockett
Russell Pockett is a radio presenter who has spent the majority of his career working for stations in the south of England.Russell was heard on Radio Mercury from 1984 to 1997, later moving to Thames 107.8 as their weekday mid-morning presenter, also appearing on Star 106.6 in Slough...
on drivetime when 102.2 Smooth Radio
102.2 Smooth Radio
102.2 Smooth Radio was an Independent Local Radio station for the Greater London area, which replaced 102.2 Smooth FM on 26 March 2007, launched by Gavin McCoy with Barbra Streisand's "A Star Is Born"...
relaunched in early 2007, and remained in the slot until December 2008.
Collins has most recently been heard covering the late show on The One Network
The One Network
The One Network was the collective name for thirty-eight regional Independent Local Radio licences operated by Global Radio in the United Kingdom. It was formed from the combination of GWR Group's The Mix Network and Capital Radio Group's The Capital Radio Network when the companies merged in 2005...
and various programmes on Absolute Radio and Magic 105.4 London
In late 2009, he took on the weekend breakfast show 6-10am on Magic 105.4