Neil Francis (broadcaster)
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Neil Francis is a British
DJ, and previously hosted the Friday evening slot on Absolute Radio and Absolute 80s.
Francis's first big break in radio came in 1985 with a stint on North Sea pirate Radio Caroline
and he has also worked as a presenter for Chiltern Radio
in Herts/Beds/Bucks, Invicta FM
in Kent and Capital FM in London.
In his Virgin Radio stint, Francis has presented the 1pm-4pm show and various other shows. In early 2007, he was "sidelined" to a fill-in DJ role also doing the Saturday Midnight-6am slot and Sunday 2am-8am Slot and was heard occasionally on the Sunday Night Show 7pm-Midnight but in July 2007, he became a full time presenter again, taking over the drivetime show from Ben Jones
. He returned to the weekday afternoon slot on 3 December 2007.
After Virgin re-branded to Absolute Radio He began to present a Friday night show called Absolute 80's and a Saturday morning breakfast show.
Neil presented the drivetime Gold Network show on the 25th August 2010.
During February 2011 he covered Steve Ladner on BBC Radio Kent
's lunchtime show.
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DJ, and previously hosted the Friday evening slot on Absolute Radio and Absolute 80s.
Francis's first big break in radio came in 1985 with a stint on North Sea pirate Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline is an English radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly...
and he has also worked as a presenter for Chiltern Radio
Chiltern Radio
Heart Dunstable was an Independent Local Radio station based in Chiltern Road in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.-History:...
in Herts/Beds/Bucks, Invicta FM
Invicta FM
Heart Kent is an Independent Local Radio Station broadcasting to the county of Kent, England. It was rebranded in June 2009 and is now part of Global Radio's Heart Network....
in Kent and Capital FM in London.
In his Virgin Radio stint, Francis has presented the 1pm-4pm show and various other shows. In early 2007, he was "sidelined" to a fill-in DJ role also doing the Saturday Midnight-6am slot and Sunday 2am-8am Slot and was heard occasionally on the Sunday Night Show 7pm-Midnight but in July 2007, he became a full time presenter again, taking over the drivetime show from Ben Jones
Ben Jones
Ben Jones may refer to:*Ben Jones , British actor*Ben Jones , British radio DJ*Ben Jones , Welsh soccer player*Ben Jones , English soccer player...
. He returned to the weekday afternoon slot on 3 December 2007.
After Virgin re-branded to Absolute Radio He began to present a Friday night show called Absolute 80's and a Saturday morning breakfast show.
Neil presented the drivetime Gold Network show on the 25th August 2010.
During February 2011 he covered Steve Ladner on BBC Radio Kent
BBC Radio Kent
BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Kent.It broadcasts on FM on 96.7 , 97.6 and 104.2 also 774 and 1602 MW and DAB.- History :The radio station was launched in 1970 under the name of BBC Radio Medway, originally only serving the...
's lunchtime show.