Neil Francis (broadcaster)
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| Running time | 3 hours |
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| Air dates | since 3 October 2008 |
| Website | Absolute Radio Website Link |
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.[1]
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.
[edit] References
- ^ Plunkett, John (23 March 2010). "Lucio takes over from Neil Francis at Absolute". Guardianhttp://www.webcitation.org/5sCaAejAT. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5sCaAejAT. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
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