Simon Ross

Simon Ross (also known as "Rossie") was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland and is the Breakfast Show presenter for national radio station, Greatest Hits Radio.[1] He is best known for presenting the Radio City breakfast show for 10 years.

Early years

Ross grew up in Armagh and attended St Patricks Grammar School, Armagh Technical College and The College of Business Studies, Belfast. He is a chef by trade, but started out DJing in Northern Ireland clubs, bars and discos while studying at college.[2]

He gave up his career as a chef in 1991, to join Radio Top Shop and Radio HMV in London.

Radio career

Ross has worked for several radio stations across the United Kingdom.[3] He presented on Rock FM in Preston from 1992, moving to Capital FM in London in 1998 to present the Evening Show. [4] In 2001, he joined Radio Aire in Leeds to host the mid morning show, where he remained for 4 years. He also occasionally presented on Magic 828 and hosted a Sunday morning show named Radio Aire’s Greatest Hits, playing songs from the 80’s and 90’s.

In 2005, Ross left Aire to join Radio City (Liverpool). He hosted the breakfast show and mid morning shows there for over 10 years,[5] before moving over to Radio City 2 in 2016.[6] The station was rebranded as Greatest Hits Radio in 2019 and Ross has hosted the Breakfast Show since launch,[7] broadcasting across the United Kingdom on FM, Medium Wave and DAB.

Other work

In addition to his radio work, Ross is also a popular voice over artist and event host. This includes being the regular host of the ‘Educate Awards’, which he has attended for several years at Liverpool Cathedral.[8]

References
  1. "Rossie". Greatest Hits Radio.
  2. "Q&A with Simon 'Rossie' Ross!". Educate Awards. 18 April 2019.
  3. "Rossie Online » About".
  4. "Capital move for Rock FM's Simon Ross". Lancashire Telegraph.
  5. Wright, Jade (2 May 2014). "Rossie bows out and bids farewell to his breakfast show listeners". Liverpool Echo.
  6. "Simon Ross moves to Radio City 2 Breakfast". 30 November 2015.
  7. Fitzpatrick, Katie (7 January 2019). "New radio station for 40 and 50-somethings launches in Manchester". Manchester Evening News.
  8. "Simon 'Rossie' Ross – Radio presenter". Educate magazine. 13 January 2020.
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