Phil Roberts

Phil presents the Morning Show on MIX56

Phil has had an extensive radio career, having become the youngest commercial radio Managing Director at the age of 26 when he headed up Red Dragon FM in Cardiff.

He started his career in his home town of Wrexham where he presented the breakfast show on MFM for five years before joining Emap Radio in 1995, where he went on to became Managing Director of Metro Radio in Newcastle and Piccadilly Radio in Manchester.

In 2000, Phil became Emap’s Group Programme Director responsible for the group’s big city output and launching the Smash Hits radio show which went on to win a Sony Radio Gold.

In 2002, Phil was voted as the most influential person in music radio after he was appointed as Managing Director for music and events at Emap.

After 10 years working in commercial radio Phil joined the BBC in 2005 as Managing Editor of BBC Leeds.

He moved to BBC Radio Merseyside on attachment as Acting Managing Editor in 2007 before taking up the position of Head of Regional and Local Programmes at BBC North East & Cumbria.

You can now hear Phil on MIX56 on the Morning Show – followed by the Biggest Hits Hour, Monday to Thursday from 10am.