Mike Russell is a radio presenter from Tunbridge Wells

Royal Tunbridge Wells

Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in west Kent, England, about south-east of central London by road, by rail. The town is close to the border of the county of East Sussex...

 in Kent

Kent

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 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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Biography

Mike began his career working for as an ambient replenisher for now defunct supermarket Gateways in Shaftesbury in the late 1990s, before joining Key Markets in Crawley. In his first position in radio he was trained by the producer Dave Owen at West Kent station KFM

KMFM West Kent

KMFM West Kent is an Independent Local Radio serving the towns of Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England...

. In 2000 he took over as their evening show presenter.

He moved to Australia and joined Kool FM

Kool FM

Kool FM is a London pirate radio station, started on 28 November 1991.Kool FM has stated that it has been "the very first pirate station ever to play Hardcore Jungle". Simon Reynolds called it "London's ruling pirate station" in an account of the beginnings of jungle music in the early to mid 1990s...

 in Cairns as breakfast host, before returning to the UK and presenting a show in the same time slot on Bexleyheath's newly-relaunched Time FM

Time 106.8

106.8 Time FM was a local commercial radio station located in the south-east London and north-west Kent area of England, which broadcast to Greenwich and Bexleyheath in London and Dartford and Gravesend in Kent on 106.8 FM, and ceased transmission in April 2009.-Background:The station started...

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Mike fronted breakfast for the new local radio licence holder in Maidstone, CTR 105.6 (now KMFM Maidstone

KMFM Maidstone

KMFM Maidstone is an Independent Local Radio serving the town of Maidstone and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England. It is part of the KMFM group of radio stations in the county, which are part of the KM Group.-History:...

), in 2003 and was a stand-in presenter for KMFM Thanet

KMFM Thanet

KMFM Thanet is an Independent Local Radio serving the Isle of Thanet and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England. It is part of the KMFM group of radio stations in the county, which are part of the KM Group.-History:...

, before leaving to join national DAB outfit Capital Life

Capital Life

Capital Life, also known as Life, was a digital radio station broadcasting across the UK on the Digital One network and streamed online.-About:...

 in 2004, hosting their drivetime show for two years, whilst freelance producing within the GCap

GCAP

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 group. During this time, he also produced Charlie Wolf

Charlie Wolf

Charlie Wolf is a British-based American radio talk-show host, disc jockey and political commentator, originally from Boston, and formerly the Communications Director of Republicans Abroad UK. Wolf is best known for the TalkSport show he hosted on Saturdays and Sundays from 1am to 6am, following...

's overnight phone-in on the national outlet talkSPORT

TalkSPORT

Talksport , owned by UTV radio, is one of the United Kingdom's three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters, offering a sports and talk radio service broadcast from London to the United Kingdom....

 at weekends, amongst other shows for the station.

Mike left GCap to begin hosting the mid-morning show on Slough's Time 106.6

Time 106.6

Time 106.6 is a local radio station for East Berkshire, South Bucks, North Surrey and the Heathrow area of London. The station plays a variety of music from the latest songs to music from the 80s, 90s and 00s from various genres. The station strapline is "All Time Favourites"...

 from the summer of 2006 onwards; in May 2007, he successfully attempted to break the world record for the longest continuous radio broadcast by a single presenter, at 126 hours non-stop without sleep. He left the station in November 2007, and briefly presented Drivetime on Wire FM in Cheshire in early 2008. He is now working as a producer for Rock Radio

Rock Radio

Rock Radio is a brand of radio stations in the United Kingdom owned by GMG Radio.96.3 Rock Radio was the first station in the network. It operates in West Central Scotland...

 in Manchester, City Talk 105.9

City Talk 105.9

City Talk 105.9 is a commercial radio station in Liverpool, England. The station was awarded a licence by Ofcom on 9 November 2006 and the station launched on 28 January 2008. City Talk is a sister station to the existing Bauer Radio-owned Radio City and Magic 1548, and the stations share studio...

 in Liverpool, and as a breakfast presenter for KMFM Medway

KMFM Medway

KMFM Medway is an Independent Local Radio serving the Medway Towns and the surrounding areas in Kent, South East England. It is part of the KMFM group of radio stations in the county, which are part of the KM Group.-History:...

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Outside his presentation commitments, Mike runs an audio production company.