Stuart Robinson is a Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 broadcaster with Cool FM

Cool FM

97.4 Cool FM is a commercial radio station, based in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, owned and operated by Bauer Radio and part of the Big City Network. The station began broadcasting in 1990 when its parent station Downtown Radio ceased simulcasting and split its AM and FM frequencies into two...

 and Downtown Radio

Downtown Radio

Downtown Radio is an Adult Contemporary music radio station based in Newtownards, County Down, that serves all of Northern Ireland using a network of FM and AM transmitters.- History :...

, he had previously been a founding member and the longest running presenter on rival station Belfast CityBeat

Belfast CityBeat

Belfast CityBeat is a two-time Arqiva 'Station Of The Year' and multi-Sony Award winning Northern Irish radio station. It broadcasts to Greater Belfast on 96.7 MHz FM and on DAB Digital Radio across all of Northern Ireland. From 5 April 2007, Citybeat became available on 102.5FM for North Belfast,...

 since 1996 before his defection in 2010.

He has won and been nominated for a number top industry awards, he won a Gold and Silver award at the 2009 New York Festival Radio Awards and was also the only Irish radio presenter to get nominated for an Arqiva Award in both 2009 and 2008. He has also hosted many of Northern Ireland's biggest annual events, including the Belfast Christmas Light Switch On and the Dancing On Ice

Dancing on Ice

Dancing on Ice is a British television show co-hosted by Christine Bleakley and Philip Schofield, in which celebrities and their professional partners figure skate in front of a panel of judges. The format, devised by LWT and Granada Television, has been a prime-time hit in eight different...

 live tour.

Some of his most notable work included creating the talent format Young Star Search

Young Star Search

The Young Star Search is a kids' talent radio competition based in Northern Ireland and is the current holder of the New York Festival Gold Award for best global radio station promotion. It was also nominated two years running at the UK Arqiva Radio Awards...

 and the introduction of popular sidekick character 'Work Experience Boy' from 2006-2010.

History

Robinson became Northern Ireland's youngest radio presenter when he first broadcast on BCR

Belfast Community Radio

Belfast Community Radio or BCR, was a radio station that broadcast to Belfast between 1990 and 1996. The station broadcast from the basement of Russell Court Complex on Belfast's Lisburn Road. It was replaced by Belfast CityBeat.-History:...

 in the mid 1990s, he went on to present the last programme on BCR and then became a familiar name on Belfast Citybeat presenting all of the stations programmes since 1996. In 1997 he became the stations Head Of Music and in 2004 he took on the role of Deputy Programme Controller, In 2010 he defected to larger rivals Cool FM / Downtown Radio to take over the same role.

Background

Born in Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus , known locally and colloquially as "Carrick", is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 27,201 at the 2001 Census and takes its name from Fergus Mór mac Eirc, the 6th century king...

, he launched his own local RSL

Restricted Service Licence

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 stations including Castle FM

Castle FM

Castle FM is a short-term radio station based in Carrickfergus, County AntrimThe radio station transmitted twice annually between 1998-2005 and after a six year break will return in July 2011....

 in Carrickfergus and Bangor FM

Bangor FM

Bangor FM, is based in Bangor, County Down and is a short-term radio station in Northern Ireland.The radio station transmits usually annually from the heart of Bangor and broadcasts a mixture of music, news and information for a potential audience of over 80,000 adults in the North Down area.Bangor...

 in County Down

County Down

-Cities:*Belfast *Newry -Large towns:*Dundonald*Newtownards*Bangor-Medium towns:...

. In the late 90's he combined his Belfast CityBeat shows with fronting programmes for Radio 1521

Radio 1521

Radio 1521 was a radio station based in County Armagh, Northern Ireland from 1996 to 1999. The station broadcast from Craigavon and covered much of mid-Ulster....

 (where he also hosted the last ever programme), Goldbeat

Goldbeat

Goldbeat was a mediumwave radio station broadcasting on 828 kHz in Cookstown, Northern Ireland. It was launched in 1995 as Townland Radio, but was purchased in 1997 by media tycoon Owen Oyston who had already bought and relaunched Belfast Community Radio in 1996...

, Touch FM

Touch FM (Coventry)

96.2 Touch FM is a radio station that broadcasts to Coventry but not from Coventry, having moved out of the city to base itself elsewhere and co-locate with other Midlands radio stations leaving Coventry with only 1 local radio station left, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire...

 and Mid FM. He lives in Belfast and has two children, Holly and Glen.

External links

• Stuart Robinson at Belfast Telegraph
• Stuart Robinson Belfast Citybeat Profile
• Stuart Robinson Bangor FM profile
• Stuart Robinson Official Bebo Page
• Stuart Robinson Rotten Tomatoes Profile
• Stuart Robinson Arqiva Awards
• Stuart Robinson Down Democrat
• Stuart Robinson Young Star Profile
• Stuart Robinson Belfast City Council Christmas 07