Adrian Logan (born 1 August 1955 in

Dungannon Dungannon (, ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the county (after Omagh) and had a population of 16,282 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2021 Census. The Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Counci ...

) is a

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television presenter and journalist.

Broadcasting career

Adrian is the son of Dungannon journalist and sportsman PJ "Packie" Logan. He joined

Ulster Television UTV (formerly Ulster Television, branded on air as ITV1 since 2020) is the ITV (TV network), ITV region covering Northern Ireland, ITV subsidiary and the former on-air name of the free-to-air public broadcast television channel serving the ar ...

in 1985 as a sports reporter and presenter, later becoming the station's sports editor. On 24 April 2009, Adrian announced he had resigned from UTV, claiming to have been poorly treated by station management. Prior to his departure, it was claimed Logan had been offered the choice of taking a redundancy package or accepting a post as a cross-platform sports reporter on a Thursday-Sunday shift pattern.

Personal life

Logan was a founder member of the Ulster

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Writer's Association in 1988. He is married and has three children. He is also a member of the Northern Ireland Football Writers. In recent time he has worked with bbc Sport radio covering both the GAA Championship and the Irish Premiership. He has worked with several leading companies the length and breath of Ireland hosting business and sporting events featuring all the top names of local and international sport.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Logan, Adrian 1955 births Living people Journalists from Northern Ireland Television presenters from Northern Ireland People from Dungannon UTV (TV channel) people Broadcasters from County Tyrone