Peter Scott Snodden (born 11 June 1980) is a radio host on

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from Bangor,

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Personal life

Snodden is the son of Irene and Jackie Snodden (c1929-2014). Snodden met his future wife at the University of Ulster in Coleraine in 2000 and proposed on the

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in 2006. He is married to Julia Snodden and together they have two daughters. He plays hockey for his hometown, Bangor and enjoys playing football and golf. He is also an ambassador for The Unite Against Hate Campaign, The Prince's Trust and Action Cancer. In 2012, he carried the

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for the 2012 Olympics.

Career

From 1999 until 2011 Pete was involved with Cool FM's specialist music output and hosted various dance music programmes. Snodden began hosting ''The Pete Snodden Breakfast Show'' on Cool FM in 2004. The show ran until 2 November 2012, ending as Snodden wanted to spend mornings with his daughter and the fact he needed a new challenge as his show had set numerous records while it was on air. Snodden hosted ''Snodden Show'' on Cool FM which is in the afternoons from 1pm to 4pm while the Breakfast Show was hosted by Gareth Stewart and Connor Phillips. Snodden returned to the Breakfast Show in 2014 after the departure of Connor Phillips. Snodden hosts the show from 6am to 10am along with Paulo Ross and Rebecca McKinney. The show is now called '' Pete Snodden in the Morning''.

Awards

His programme, ''The Source'', won the Most Informative Media award at the 2006 NI Dance Music Awards. He was also Media Personality of the Year at the 2008 FATE Awards and Media Personality of the Year at the GO Awards 2009. In addition, Snodden was also nominated as a finalist at the 2008 Ulster Tatler People of the Year Awards in the category of Celebrity of the Year but lost out to actor James Nesbitt.

References

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