Simon “Rossie” Ross (born 17 January 1967) is a British radio presenter. He has hosted the breakfast show on

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since its launch in 2019. He previously presented the Radio City breakfast show until May 2014.

Early years

Ross grew up in Armagh and attended St Patricks Grammar School, Armagh Technical College and The College of Business Studies,

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. He is a

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by trade, but started out as a DJ in Northern Ireland clubs, bars and discos while studying at college. He gave up his career as a chef in 1991, to join Radio Top Shop and Radio

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Radio career

Ross has worked for several radio stations across the United Kingdom. He presented on Rock FM in

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from 1992, moving to

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in London in 1998 to present the Evening Show. In 2001, he joined

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to host the mid morning show, where he remained for four years. He also occasionally presented on Magic 828 and hosted a Sunday morning show named Radio Aire’s Greatest Hits, playing songs from the 1980s and 1990s. In 2005, Ross left Aire to join Radio City. He hosted the breakfast show and mid morning shows there for over 10 years, before moving over to Radio City 2 in 2016. The station was rebranded as

in 2019 and Ross has hosted the Breakfast Show since launch, broadcasting across the United Kingdom.

Other work

In addition to his radio work, Ross is also a voice-over artist and event host. This includes being the regular host of the "Educate Awards" at

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References

External links

Greatest Hits at Breakfast on Greatest Hits Radio

Simon Ross on Radio Aire
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