Phil Upton

Phil Upton (born 9 October 1966 in Birmingham, England) is a British radio presenter in the West Midlands region.

Born the same day as David Cameron, he attended King's Norton Boys' School in Cotteridge from 1978-85.

Upton studied Media and Communications at Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham City University), graduating in 1985.

His first experience of radio was during his degree studies, although his broadcasting career began properly in 1987. He started on BRMB, presenting the lunchtime show, a Friday evening show devoted to dance music. He later took over the drivetime show, then the mid-morning show, and finally the afternoon show in 1997.

1998 saw him move from BRMB to 100.7 Heart FM, where he presented the weekday afternoon show from 1-4pm.

Having spent five years at Heart, he moved back to BRMB in 2003. There he took over the Weekday Mid-Morning show from 9am-1pm and a Saturday morning slot from 9am-midday. In addition, he also hosted a Saturday evening show. He remained at BRMB until the summer of 2006.

Phil was on BBC WM, as the Breakfast show presenter every Monday - Friday from 6:30am to 9.30am. The show included a mix of news, chat and topical discussion. On his show on 2 February 2011, Phil told listeners that his father was a Muslim from Pakistan.

27 April 2012 Phil Upton presented his last Breakfast show on BBC WM. A tireless children’s charity campaigner who helped BBC WM to raise more than £1 million for the Kidney Kids Appeal at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Phil said in a pre-arranged statement: “It’s been a privilege to host the breakfast show for five and a half years.

“Recent events in my personal and family life mean that now is a good time for me to take some time away from day-to-day frontline radio presenting – something I’ve done pretty much non-stop for the last 23 years.

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