- Frank Mitchell (presenter)
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name = Frank Mitchell
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occupation =Presenter Frank Mitchell (born Francis McClory [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19981220/ai_n14481968/pg_2 Sunday Mirror: "Life's a breeze, says TV weather man"] ; dated 20 December 1998, accessed 16 June 2008] ,
24 July 1962 [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19981220/ai_n14481968/pg_2 Sunday Mirror: "Life's a breeze, says TV weather man"] ; dated 20 December 1998, accessed 16 June 2008] or 1965 [ [http://u.tv/television/people/showprofile.asp?peopleid=5 u.tv: Frank Mitchell profile] ] , Burren,County Down ) [ [http://u.tv/television/people/showprofile.asp?peopleid=5 u.tv: Frank Mitchell profile] ] is an Northern Irish broadcaster and journalist. He is currently a presenter, weather presenter and reporter forUTV Live and "UTV Life" [ [http://u.tv/television/people/showprofile.asp?peopleid=5 u.tv: Frank Mitchell profile] ] , and a presenter on the UTV-owned radio stationU105 . [ [http://www1.u105.com/presenters/presenter_detail.asp?pres_id=100052 Frank Mitchell's profile on U105] ]Broadcasting career
Mitchell, whose parents ran a television shop in
Warrenpoint [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19981220/ai_n14481968/pg_2 Sunday Mirror: "Life's a breeze, says TV weather man"] ; dated 20 December 1998, accessed 16 June 2008] , began his broadcasting career at the age of 17 at pirate radio station Carousel inDundalk . [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19981101/ai_n14483927 Sunday Mirror: "Right Good Read: Frank Mitchell"] ; dated 1 November 1998, retrieved 10 January 2008] [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19981220/ai_n14481968/pg_2 Sunday Mirror: "Life's a breeze, says TV weather man"] ; dated 20 December 1998, accessed 16 June 2008] Prior to becoming a broadcaster, he worked as a teacher. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19981101/ai_n14483927 Sunday Mirror: "Right Good Read: Frank Mitchell"] ; dated 1 November 1998, retrieved 10 January 2008] [ [http://www.globalgateway.com/features/cprofile.asp?id=2 GlobalGateway: Celebrity Profiles] ; retrieved 10 January 2008] Mitchell later worked as a BBC radio producer for the Walter Love show "Day by Day" and presented the early morning weekday show and Saturday lunchtime shows onDowntown Radio before he joined Ulster Television in 1987 as acontinuity announcer and newsreader. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19981220/ai_n14481968/pg_2 Sunday Mirror: "Life's a breeze, says TV weather man"] ; dated 20 December 1998, accessed 16 June 2008] [ [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article2047570.ece Belfast Telegraph: "Frank exchange"] ; dated 6 December 2006, retrieved 10 January 2008]Mitchell also co-hosted and reported for UTV's GAA discussion series "End to End" between 2001 and 2004. [ [http://u.tv/corpinfo/releases/docs/180601.doc UTV Press Office: UTV launches new GAA magazine programme] ; dated 18 June 2001, retrieved 10 January 2008] Mitchell won an
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship medal with his local club Burren. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19981220/ai_n14481968/pg_2 Sunday Mirror: "Life's a breeze, says TV weather man"] ; dated 20 December 1998, accessed 16 June 2008] [ [http://u.tv/corpinfo/releases/docs/180601.doc UTV Press Office: UTV launches new GAA magazine programme] ; dated 18 June 2001, retrieved 10 January 2008] Mitchell also presented the entertainment series "School Around the Corner" between 1996 and 2005 [ [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/641653?view=credit BFI Film and TV Database: Frank Mitchell filmography] ; accessed 15 June 2008] and "Ultimate Ulster" in 2007. [ [http://u.tv/corpinfo/releases/docs/539.doc UTV Press Office: "What's your Ultimate Ulster?"] ; dated 16 July 2007, retrieved 18 June 2008]Personal life
Mitchell is married with one daughter. [ [http://u.tv/television/people/showprofile.asp?peopleid=5 u.tv: Frank Mitchell profile] ]
References
External links
* [http://u.tv/television/people/showprofile.asp?peopleid=5 Frank Mitchell's profile on u.tv]
* [http://www1.u105.com/presenters/presenter_detail.asp?pres_id=100052 Frank Mitchell's profile on U105]
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