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Mike Allen (broadcaster)
Mike Allen (born 1942) is a British radio presenter, who festival at Wembley in 1986 which featured artists such
was last on the air hosting an evening show on 102.2 as Grandmaster Flash, and Afrika Bambaataa. He was re-
Smooth Radio in London. He left in December 2008. placed on Capital by Tim Westwood.
Mike is known for his distinctive velvety voice and Mike has recently appeared on TalkSport radio over
has regularly been heard on the airwaves for a number Christmas 2009 on the 1am to 6am phone-in slot at times
of years. He originally trained in journalism at the Lan- where the normal presenter was away.
cashire Polytechnic, now the department of Journalism,
Media and Communication, University of Central Lan-
cashire. His credits include stints presenting shows on
External links
Capital Radio (where his broadcasting career began), Talk • Mike Allen at SmoothRadioLondon.com
Radio, LBC and 102.2 Smooth FM. Mike joined Smooth Persondata
FM’s replacement 102.2 Smooth Radio when it opened Name Allen, Mike
in March 2007, and presented the evening show
(8pm-12am) from Saturdays to Thursdays until Decem- Alternative names
ber 2008. He used to do weekend lunchtimes (Saturday Short description
10am-1pm & Sunday 1-5pm) but Lynn Parsons took those Date of birth 1942
slots and Mike moved to Lynn’s evening slots and the
Place of birth
Saturday Lunchtime Slot was extended to 10am-2pm.
He also was one of the first pioneers of electro/hip
electro/hip Date of death
hop music in the mid 80s, hosting his own very successful Place of death
show on Capital Radio, going on to MC at the UK Fresh
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