In 1998 his Capital Radio show featured a prank phone call by impressionist Jon Culshaw to the then prime minister, Tony Blair. Penk has previously presented shows on Capital, Virgin and Oxford's Fox FM, as well as shows including TV's Naughtiest Blunders on ITV. Penk's change of playlist on the station prompted outrage from some listeners and led to a mass walkout by its DJs. I am very confident that with the new team in place we can achieve just that.'

'I've invested a lifetime's work in this venture and I'm determined to give this great part of the north-west the station it deserves. 'To me it was just crazy for a locally-focused station to be going for a minority audience by playing specialist rock music, and a 'flip' back to the original adult contemporary format seemed the obvious way forward.' Penk said he was 'absolutely delighted with the quality of the team joining me for the relaunch' and said there would be 'more surprises' to come. The station is being overseen by newly appointed station manager John Evington, former Wireless Group executive and ex-managing director of Southampton-based Original 106. In other changes to the schedule, former BBC Radio 1 and Key 103 presenter Gary King is the station's new mid-morning host, while James H Reeve takes over the Saturday afternoon sports show. He replaces former Revolution breakfast presenter Martin Coogan, the older brother of comedian Steve Coogan, creator of Alan Partridge. Penk, a former presenter on rival north-west station Key 103, is now its sole owner.īut with an audience of 17,000 people and a 1.4% share of the market, Penk's listenership will be rather smaller than the last time he hosted a breakfast show on Virgin Radio in 2001. Penk, whose prank calls have long been part of his radio programmes, will also host a 'wind-ups' show on Saturday mornings.ĩ6.2 The Revolution was previously jointly owned by the radio group UKRD and the Oldham Evening Chronicle.

Penk's breakfast show is part of a new schedule, introduced today, on 96.2 The Revolution, which has controversially ditched its alternative music policy to play mainstream pop such as James Blunt, Take That and the Bee Gees. Former Capital Radio DJ Steve Penk has unveiled the new star breakfast host on the Oldham radio station he has just bought - one Steve Penk.

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