Name Mark Powell | Role Radio personality | |
Mark Powell (born 1971 in Aberfan, Wales) is a British radio presenter. He currently presents the Mark Powell Drive Show on Swansea Sound in Swansea, Wales. He has worked at other local radio stations across the United Kingdom, such as 96.4FM The Wave, Valleys Radio, Galaxy 101, Red Dragon FM, Real Radio, TFM Radio and Capital Gold.
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Career
When Powell left school, he joined his local hospital radio station as a volunteer presenter. He sent his demo tape to local stations Red Dragon FM and Galaxy 101. Both stations offered him a spot, but Powell went with Galaxy Radio, presenting weekdays 2-6.
He then moved to Red Dragon FM for the late show. After being binned off from this he accepted the offer of presenting the drivetime slot for a year but soon after the station was sold.
Powell then arrived at TFM Radio, presenting the 10am - 1pm slot. He once did his show naked in protest of the lack of cool air in the studio. The story with a photo got onto page 7 of the Daily Sport.
The Wave, Valleys Radio and Swansea Sound
Mark Powell presented the mid morning show on The Wave until 2008, where he was binned off to sister station Valleys Radio to present the breakfast show. However, he freelanced with The Wave, doing the Saturday morning show. After a couple of months, owners of Valleys Radio, UTV, announced they would be shutting the station down on 30 April 2009, after just over 13 years of being on air. Therefore, Powell arrived back at The Wave in May 2009 to host the drive show. Mark moved to AM oldies station Swansea Sound in June 2014 again presenting Drive Time and was on air at the time of the stations 40th anniversary.
Gold
Mark has also presented shows on Gold in Cardiff which broadcasts to South East Wales.
Family
Mark is married to Caryl Powell and has 4 children, Sali Powell, Eve Powell, Tomas Powell and Amelie Powell.