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fan after falling in love with the club following their rise from closure and fronted by the fans. He was guest of honour at their end-of-season awards. On his role as both a football presenter and a fan, Murray said in 2009 that "The biggest stick I get when I'm presenting football is from
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602:; Murray stated "What I like is that it's always represented honesty, and never been influenced by what's supposed to be cool at the time. Peel played music he liked; I just play music I like". In 2007, there was a year-on-year increase in listeners to the slot of 160,000.
217:, Murray first trained and worked as a news journalist. With a passion for both music and sport, he later moved into music journalism and publishing, before making his national radio debut in 1999 on Radio 1 in a short spell co-hosting
1232:'s departure, staying until at least early November, where he would take a short hiatus while four guest presenters hosted each week in honour of the programme's 40th anniversary before returning on 28 November. Murray's contract as
1061:. In early 2023, Murray announced his resignation from Fighting Talk and Rick Edwards took over from its return from summer recess in September 2023. During the coronavirus pandemic, Colin co-hosted 5 live "Coronavirus Call-In's" on
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presenter Donna Legge, broadcast only in
Northern Ireland. He had initially thought the audition was for a show on BBC Radio Ulster. That was followed by six months in 1999 presenting the main national
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Northern Ireland with Donna Legge one day a week, commuting between the province and the Channel 4 studios near Heathrow. His time with
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Championship for BBC Television in January 2014, 2015 and 2016, alongside Bobby George and Talksport commentator
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precluded Hewer, 76, from being able to travel to the set. Murray began hosting three special episodes in
December 2020 and then his first regular episode was shown on
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fans", and in 2010 "I like a laugh but I am serious also about football and the impartiality required to respect all football fans." Murray is also the
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to front the late-night weekday evening music vehicle
2145:"A Week in Radio: Colin Murray's Coronavirus Call-In"
1393:"Colin Murray quits TalkSport after News Corp buyout"
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