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Gary Burgess
Gary Burgess (13 November 1975 – 1 January 2022) was a British broadcaster and journalist, latterly in the Channel Islands where his freelance work on regional television, local radio and a newspaper led him to become known as a community champion who shared openly about his experiences of cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome. He was named Community Champion of the Year in the Jersey Evening Post 2021 Pride of Jersey awards.
Gary Burgess was born in Bury, Greater Manchester on 13 November 1975. At age six, he moved with his family to South Africa due to his father's job. He returned to England at age ten to live in Blackpool, where his grandparents lived. He attended Montgomery High School where he joined their high school radio station 'MHR'. He presented a one-hour golden oldies show at 7 a.m., a one-hour pop programme during the lunch hour and a ten-minute news bulletin. This gave him the desire to have a career in the media.
After leaving school at age 17, he started his broadcasting career in 1992, making cups of tea from 1 a.m. until 7 a.m. during the overnight show at Blackpool's new station Radio Wave 96.5. After his shift there, he worked during the day at a call centre. Still age 17, he went on to host his own show. A few years later, he got a job as a journalist in the station's newsroom, and went on to host the afternoon show, the breakfast show, and then became programme controller. He set the world record for the longest breakfast show, broadcasting for 76 hours and raising tens of thousands of pounds for a new local cancer facility.
He also worked at Wire FM in Warrington, at Q96 in Renfrewshire, at Liverpool's Juice FM and as group programme controller for UTV's radio stations in the north of England.
His first stint in the Channel Islands was in Guernsey, joining the island's only commercial radio station Island FM in 2003 as breakfast presenter and programme director, having instantly "fallen in love" with the island.
He returned to Guernsey in January 2008, initially with no job to go to but, within a few weeks, had joined BBC Radio Guernsey to cover their afternoon show and, within a month, had been appointed as host of their breakfast show.
Burgess made the move to ITV Channel Television's Guernsey office in 2011, and to their Jersey office in March 2012 where he began producing the nightly 6pm news programme. He was a finalist in the Royal Television Society Southern Awards in 2021.
He returned to commercial radio in 2018, joining the presenting line-up at Channel 103. He also wrote regular columns for the Jersey Evening Post.
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Gary Burgess
Gary Burgess (13 November 1975 – 1 January 2022) was a British broadcaster and journalist, latterly in the Channel Islands where his freelance work on regional television, local radio and a newspaper led him to become known as a community champion who shared openly about his experiences of cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome. He was named Community Champion of the Year in the Jersey Evening Post 2021 Pride of Jersey awards.
Gary Burgess was born in Bury, Greater Manchester on 13 November 1975. At age six, he moved with his family to South Africa due to his father's job. He returned to England at age ten to live in Blackpool, where his grandparents lived. He attended Montgomery High School where he joined their high school radio station 'MHR'. He presented a one-hour golden oldies show at 7 a.m., a one-hour pop programme during the lunch hour and a ten-minute news bulletin. This gave him the desire to have a career in the media.
After leaving school at age 17, he started his broadcasting career in 1992, making cups of tea from 1 a.m. until 7 a.m. during the overnight show at Blackpool's new station Radio Wave 96.5. After his shift there, he worked during the day at a call centre. Still age 17, he went on to host his own show. A few years later, he got a job as a journalist in the station's newsroom, and went on to host the afternoon show, the breakfast show, and then became programme controller. He set the world record for the longest breakfast show, broadcasting for 76 hours and raising tens of thousands of pounds for a new local cancer facility.
He also worked at Wire FM in Warrington, at Q96 in Renfrewshire, at Liverpool's Juice FM and as group programme controller for UTV's radio stations in the north of England.
His first stint in the Channel Islands was in Guernsey, joining the island's only commercial radio station Island FM in 2003 as breakfast presenter and programme director, having instantly "fallen in love" with the island.
He returned to Guernsey in January 2008, initially with no job to go to but, within a few weeks, had joined BBC Radio Guernsey to cover their afternoon show and, within a month, had been appointed as host of their breakfast show.
Burgess made the move to ITV Channel Television's Guernsey office in 2011, and to their Jersey office in March 2012 where he began producing the nightly 6pm news programme. He was a finalist in the Royal Television Society Southern Awards in 2021.
He returned to commercial radio in 2018, joining the presenting line-up at Channel 103. He also wrote regular columns for the Jersey Evening Post.