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Stephen Rhodes
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Stephen Rhodes is a weekday daytime presenter on BBC Three Counties Radio. His Consumer Programme is from 10am until 1pm. He originates from Dublin in the Republic of Ireland, and is now a tax-paying resident of the United Kingdom. He used to be the voice of Family Fortunes from 1987 until 1999, and the Wheel of Fortune.
Rhodes started his broadcasting career at Dublin pirate radio station "Big D Radio" at the end of the 70's/early 80's, moving over to the UK and Birmingham radio station BRMB, before moving to Beacon Radio in Wolverhampton & then WABC (now called Classic Gold WABC) in the early 1990's.
Rhodes then joined BBC Radio Shropshire as Breakfast show host. In early 1994, Rhodes took over the weekday mid-morning show on the station alongside Alison Keenan. They remained on the slot until mid 1995, when Rhodes turned up at BBC Three Counties Radio, presenting his current consumer programme, every weekday morning from 10am-1pm, with the final hour usually being a heated/controversial topical discussion, with listener phone-ins.
When listeners phone in with consumer complaints, they are explicitly asked not to mention the name of the company in question for legal reasons, specifically those concerning defamatory publicity and fair/balanced broadcasting. These restrictions only extend as far as BBC broadcasts
- 2001 Interactive - Gold.
- 2005 Speech Broadcaster of the Year - Bronze.
- 2006 Winner