Frank Mitchell (presenter)

Mitchell began his broadcasting career at the age of 17 at pirate radio station Carousel in Dundalk.[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19981101/ai_n14483927 Sunday Mirror: "Right Good Read: Frank Mitchell"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218002113/http://findarticles.com/?noadc=1 |date=18 December 2021 }}; dated 1 November 1998, retrieved 10 January 2008. He later worked as a BBC radio producer for the Walter Love show Day by Day and presented the early morning weekday show and Saturday lunchtime shows on Downtown Radio before he joined Ulster Television in 1987 as a continuity announcer and newsreader. He has presented a range of popular TV shows including UTV Life, School Around The Corner, End to End and Ultimate Ulster. His U105 Radio phone-in has become one of the most exciting in Ireland with a fast moving range of topics guided by his sharp questions and equally sharp wit.[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article2047570.ece Belfast Telegraph: "Frank exchange"], belfasttelegraph.co.uk; dated 6 December 2006; retrieved 10 January 2008.

Mitchell remained on the announcing staff until 1993 when he became the station's chief weather presenter and news programme features reporter.[https://web.archive.org/web/20020620074150/http://www.continuity-booth.co.uk/fmitchell.html Frank Mitchell profile], ContinuityBooth.co.uk (archived); accessed 9 May 2014.

Mitchell also co-hosted and reported for UTV's GAA discussion series End to End between 2001 and 2004.[http://u.tv/corpinfo/releases/docs/180601.doc UTV Press Office: UTV launches new GAA magazine programme] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927031401/http://www.u.tv/corpinfo/releases/docs/180601.doc |date=27 September 2006 }}; dated 18 June 2001, retrieved 10 January 2008 Mitchell presented the entertainment series School Around the Corner from 1996 to 2005,[https://web.archive.org/web/20120928162232/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/641653?view=credit BFI Film and TV Database: Frank Mitchell filmography]; accessed 15 June 2008. Ultimate Ulster in 2007 to 2009[http://u.tv/corpinfo/releases/docs/539.doc UTV Press Office: "What's your Ultimate Ulster?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415115203/http://www.u.tv/corpinfo/releases/docs/539.doc |date=15 April 2012 }}; dated 16 July 2007, retrieved 18 June 2008 and the weekday magazine show UTV Life between 1999 and 2009. His Ultimate Ulster programme featuring an array of top tens in the locality was recently the most watched regional programme in the UK. He is very well known as the UTV weatherman famous for his weather watching camera, crazy clues, weather watchers and charming presentation style. Late in 2016 he began using new ITV graphics on the new look UTV Live following the ITV Plc takeover and purchase of the UTV Television business, when UTV Media PLC (Now 'Wireless Group PLC') sold on their television assets.

Mitchell is the host of the popular radio mid morning phone-in on the highly successful U105 Radio Station which previously shared the former home of UTV, Havelock House, to broadcast. It is now situated on its own designated floor at City Quays 2 in the Titanic Quarter area of Belfast. He has broadcast on U105, in the 9am–12pm slot, since September 2006.

At the end of March 2021, Frank has retired from Weather Presenting on UTV and has officially left the newly revamped ITV subsidiary. However, he has announced that he will continue to host the U105 Radio Phone In every morning Monday to Friday.[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/frank-returns-to-his-first-love-13546096.html Belfast Telegraph: "Frank returns to his first love"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606090242/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/frank-returns-to-his-first-love-13546096.html |date=6 June 2011 }}: dated 8 September 2006; accessed 6 February 2009.

Mitchell won an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship medal with his local club Burren.[http://www.newrymemoirs.com/stories_pages/burrensson_1.html Newry Memoirs: "Burren’s Favourite Son Praises “An Ideal Place""] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516063435/http://www.newrymemoirs.com/stories_pages/burrensson_1.html |date=16 May 2008 }}; accessed 2 May 2009.

Mitchell is from Burren, County Down, born 1958{{Cite web|url = https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/tv/school-around-corner-remembering-one-19116168|title = School Around the Corner: Remembering one of NI's best TV shows 15 years on|date = 17 October 2020|access-date = 18 October 2020|archive-date = 19 October 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201019204935/https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/tv/school-around-corner-remembering-one-19116168|url-status = live}} and his parents ran an electrical shop (McClory & Sherry) in Warrenpoint. He attended St Colman's College, Newry and St Mary's University College, Belfast. Prior to becoming a broadcaster, he worked as a teacher.[http://www.globalgateway.com/features/cprofile.asp?id=2 GlobalGateway: Celebrity Profiles] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711232709/http://www.globalgateway.com/features/cprofile.asp?id=2 |date=11 July 2007 }}, globalgateway.com; retrieved 10 January 2008

Mitchell is married with one daughter, Laura, who studied architecture at the University of Ulster.

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