Stuart Robinson

Stuart Robinson (born 20 June 1979, Carrickfergus, County Antrim) is a Northern Ireland broadcaster with Cool FM , Downtown Radio and Downtown Country, he had previously launched and became the longest running presenter to date on rival station Belfast CityBeat from 1996 before his defection in 2010. Robinson, is the Programme Controller of Downtown Radio, Cool FM and Downtown Country, this gives him control over the largest radio audience in the country.From early 2015 he took over as host of Cool FMs flagship weekend show The Cool Saturday Show, seeing him repaired with David McCammond AKA Deputy Dave. The programme has been a ratings success and is the most listened to weekend radio show in Northern Ireland with over 100,000 listeners every Saturday morning.Between 2013 and 2014, Robinson hosted the weekday lunchtime programme on Downtown, stepping down when he took over as Programme Controller.At Citybeat, he won a Gold and Silver award at the 2009 New York Festival Radio Awards and was also the only Irish radio presenter to get nominated for an Arqiva Award in both 2009 and 2008. He also created the talent format Young Star Search and the introduction of popular sidekick characters Work Experience Boy on Citybeat and ‘Rodney’ on Cool FM.In April 2015 he presided over the launch of Downtown Country - Northern Irelands first DAB only radio station.Downtown Country became the most successful radio launch in Northern Ireland since 1990, debuting with over 80,000 listeners and since growing to over 100,000 weekly listeners. Combined, the 3 Bauer Media stations in Ireland reach almost 50% of the entire population.

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