UTV Live presenter, reporter & weatherman Frank Mitchell

Frank Mitchell (b. 24 July 1965, Burren, County Down) is a Northern Irish broadcaster and journalist. He is currently a presenter, weather presenter and reporter for UTV Live, and a presenter on U105. Image File history File linksMetadata Frank_mitchell. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Frank_mitchell. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Burren (in Irish: An Bhoirinn, ie the rocky district or large stone) is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland, near to Newry and Warrenpoint. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Downpatrick Area: 2,448 km² Population (est. ... UTV Live opening sequence UTV Live is the flagship news programme in the UTV region in Northern Ireland. ... U105 is a Belfast based radio station, providing a mix of Music and Speech as well as hourly news bulletins. ...

Frank began his broadcasting career in the early 1980s at Downtown Radio as a disc jockey. His career at Ulster Television began in 1987 when he joined the station as a continuity announcer and newsreader. Downtown Radio Categories: Station stubs | UK Radio Stations ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

In 1993, with the launch of UTV Live, Frank was chosen to present the weather forecast on the main evening bulletin at 6.00pm every weeknight. He was the first presenter to introduce an in-vision weather forecast at the station, and remains the main weather presenter at the station.

As part of his evening forecasts, Frank invites the audience to work out the location of the "Weather Watching Camera", a film shot in a town or village somewhere in Northern Ireland (or, on occasions, the Republic of Ireland) through providing a cryptic clue. He also reads out greetings to "Weather Watchers", usually people who are celebrating their birthday or a wedding anniversary that day. While other presenters of the evening weather forecast introduce "Weather Watcher" greetings, only Frank runs the "Weather Watching Camera" feature as part of his forecast.

Due to his role as UTV Live weatherman, Frank gave up his duties as a continuity announcer in 1993. However, he has been heard as a daytime emergency announcer to cover for schedule changes as a result of rolling ITV News coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Soham murders trail shown on UTV. ITV News is the news service of British TV channel ITV1. ... The date that commonly refers to the attacks on United States citizens on September 11, 2001 (see the September 11, 2001 Attacks). ... The Soham murders were the murders by Ian Huntley of two ten-year-old girls Holly Wells (born October 4, 1991) and Jessica Chapman (born September 1, 1991) in Soham, a small town in Cambridgeshire, England, on August 4, 2002. ...

Frank's presenting duties on UTV Live were expanded in 1999 when he became one of the hosts of UTV Life, a half-hour programme which preceded the main UTV Live bulletin at 18.00, covering lifestyle features and light-hearted reports. UTV Life was integrated into an hour-long UTV Live in April 2002, and Frank remains one of the co-presenters of the 17.30-18.00 section of the programme.

Frank Mitchell is a keen GAA supporter, and has reported on Gaelic Athletic Association football and hurling matches for UTV Live. When UTV obtained the rights to show matches and highlights of the Ulster Senior Football Championship from 1994 to 1997, Frank was a reporter and commentator for the series. Frank was also a co-host and reporter for UTV's GAA discussion series End to End between 2001 and 2004. A stylised Celtic cross serves as the traditional logo of the GAA. The Gaelic Athletic Association (The GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Gaelic games - traditional Irish sports, such as hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball, and rounders. ... The Ulster Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Ulster Championship) is the premier knockout competition in the game of football played in the province of Ulster in Ireland. ...

As well as being known as UTV's resident weatherman, Frank's other main presenting job at UTV has been the entertainment series School Around the Corner between 1995 and 2005. The series featured groups of children from primary schools across Northern Ireland. Frank would talk to children, usually from the younger classes, about their school and their lives, and introduce musical or acting performances by other pupils of the school. Each participating child received a certificate for appearing on the programme. School Around the Corner was originally shown on RTE in the 1960s and revived on the network in the mid 1990s, was produced for UTV by the independent production company Tyrone Productions. Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ; English: Radio and Television of Ireland) is the national state broadcaster of Ireland. ...

On Monday 18th September 2006, Frank took over as presenter of the 09.00-12.00 show on UTV's radio station U105, replacing Ronan Kelly. In a press release given to the Belfast Telegraph, Frank said, "Radio was my first love, and it's a pleasure to be taking over as the presenter of U105 Morning". Frank's appointment as a regular presenter on U105 followed a period of covering the station's Breakfast show in the absence of regular presenters Ivan Martin and Richard Young in the summer of 2006. U105 is a Belfast based radio station, providing a mix of Music and Speech as well as hourly news bulletins. ... The Belfast Telegraph is a daily evening newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland by Independent News and Media. ...

Frank is married and has a daughter, Laura. He supports Manchester City Football Club and the GAA county side Down. Manchester City F.C. is a football club based in Manchester, United Kingdom. ... The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste An Dún) or Down GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Down. ...

External links

• Frank Mitchell's profile on u.tv
• Frank Mitchell's profile on U105