Roland Gent
2013 Broadcast Assistant on Stephen Nolan Show 5 Live BBC
2009- 2013 Manager of Salford City Radio
Radio training, Studio manager, News Journalist, Fundraising manager
2008-2009 Post Grad Broadcast
Journalism Course. UCLAN Preston
2008 - The Vinyl Frontier - My own music show on The CAT, for Crewe and Nantwich
2007 Finalist Virgin Radio Breakfast show, Opportunity Knocks.
2007 WFM Presenter
2004 Roland Gent Comedy Hour - Extreme FM, web based rock station
2002-2003 Get Happy - I presented a weekly comedy and music show on WFM 97.2fm in Manchester.
2001 ALL FM presenter- Radio station based in Manchester.
2000 XFM London, Overnight Presenter
1999 Radio School Of Excellence - Core 3 Graduate
1999 BBC Radio One - Broadcast Assistant
1998 Asian Sound Radio - Breakfast Presenter
1995-1997 BBC GMR Talk - Broadcast Assistant, GM Arts a "What's On" show
1990 BBC World Service - writing and performing comedy sketches for "Megamix" a teenage show
1983-1985 R.O.T.T. - Writing and presenting a "youth" show on BBC Radio Sheffield
2015-2017
Broadcast Journalist
That’s Lancashire TV, Made In Liverpool and Made in Leeds TV.
Covering northern regions, finding editing and self-filming a news package for the 5.30 news each day. Social Media channels marketing.
For Examples of news packages please click here
Flooding in Earby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ln5BL-f06Y
Hassan Learns to Walk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2hB1EUzNME
Many of my news reports have been used by the BBC on North West Tonight.
2013 Real XS Manchester
Presenting the evening show on commercial rock station in Manchester and North West England
2013 to 2015 Radio Journalist Pure Radio Stockport
Reading the news. Sourcing Stories originating stories and treatments. Social Media channels marketing.
2013 - BBC Radio Derby Journalist
Sourcing stories
Making News packages
2009- Internship BBC 6 Music on Steve Lamacq and Gideon Coe Shows
2009 - Radio 5 - The Big Ask Joke Writer
Newspaper Journalism
2016 to present Derbyshire Times and Sheffield Star Sports
Currently I write a sports newspaper column for the Derbyshire Times and Sheffield Star and Sheffield Telegraph
2016 to present
Broadcast Journalist
Chesterfield FC filming match footage and editing highlights packages
2017 to 2021
Fab Radio International
Total Rock
Red Wall Radio
Syndicated Internet Broadcasting my music shows
2017- 2018
High Peak Radio
News Journalism. Breaking stories, interviews reading the news
I also presented the Saturday Sports Show on High Peak Radio, we followed Buxton FC New Mills and Glossop FC. Plus freelance news journalism