Paul Campion
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Paul Campion is an Australia
n radio host and a dual recipient of the Australian Commercial Radio Award for best music personality . He is currently the drive time presenter on 97.3 FM
in Brisbane
, Australia
. Paul is the older brother of rugby league
great Kevin Campion
.
Campion started his career in 1987 at Radio 4MK Mackay
. He worked at a number of country and regional radio stations before arriving at Sea FM on the Gold Coast
in 1991.
In 1994 Campion joined 2Day FM
Sydney
as an on air presenter , he moved to Perth
in 1996 as part of MMM.
Campion then moved back to Queensland
in 1997 where he worked at sister Austereo network station B105
. At the time Campion achieved the highest ratings figures in Austereo history Austereo.
In 2001 Campion returned once again to Brisbane
as the inaugural breakfast host of new DMG
ARN
partnership 97.3 FM
. He has been in is current role as drive presenter since 2005 which allows him the time to look after his young son Samuel and daughter Georgia. In 2003 Paul graduated from AFTRS Radio programming with high distinction at Macquarie University
Sydney and since that time has been a QUT mentor for media,communication and journalism students in Brisbane.
Campion is the founder of Swim4kids a 100 kilometre open water swim in a shark cage raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Royal children's hospital.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n radio host and a dual recipient of the Australian Commercial Radio Award for best music personality . He is currently the drive time presenter on 97.3 FM
97.3 FM (Brisbane)
97.3 FM is a commercial radio station in Brisbane, Australia. It is a 50/50 joint venture between DMG and ARN.97.3 FM plays current hits and a variety of 70s, 80s and 90s music , primarily targeted at the 25-54 age group, the group most valued by advertisers...
in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Paul is the older brother of rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
great Kevin Campion
Kevin Campion
Kevin Campion is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. His positions of choice were in the second row and at lock. Kevin is the younger brother of Australian radio personality Paul Campion...
.
Campion started his career in 1987 at Radio 4MK Mackay
Mackay, Queensland
Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
. He worked at a number of country and regional radio stations before arriving at Sea FM on the Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
in 1991.
In 1994 Campion joined 2Day FM
2Day FM
Not to be mixed up with Today FM in Ireland.2Day FM is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia, on a frequency of 104.1 MHz, and part of Austereo's Today Network.- Transmission :...
Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
as an on air presenter , he moved to Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
in 1996 as part of MMM.
Campion then moved back to Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
in 1997 where he worked at sister Austereo network station B105
B105
B105 or B-105 may refer to:*B105 FM , a Mainstream CHR radio station broadcasting out of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia*WUBE, a country music radio station broadcasting out of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America...
. At the time Campion achieved the highest ratings figures in Austereo history Austereo.
In 2001 Campion returned once again to Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
as the inaugural breakfast host of new DMG
DMG
DMG may refer to:*DMG Radio Australia, owner of the Nova and Classic Rock radio networks*.dmg file, the Apple Disk Image file format used in the Mac OS X computer operating system*Daily Mail and General Trust, an international media company...
ARN
ARN
Arn may refer to:given name*people called Arn** Arn Anderson , American professional wrestler** Arn Menconi, District 2 Commissioner in Eagle County, Colorado...
partnership 97.3 FM
97.3 FM (Brisbane)
97.3 FM is a commercial radio station in Brisbane, Australia. It is a 50/50 joint venture between DMG and ARN.97.3 FM plays current hits and a variety of 70s, 80s and 90s music , primarily targeted at the 25-54 age group, the group most valued by advertisers...
. He has been in is current role as drive presenter since 2005 which allows him the time to look after his young son Samuel and daughter Georgia. In 2003 Paul graduated from AFTRS Radio programming with high distinction at Macquarie University
Macquarie University
Macquarie University is an Australian public teaching and research university located in Sydney, with its main campus situated in Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of Sydney...
Sydney and since that time has been a QUT mentor for media,communication and journalism students in Brisbane.
Campion is the founder of Swim4kids a 100 kilometre open water swim in a shark cage raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Royal children's hospital.