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Mitchell won an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship medal with his local club Burren. However, he has announced that he will continue to host the U105 Radio Phone In every morning Monday to Friday. He has broadcast on U105, in the 9am–12pm slot, since September 2006.Īt the end of March 2021, Frank has retired from Weather Presenting on UTV and has officially left the newly-revamped ITV subsidiary. It is now situated on its own designated floor at City Quays 2 in the Titanic Quarter area of Belfast. 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. 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. He is very well known as the UTV weatherman famous for his weather watching camera, crazy clues, weather watchers and charming presentation style.

His Ultimate Ulster programme featuring an array of top tens in the locality was recently the most watched regional programme in the UK.

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Mitchell presented the entertainment series School Around the Corner from 1996 to 2005, Ultimate Ulster in 2007 to 2009 and the weekday magazine show UTV Life between 19. Mitchell also co-hosted and reported for UTV's GAA discussion series End to End between 20. Mitchell remained on the announcing staff until 1993 when he became the station's chief weather presenter and news programme features reporter. 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.

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He has presented a range of popular TV shows including UTV Life, School Around The Corner, End to End and Ultimate Ulster. 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. Mitchell began his broadcasting career at the age of 17 at pirate radio station Carousel in Dundalk.

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