Tony Collins - Biography
Tony Collins Fogarty has worked in the broadcast industry for over 20 years.
He has a range of experience spanning radio presentation, audio production, voiceover, video filming and production, and website development and design.
Tony currently runs TDF Media, established in 2008, to provide audio, video and web production services.
Alongside this, Tony still presents shows for Yorkshire based radio stations, and provides voiceovers to organisations all over the world.
Tony’s background has been primarily in radio, including producing and presenting a syndicated late-show broadcast across 26 UK radio stations.
In Yorkshire, where Tony is based, the list of stations where he has presented includes: Stray FM (Harrogate), Ridings FM (Wakefield), Yorkshire Coast Radio (Scarborough & Bridlington), Dearne FM (Barnsley), Home FM/Pennine FM (Huddersfield), Radio Aire (Leeds), Magic 828 (Leeds), Minster FM (York), and Fresh Radio (Skipton).
In addition to presentation, Tony has always taken on other responsibilities, with roles including event management, PR, marketing, programme production, and management.
Tony was born in Leeds, discovering radio almost by accident whilst studying computer programming in 1988. He continues to have a strong interest in computers and the internet, alongside psychology (NLP & TA), music, media, news, movies and swimming.
Availability
Tony Collins Fogarty is available for voiceover work, freelance radio presentation, voice-tracking, or in a freelance capacity for media and event production.
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For details of audio, video or web production services, visit: TDF Media - Video Audio Web Production
For more information call TDF Media: 0800 78 79 189, or Email.
Career Highlights
- Producing and presenting a late night syndicated radio show aired across 26 stations in the UK, with coverage from the Isle Of Wight in the south, to Falkirk in the north.
- Managing Radio Aire’s involvement in the annual “Party In The Park” concert for three years. Producing and stage managing a live event attended by 70,000 people at Temple Newsam, Leeds.
- Holding the contract to produce and event manage Leeds United’s "LUTV" pre-match and half time entertainment for two successful years through their peak in the Premiership and Champion's League.
- A variety of voice work including: being the voice of the “Mini” for a series of videos used by Mini US, multimedia presentations in India, sounds and voices for a range of toys in China, and radio & TV commercials in the US and Europe.
- Jointly creating a television game show format, optioned and then piloted by Yorkshire Television.
- Presenting Yorkshire’s first ever Flying Eye travel service, under the moniker “Captain Collins”.
