{"id":17546,"date":"2024-11-21T14:28:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T14:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/downtown-radio-broadcaster-big-t-dies-aged-78\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T14:28:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T14:28:47","slug":"downtown-radio-broadcaster-big-t-dies-aged-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/downtown-radio-broadcaster-big-t-dies-aged-78\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Radio broadcaster ‘Big T’ dies aged 78"},"content":{"rendered":"


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One of Downtown Radio’s former presenters Trevor Campbell has died, the radio station has announced. He was 78.<\/p>\n

Known as ‘Big T,’ the award winning DJ’s career spanned 47 years. <\/p>\n

Downtown Radio said a statement on Facebook: \u201cWe\u2019re incredibly saddened to announce that our friend and colleague Trevor Campbell has passed away at the age of 78.”<\/p>\n

Over his career Big T interviewed some of country music\u2019s biggest stars, including Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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U105 broadcaster Frank Mitchell told BBC News NI that Big T was “without doubt one of the most welcoming people I ever met when I joined Downtown numerous years ago”.<\/p>\n

“He went completely out of his way to help me learn the trick of the trade when it came to turntables and vinyl and [he was] one of the slickest operators in terms of radio presentation.<\/p>\n

“To say he was a legend in broadcasting is without doubt not an overstatement and he will be dearly missed.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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