Tina Campbell
Tina Campbell (born 1971)[1][2] is a Northern Irish television presenter and journalist. She worked with UTV until early 2013 and subsequently became a newscaster on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Newsline.
Broadcasting career
Born in Dundonald, Tina Campbell was a reporter and newsreader for Downtown Radio.[3] She also worked at BBC Radio Ulster as a Traffic and Travel presenter.[2][3]
Tina Campbell joined UTV as a continuity announcer in 1994[3] before moving to the newsroom in 1997.[4] She hosted the 1997 and 1998 series of What Next?[5] and contributed to a UTV documentary on the Ulster Hospital in 2007.[6] She was also one of the original presenters for UTV Life and a relief weather presenter for Frank Mitchell.[7]
Campbell was appointed as the second female anchor of UTV Live in February 2007, replacing Kate Smith.[8] In 2008, she presented two series of UTV's topical debate show Late and Live.[9] and also hosted The Seven Thirty Show on UTV. She is currently employed by BBC Northern Ireland as a Radio Newsreader on BBC Radio Ulster and a TV Newsreader and Continuity Announcer.
Personal life
Campbell attended Strathearn Grammar School and Bangor Girls' High School[10] and went on to study English at Queen's University, Belfast, and journalism.[4]
She is married to John Paul Ballantine, with whom she has three children, Charlotte, Sophie and Ben. She lives in Cloughey, County Down.[11]
She has a brother Gav Campbell, who is the lead singer and guitarist from the band Phoenix23.
References
- ↑ "Tina Campbell's profile on u.tv". Archived from the original on 18 November 2002. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "New job, new baby". Belfast Telegraph. 8 February 2007. Archived from the original on 27 February 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2007. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 UTV Announcers Archived 17 July 2012 at Archive.today The TV Room; accessed 15 June 2008
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "'I just love the power I have doing live TV'". Belfast Telegraph. 7 April 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2009. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Tina Campbell filmography". BFI Film and TV Database. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
- ↑ "UTV Focus - A Labour of Love" Archived 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine UTV Press Office, 24 August 2007, retrieved 15 June 2008
- ↑ The Other UTV Website - UTV Continuity, archive.org
- ↑ "Tina Campbell makes debut as UTV Live's new anchor" Archived 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine UTV Press Office, 8 February 2007, retrieved 10 January 2008
- ↑ "UTV goes Late and Live with Tina Campbell" Archived 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine UTV Press Office, 4 April 2008, retrieved 8 April 2008
- ↑ "Mum's the word". Belfast Telegraph. 28 February 2005. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2009. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "BBC Northern Ireland's Tina Campbell: Precious family time in lockdown, her father's friendship with Van Morrison and the ambition she still wants to fulfil". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
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