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Tony Dibbin is one of the UK’s most accomplished broadcasters he can be heard daily across the UK on Nation Broadcasting's Nation Radio, Nation Radio 80s, Dragon Radio, Diamond Groove and as required on Bauer Media's Absolute 80s & Absolute Classic Rock.

Tony has kicked off 2025 in style by voicing the national television campaign for Must Have Ideas.  The year long campaign launched on network terrestrial TV Channel 5 on Boxing Day (2024) and is set to feature the E-commerce giant's most popular products for the duration of 2025 with Tony as the lead voiceover.

In February of 2025 Nation 80s (programmed by Tony for Nation Broadcasting) celebrated it's first ever results in Rajar.  The station returned an impressive 505,000 weekly listeners and 593,000 listening hours per week - making it the groups most successful station ever.

The new year also began with Tony entering the Asian radio marketplace for the very first time.  Waking Up Asia produced & presented by Tony airs daily across Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila and Jakarta on the AXR network.

In 2024 Tony launched a syndicated radio show - Tony & Emma.  The show  is now syndicated across stations in Essex, Berkshire, Northampton, Lincolnshire, Buckinghamshire and Tenerife.  Multiple stations sharing the daily mayhem & creative magic.  Engaging, family friendly content is proving quite the hit for audiences and radio stations alike.  

Summer 2023 saw Tony deliver some of the best radio of his career when he was chosen to host the most listened to late night radio show in the United Kingdom on Greatest Hits Radio.  The UK's most listened to commercial radio station.

In his executive work Tony was a member of the senior leadership team at Podcast Radio and led a pioneering project to deliver the brand into major markets in the United States of America.  During his tenure at Podcast Radio he successfully delivered the brand to Detroit, South West Florida, Tampa Bay, The Carolinas, Missouri and Montana.

In January of 2022 Tony launched a radio station all of his own - An idea which Tony had during the first Covid-19 lockdown gained some serious momentum Arena Radio plays live performances of some of the biggest songs by the World's biggest artists.  In March of 2024 the station was licensed by Media South and is broadcast on FM to listeners in New Zealand.

His CV is studded with some of the biggest stations of the last 30 years. He completed a 10 year stint as host of the daily Breakfast show on Global’s Gold network in May of 2019 and is also a regular fixture on stations around the world.

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic Tony worked in an executive role as Head of Music & Presentation at Fix Radio, the builder's station.  In his first year alone Tony increased listeners by 92% and furthermore listener engagement by 123% paving the way for the station to launch nationally in 2022. 

It all began when Tony joined the line-up at the legendary Atlantic 252 in the late 90s. After many happy and successful months in Eire, Tony was summoned home to begin a grand tour of the UK’s best local and regional outlets including Chiltern, Beacon and Heart.

His impressive CV brought him to the attention of Richard Park, who invited Tony to join the team at Gold.  

Soon after Tony’s return to national radio, a radical decision was taken to make Breakfast the only hosted show.  Tony was the presenter chosen to be the voice of breakfast.
This inspired choice resulted in a 200% increase in audience figures to 2019, including a 68% increase in the last 4 years that Tony was with the station.

Tony’s reputation has now spread globally, no pun intended!  Since 2014 Tony has been the regular ‘British Correspondent’ on iHeart Radio’s #1 rated syndicated 
Dave and Jimmy Morning Show. 

He hosts daily shows in New Zealand for Real Radio, and his ‘Artist Profile’ presentations rule the high seas for P&O's Cruise Radio.
Tony has experience and skilled knowledge of all commonly used play out systems and has regularly been called to handle music scheduling. In the case of Gold, a clear factor in its success.

When it comes to celebrity interview pulling power, Tony has a proven track record. His memorable encounters include Ray Winstone, who was lured into some interesting revelations.  He sparred welsh vocal chords with Sir Tom Jones and coaxed some cosmically intimate details from Major Tim Peake about life on-board an orbiting space station.

Away from radio, Tony is also a highly experienced public speaker and live performer. From his early days in the Swansea Youth Theatre, performing has always been a real passion.  Tony has also performed in professional pantomimes in Canterbury, Chatham and Bedford and also wrote and performed Russell Kane’s support act in 2011.

Tony has provided live DJ performances for a very unique set of clients including The Home Secretary of the UK The Rt Hon. Sajid Javid and Hollywood Director Stephen Frears.