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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 flagship station Nation 80s, along with appearances on Nation 60s, Nation 70s, Nation 90s, Dragon Radio, HGV1 and — as required — Bauer Media's Absolute 80s and Absolute Classic Rock.

Throughout 2025 and 2026 Tony has featured as the main voice of the national television campaigns for Must Have Ideas. His voice is heard across network terrestrial Channel 5 and features the e-commerce giant's most popular products across 30+ digital TV channels broadcasting across the UK.

In February 2025 Nation 80s — programmed by Tony for Nation Broadcasting — celebrated its first ever results in RAJAR. The station returned an impressive 505,000 weekly listeners and 593,000 listening hours per week, making it the group's most successful station ever. In May 2022 the station pushed on further to an incredible 519,000 weekly reach.

2025 began with Tony entering the Asian radio marketplace for the very first time. Waking Up Asia, produced and presented by Tony, airs daily across Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila and Jakarta on the AXR radio network.

In 2024 Tony launched a syndicated breakfast radio show, Tony & Emma at Breakfast. The show is now heard across London and appears on regional stations in Essex, Surrey, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Tenerife. Multiple stations sharing the daily creative, 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 the pioneering project to launch the new radio brand into major markets in the United States. During his tenure he successfully delivered the brand to Detroit, South West Florida, Tampa Bay, The Carolinas, Missouri and Montana.

In January 2022 Tony launched a radio station all of his own. An idea he had during the first Covid-19 lockdown gained serious momentum: Arena Radio plays live performances of some of the biggest songs by the world's biggest artists.

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 2019 and is 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 he increased listeners by 92% and 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 now legendary Atlantic 252 in the late 90s. After many happy and successful months in Eire, he 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 — and Tony was the presenter chosen to be the voice of breakfast. That inspired choice resulted in a 200% increase in audience figures to 2019, including a 68% increase in the last four years he was with the station.

Tony's reputation has now spread globally — no pun intended. Since 2014 he has been the regular 'British Correspondent' on iHeartRadio'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 skilled knowledge of all commonly used playout systems and has regularly been called on 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 a highly experienced public speaker and live performer. From his early days in the Swansea Youth Theatre, performing has always been a real passion. He has performed in professional pantomimes in Canterbury, Chatham and Bedford, and 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.