Midlands radio personality Phil Upton has joined BBC WM and is raring to go with his new Breakfast show that starts on Monday 2nd October. In the run up to his show, he’s looking for football heads!
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Phil's looking for a footy fan/representative for each of our 5 local football clubs - Aston Villa, Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Walsall - to report regularly on the Breakfast Show with their views on their favourite team. Open auditions are being held from 1-5pm on Monday 25th September at BBC Birmingham's Public Space at The Mailbox in Birmingham City Centre. Only people attending the auditions will be considered and all ages are welcome! For more information contact WM Action on 08453 030 030. More about Phil Born in Kings Norton, Phil turns 40 on October 9th. He said his move to WM Breakfast coincides with this milestone in his life. "When the opportunity to host the WM Breakfast Show came up, I jumped at it. To be able to represent, campaign and champion this area, in an environment where that is encouraged and fostered was too good to pass up!" After going through school at Kings Norton Green, Turves Green Boys and Matthew Boulton Technical College, Phil got his first experience of radio while studying at Birmingham Polytechnic (now UCE, Perry Barr) and knew instantly it was the career for him. "From 1987 until 2006 I've worked for big local commercial stations in Birmingham and the BBC always represented the pinnacle of broadcasting. The idea that they wanted me for their flagship show was incredibly flattering." Phil lives in Warwickshire with his wife Katherine, son James (who’s 5) and daughter Charlotte (who’s 1). His concerns for their future will form a good deal of the subject matter for his new WM Breakfast show. "For every parent and grandparent where and how our children are educated, how safe they are and the world they will inherit dominates our thinking. "It‘s a basic instinct in us all that we should leave to our children something better than we had for ourselves. "Helping build a city and the environment in which we all live is one of the most important contributions I can make. If that means grilling our leaders to build a better New Street Station, or challenging them to continue the energy and vitality that got Bullring developed and built, then that is a cause I will follow on my programmes." A life-long Aston Villa fan, Phil watches events at his club closely – hence his wish to get 'football heads' onto his Breakfast show, to talk about their favourite clubs.
Don't forget, if you want to audition to become one of Phil’s 'football heads' you can audition on Monday 25th September. | 
