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Entertainment of Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Source: Daily Guide

Frankie Taylor celebrates 15 years on Fox FM

One of the country’s finest radio presenters, Frankie Taylor, is gearing up to celebrate his 15th anniversary on radio.

Frankie Taylor, an actor, movie producer and philanthropist, has for the past 15 years worked diligently as a radio broadcaster and was adjudged as the Best Music Promoter at the Ghana DJ Awards for 2013.

He had disclosed to the BEATWAVES that a number of activities have been lined up to celebrate his 15 years as a radio presenter with his listeners, friends and loved ones.

The ace presenter, who was onetime honoured as the ‘Unofficial Mayor’ of Kumasi by Kofi Jumah, the then Mayor of Kumasi and former MP for Asokwa Constituency in Ashanti Region, has been in the thick of things at the station right from the beginning till now.

Frankie Taylor is the brain behind the introduction of the most listened to hiplife music programme on radio called ‘Atumpan’.

Based on his outstanding achievements on radio and in the showbiz industry in Ghana, Frankie has won many awards both home and abroad including the recent awards like the outstanding leadership award dubbed Nsoroma Award by Global Centre for Transformational Leadership, 2014 Ghana DJs Awards, Best Music Promoter of the Year, 2013 by Mercury Events.

He started his active radio career with Radio BIYAC at Akyem Oda, the first private radio station in the Eastern Region in 1995. As a presenter at Radio BIYAC, he rose to become the first programmes director and later joined Fox 97.9FM in 1999 when it was established.

He is also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Royals Production which specialises in film and music productions as well event management. He has acted in movies like ‘Nhyira’, ‘Adom’, ‘Come Back Love’, ‘Asempa’, among others.