User talk:Tobymartin11

Toby Martin born in Exeter October 11th 1992.

Toby Martin first started his career in radio in January 2010. He started doing work experience on a Saturday sport show at a South Devon radio station (Palm 105.5 FM) now 'the breeze'. Toby's skills quickly developed and he was offered a paid role in the promotions department for the radio station, representing and being the face of the brand across Torbay and South Devon at many live events. During this time Toby had also agreed to teach children about the media industry at BBC Blast workshops in Cornwall. After this BBC Blast asked if Toby had ever thought about being a presenter on TV, he accepted an offer to present and produce a mock panel show. The panel show was filmed in a location in Torbay which lead to Toby's first lot of radio interviews, he had an interview on the breakfast show on BBC Radio Devon about his developing success and to promote ticket sales. This later lead to further interviews with the BBC to promote the importance of getting young people in to the media industry. After working on the Saturday sport show and promotions for Palm FM for 6 months, Toby moved to its sister station (Exeter 107.3 FM). His job role changed to radio programmer and promotions. Exeter FM gave Toby a voice over opportunity which he accepted, within one month of arriving at the station Toby became the voice over artist advertising the latest film realises for the 'vue cinema' In Exeter City centre. Whilst playing key roles at Exeter FM he accepted another job position at community radio station 'Riviera FM' as a producer and presenter. He was given a 3 hour evening show that broadcast Monday to Friday. The show did acceptionally well for ratings within the first month of its broadcast. On the 29th of December 2010, Torquay town in Devon mourned the loss of a friend who passed away in a car accident. Toby, the current presenter with a prime time slot on riviera FM made the decision to broadcast a show dedicated to the crash victim. The show was publicised by BBC Spotlight news and national newspapers - it is still to this date the highest number of listeners Rivera FM has ever had. After the broadcast of an emotional show Toby countined into the coming months with his riviera FM show, programming and producing at Exeter FM and being the voice of vue cinemas. In July 2011 Toby sadly lost his mum in tragic circumstances, unable to cope the the stress of such a full schedule and the loss of his mum he resigned from his show on Rivera FM. A week later Exeter FM went into administration and Toby lost his job when new owners took over the company. He left the media industry for 2 years before he started to miss it again. He returned to radio after being employed by heart radio (global group) as a heart angel to promote the station, again he quickly moved into other areas and become a part time co producer on hearts breakfast show. In June 2014 Toby left the station after a disagreement with the promotions manager. Toby then arranged to view radio stations in Western Australia to develope new ideas and decide where to take his career next. Since then Toby was given a place at New York film academy in Los Angeles to start in June 2016 where he hopes to move in to an acting career in film. He is currently living in the Devon until he moves to Los Angeles next year. During his so far 5 year radio career he has worked alongside the likes of; Tom Andrews, boyband - five, Buck's Fizz, Alexander Burke, Lawson, Diana Vickets and Olly Murs.