Award-winning BBC Radio Suffolk presenter Mark Murphy has announced he is leaving the station after 33 years. The 58-year-old said planned changes to BBC Local Radio meant it was 'time for me to move on'.
Murphy began volunteering at the Ipswich station in 1990, making tea and answering phones. His first pay cheque of £15, which he never cashed, remains framed in his office. He went on to present the breakfast show and won two Radio Academy Gold awards, including News Broadcaster of the Year in 2003.
He was appointed MBE in 2021 for services to radio and the community. Among his proudest achievements was helping raise £3m for a children's hospice in 2011. He also started the Bin a Blade knife amnesty, instigated Suffolk Day, and led the Don't Be A Tosser anti-litter campaign.
His last programme will be on 2 April, exactly 33 years after he first volunteered. 'BBC Local Radio is moving in a new direction and so it's time for me to move on,' he said.
