Downtown Radio announce death of popular presenter Big T

Downtown Radio have announced the death of their popular presenter Trevor Campbell, aged 78.

Known to fans as Big T, Trevor joined the radio station in 1976 where he presented a popular country music show.

In recent years, Trevor also presented a nightly show on sister station Downtown Country at 7pm. Big T last presented the show on Thursday 14th November with fellow presenter Jason Hughes presenting the show in recent days.

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Announcing his passing, Downtown Country took to Facebook saying: "We’re incredibly saddened to announce that our friend and colleague Trevor Campbell has passed away at the age of 78.

"We will miss you greatly. Rest In Peace Big T."

Big T's death comes weeks after his former Downtown colleague Candy Devine who died in her native Australia aged 85.

Paying tribute to the legendary broadcaster, Content Director at Downtown and Cool FM Stuart Robinson said: "The entire Downtown team are devasted at the news our beloved friend and colleague Trevor Campbell (Big T) has died at the age of 78 following a short illness.

"The term legend is often thrown around but Trevor was a radio legend in every sense of the word. A pioneer, a trailblazer and a house hold name on radio in Northern Ireland for 50 years – no other radio personality here has or will ever come close to achieving what Trevor did during his career.

"Trevor loved and lived for the radio and radio loved him. He was still on-air on his hugely popular show just a few days ago doing what he did best. He was credited with bringing Country music to Northern Ireland audiences in the 1970’s at a time when no one here knew what it was and in 2015 we created and launched an entire radio station in his honour ‘Downtown Country’. It was a particular honour to be with Trevor in 2016 when he was inducted into the PPI Irish Radio Hall Of Fame.

"Much more will be said about ‘Big T’ over the coming days and how he impacted the lives of so many people in Northern Ireland across many decades but for now our thoughts are with Trevor’s family, friends and the Downtown listeners who loved him so much. We will all miss him so much. Legend x"

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