Tom Urquhart

Tom Urquhart is a British journalist, television presenter and radio presenter currently based in the Middle East.
Career
After studying English at university in the UK, Tom worked on several British newspaper titles before moving to Dubai in 2001.
After a brief stint in PR he became Deputy Editor of What’s On for Motivate Publishing and Editor at Large for the launch of Hello Middle East.
It was at Motivate that Tom started working in local radio, providing a regular entertainment slot for Emirates Radio 1 and 2 called What’s On Tom? He then went on to host the morning show (The Good Life) for the re-launch of Dubai Eye 103.8, the first English language talk radio station in the UAE. From there he moved to the evening drive time slot where he oversaw the launch of the stations Sport Talk show as presenter and executive producer.
A move into television soon followed and Tom has worked extensively on the small screen in the last decade. He was chosen as host for City 7's Good Morning Dubai show, the first live English language breakfast show in the UAE. He has also been featured in a Discovery Channel feature on Dubai, A Place in the Sun from the UK, and Lonely Planet does Dubai.
Tom featured as a regular pundit on the first season of Dubai One's weekly sports show before taking over as Host for the second and final season.
In September 2010 Urquhart began co-presenting Dubai One's weekly lifestyle show Ask One. In 2011 Ask One got a revamp including a new set and new name, . He currently presents Studio One five nights a week.
Tom can be heard on Dubai Eye 103.8 and on screen for the latest Emirates Airline campaign.
Recognition
In 2011 Tom was recognised as a media trendsetter in the Hot 100.

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