Editing Pat Sharp (section)

==Radio work==
Sharp worked as a presenter at [[BBC Radio 1]] in 1982 and 1983, mixing holiday cover for other radio presenters<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/barryskipsey/1982-09-06-r1-pat-sharp-first-show/|title=Pat Sharp first show|website=mixcloud.com|accessdate=4 September 2022}}</ref> with a regular early Sunday morning slot and television appearances hosting [[BBC1]]'s ''[[Top of the Pops]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/pat_sharp.htm|title=People: Pat Sharp|publisher=Radio Rewind|access-date=12 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626072316/http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/pat_sharp.htm|archive-date=26 June 2007}}</ref> He deputised for [[David Jensen]] on ''[[The Network Chart Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jinglemad.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?3630|title=Reference to Pat Sharp on The Network Chart Show|publisher=jinglemad.com|access-date=25 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226130206/http://www.jinglemad.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?3630|archive-date=26 February 2012}}</ref> In the mid-1980s he became a DJ for [[Mercury FM|Radio Mercury]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercuryfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1533463|title=Reference to Pat Sharp on Radio Mercury|publisher=Mercury FM|access-date=25 January 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref> and has also worked for the [[British Forces Broadcasting Service]]. For 10 years, starting in 1987, Sharp was a DJ on [[Capital London|Capital FM]] in London<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heartcambridge.co.uk/Article.asp?id=408331|title=Reference to Pat Sharp on Capital Radio for ten years!|publisher=Heart Cambridge|access-date=25 January 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref> followed by another 11 years at Heart, both in London and [[Cambridge]].

In the late 1980s, Sharp teamed up with his Capital colleague Mick Brown as the duo [[Pat and Mick]], to release the charity singles "[[Let's All Chant]]" and "I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet". Both songs made the Top 20 of the UK singles chart. The duo released five hit singles making the Top 75, raising more than a million pounds for charity.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://weekenderinteractive.butlinsonline.co.uk/features/we-love-the-80s/pat-sharp | title = Reference to Pat & Mick raising over a million pounds for charity | publisher = Butlins | access-date = 25 January 2010 | archive-date = 17 March 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100317160935/http://weekenderinteractive.butlinsonline.co.uk/features/we-love-the-80s/pat-sharp | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In 1987, he was voted as having the worst haircut (winning this accolade more than once) at the [[Smash Hits Poll Winners Party|''Smash Hits'' Poll Winners Party]] awards, where he was also in the top three DJs. He was awarded the [[Radio Academy Awards|Sony Award]] in 1992 for best DJ.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.100centuryfm.com/Article.asp?id=77431 | title = Pat Sharp | publisher = [[Century FM]] | access-date = 12 June 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928165958/http://www.100centuryfm.com/Article.asp?id=77431 | archive-date = 28 September 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

Between 1997 and 2004, Sharp presented [[Heart London|Heart 106.2]]'s weekday morning ''Time Tunnel'' show. Following this, Sharp was a presenter on the [[Century Network|Century FM]] group of stations.  In December 2010, Sharp joined [[Smooth Radio (2010)|Smooth Radio]] to host Weekend Breakfast.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2011/01/sharp-keeps-it-smooth/ |title=Pat Sharp keeps it Smooth |work=Radio Today |date=12 January 2011 |access-date=26 January 2012}}</ref> He was officially appointed as the station's Weekend Breakfast presenter in January 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.gmgradio.com/news/story/pat-sharp-to-join-smooth-radio-lineup/168|title= Pat Sharp to Join Smooth Radio Line-up|publisher= Guardian Media Group|work= GMG Radio|date= 12 January 2011|access-date= 27 March 2011|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111219025421/http://www.gmgradio.com/news/story/pat-sharp-to-join-smooth-radio-lineup/168|archive-date= 19 December 2011|df= dmy-all}}</ref> In January 2013 Sharp became the station's weekday afternoon presenter after an overhaul of the Smooth schedule, replacing [[Carlos (DJ)|Carlos]] who moved to weeknights.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/01/pat-sharp-gets-daily-show-on-smooth-radio/ |title=Pat Sharp gets daily show on Smooth Radio|publisher= Radio Today |date= 7 January 2013|access-date=7 January 2013}}</ref>

Smooth Radio was acquired by Global Radio in 2013. Following a studio and business move to Global's headquarters in [[Leicester Square]], Pat Sharp and [[David Jensen]] were then dropped from the schedules on 19 December 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/12/kid-jensen-pat-sharp-leave-smooth-radio/ |title=Pat Sharp leaves Smooth |work=Radio Today |date=19 December 2013 |access-date=19 December 2013}}</ref> Sharp started broadcasting on the Breeze network New Year's Eve 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://portsmouth.thebreeze.com/on-air/pat-sharp/ |title=Pat Sharp Bio=Breeze |date=31 December 2013 |access-date=31 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140101092123/http://portsmouth.thebreeze.com/on-air/pat-sharp/ |archive-date=1 January 2014  }}</ref> He also formerly appeared regularly on [[Greatest Hits Radio South Coast|Sam FM]] south coast.

In 2018, Sharp covered the mid-morning show on Southampton-based Hampshire Hit Radio for a week. He also appeared covering on Guildford-based Eagle Radio in recent years, before that station became Greatest Hits Radio.

Sharp fronts ''All The Hits'', a weekly syndicated radio show produced by [[Blue Revolution (production company)|Blue Revolution]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bluerevolution.com/all-the-hits|title=All The Hits|date=24 December 2012|website=Blue Revolution}}</ref> which is broadcast on various stations around the world{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}.

From February 2019 to March 2023, Sharp presented a weekend radio show on [[Greatest Hits Radio]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2019/02/pat-sharp-joins-greatest-hits-radio-weekends/|title=Pat Sharp joins Greatest Hits Radio weekends|date=19 February 2019|website=Radio Today}}</ref> as well as P8 Pop in Norway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/12/pat-sharp-joins-norwegian-radio-station-p8/|title=Pat Sharp joins Norwegian radio station P8|date=7 December 2017|website=Radio Today}}</ref>