Education
Born in Belfast Shankill Road area, Nolan was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, and Queen"s University Belfast where he studied French and Business Studies.
Born in Belfast Shankill Road area, Nolan was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, and Queen"s University Belfast where he studied French and Business Studies.
Radio Nolan always wanted to work on radio for the British Broadcasting Corporation, but was told by a senior manager that he would never be good enough to work for the Corporation. The following year, he was poached to work for British Broadcasting Corporation Northen Ireland, where he has worked since 2003, presenting The Stephen Nolan Show on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Ulster. In the handover from the Gerry Anderson show at half past ten each morning Nolan is usually on the end of a putdown or witticism from Anderson.
Since 16 July 2005, he has presented his own weekend phone-in show for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Five Live, airing from 10pm to 1am every Friday and Sunday, 9pm to midnight every Saturday, and Question Time Extra Time from 10pm to 1am every Thursday while Question Time is on British Broadcasting Corporation One, as one of the few Northern Irish presenters on mainstream United Kingdom radio.
In 2006 he was involved in a charity "boxing" match with Gerry Anderson in aid of Children in Need. Nolan was knocked down from a stray uppercut from Anderson.
In May 2008, he featured heavily on Chris Moyles" Radio 1 Breakfast Show for the line "That is not my name" in his heavy Northern Irish accent, a mis-quote of the Sue Tilley interview with Independent Television News. Moyles also edited a clip of Nolan to make it sound like he is telling his listeners to "buy good crack!" The origin of this is Nolan"s method of ending some calls, saying "Bye, cheers.
Bye, good craic.".