Dominic Byrne
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 Dominic Byrne (right) outside BBC Radio 1 with Shipwrecked 09's Andrew Dearling, September 2010 |
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| Birth name | Dominic Anthony Byrne |
| Born | 10 November 1972 Norwich, England |
| Show | The Chris Moyles Show |
| Station(s) | BBC Radio 1 |
| Time slot | 6:30am - 10am |
| Style | Newscaster |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Spouse(s) | Nicola Byrne |
| Children | Finton James Byrne Xanthe Rose Byrne Tilda Ruby Star Byrne |
| Website | Folk Face Official Website |
Dominic Anthony Byrne (born 10 November 1972) is a newsreader for BBC Radio 1 and a presenter on the BBC News Channel.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Norwich, Norfolk,[1] Byrne attended St Ivo School before attending Bournemouth University. He currently reads the news on The Chris Moyles Show and on Fearne Cotton's show on BBC Radio 1. In addition, he also presents Newsbeat's Oddbox video clip show on BBC News and Dragon's Den Online, the online spin off from the Dragons' Den TV programme.[2] In December 2011 Dominic Byrne championed the song Dominick the Donkey by Italian American singer Lou Monte on The Chris Moyles Show, helping it achieve a peak chart position of number 3 on the UK Top 40 during Christmas 2011.
[edit] Career
Byrne's career began at Kiss 102 in Manchester, reading the breakfast show news. After moving to London he freelanced at Independent Radio News and Virgin Radio.
Byrne has also interviewed many celebrities for the show including Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Alan Sugar, David Schwimmer, Uma Thurman, Goldie Lookin' Chain, and more recently Reese Witherspoon, William Shatner, Al Gore, Richard E. Grant, Daniel Craig, Bruce Willis, Bono, Adam Clayton, Daniel Radcliffe, Robert Downey Jr, Jennifer Aniston, Jedward, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jennifer Lopez, Elton John, Cameron Diaz and Peppa Pig.
On 27 April 2007, Dominic Byrne co-hosted BBC Radio Norfolk's The Chris and Nicky Show. Byrne says he has always been a fan of local radio and has always wanted to host a local radio phone in show. The Chris Moyles Show was also broadcast from BBC Radio Norfolk's building, The Forum, on the same day so that Byrne could continue his news reading duties. Byrne also provided the voice of an alien called Zorst in the CBeebies show Space Pirates.[3] He does voice-overs for the entertainment channel Watch.
[edit] Newsbeat's Oddbox
In 2007, Newsbeat's Oddbox was launched. A four minute video which looks at the week's strangest news, presented by Dominic Byrne (and Natalie Jamieson when he is away). It is available to watch at BBC Online, on the BBC Red Button and on the BBC News channel.
[edit] Bands
Dominic Byrne is part of comedy folk band Folk Face with Comedy Dave also from The Chris Moyles Show.
[edit] References
- ^ "Reporter Profiles: Dominic Byrne", BBC, retrieved 2010-12-05
- ^ Bearne, Suzanne (2009) "BBC launches online version of 'Dragons' Den'", New Media Age, 18 March 2009
- ^ "Interview: Dominic Byrne", BBC, retrieved 2010-12-05
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