Joel Ross
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| Born | Joel Hogg 31 May 1977 Scarborough, North Yorkshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Joel |
| Occupation | Disc Jockey, Television Presenter |
Joel Ross (born Joel Hogg in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, 31 May 1977) is a British radio DJ. Along with Jason King (known on air as JK) he presented the coveted UK Top 40 show on BBC Radio 1 each Sunday from March 2005 to October 2007. They also hosted the network's early breakfast show from Monday to Thursday.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Early radio presenter
Joel started out in radio as a presenter on his hometown station Yorkshire Coast Radio in 1993 at the age of 16 presenting the evening show and Nothing But the 90s.
He left in late 1995 and moved further up north and presented various shows on Minster FM, A1FM, Sun City 103.4, TFM and Metro FM as well as being a travel presenter for many stations in the North.
[edit] JK and Joel
He joined Viking FM in 1996, starting on the nightshift. He worked his way up to the late show, off-air breakfast producer, evening show host and afternoon show presenter. He was then offered the chance to pair up with JK, a long-time colleague and socialising partner, on the breakfast show which JK had hosted alone for the previous year.
Initially the arrangement was just for Joel to earn some overtime from his afternoon shift by reading JK's travel reports; but instantly it became clear that the pair had a natural broadcasting rapport as well as great ability to communicate with the audience, and so Joel was relieved of his afternoon duties and elevated to the role of breakfast co-host.
They are the winners of two Sony Radio Academy Awards in 2005; a Gold for 'Breakfast Show Of The Year' and a Silver for 'Entertainment Show'.
Their cheeky, laddish, infectious style ensured a rapid rise in the ratings and the move to Manchester's Key 103.
They went on to join BBC Radio 1 in Spring of 2004. They initially hosted a weekend afternoon programme before moving to the Radio 1 Chart show in March 2005. They also presented the early breakfast show every Monday - Thursday from 4:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. replacing Nemone Metaxas who left to join BBC 6 Music. They did not host the early breakfast show on a Friday, to compensate for their Sunday chart show and TV commitments, being replaced by Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates of Top of the Pops fame, who presented the BBC Radio 1 Chart Show together until the latter part of 2009 when Fearne Cotton was given her own daytime show. Reggie Yates now presents the Chart Show on his own.
They have also hosted programmes for BBC Three, Pure Soap, and Men & Motors. Joel distinguished himself by winning Channel 5's 2005 Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver competition on September 25, 2005, despite the best efforts of JK, his co-driver. They were also seen every Sunday morning on CBBC on Escape from Scorpion Island on BBC Two. They took over from Reggie Yates and Caroline Flack who hosted the first series. JK and Joel were the presenters of both series 2 and series 3 of Escape from Scorpion Island.
In January 2006, the duo won a "celebrity pairings" edition of The Weakest Link, raising £12,900 for the Five Stars Scanner Appeal, a children's charity they had supported while working in Manchester.
In February 2007 JK and Joel appeared on Virgin Media TV channel 999, 'Virgin iD' introducing the new features of the cable service.
In February 2007 the two men became presenters of the award winning CBBC show Hider in the House, where a celebrity has to be hidden in a house, without one parent finding out. The children involved must undergo a series of tasks to win prizes which they will receive if the parent doesn't find the celebrity. The last episode in the series of 20 finished at the end of June 2007. The second series of 22 episodes is still running on Sunday mornings on BBC2 at 9am and is the most watched kids programmes on the channel.
On 7 July 2007, JK and Joel launched on ITV with their new show music quiz show Sing It Back: Lyric Champion.
In October 2007 by mutual decision and on good terms they left Radio 1 but continue to have strong ties with the BBC as presenters. Their last show being the chart show on September 30. They were replaced by Greg James in the early breakfast slot,who the pair said on the record that "Greg is the next big thing in radio" and taking over the chart show were good friends Fearne & Reggie.
They then joined Virgin Radio presenting their 10am - 1pm slot at weekends, but decided to leave the station in the later part of 2008[1][2] following the radio stations take over and subsequent rebranding as Absolute Radio.
Between 2008 and 2009, the pair presented series 2 and 3 of Escape from Scorpion Island on ABC in Australia and the BBC in the United Kingdom. They hosted the first series of My Camp Rock on the Disney Channel in the UK and Ireland in 2009.
JK and Joel made a return to radio in early 2009, covering shows on Manchester's Key 103 and Leeds' 96.3 Radio Aire. In July 2009, it was announced that the duo would permanently take over the breakfast show from Simon Logan on Radio Aire. They made their debut on July 20 2009 and left the station in July 2011. They also presented JK and Joel's Saturday Night Thing on some Bauer Place stations until July 2011.[3]
Their new TV show Remote Control Star launched on BBC in early 2011.
In August 2011, JK and Joel presented stints on the Capital network.
From 23 January 2012, JK co-presents Heart Breakfast alongside Lucy Horobin on Heart Solent, meaning the duo no longer work in radio together.[4]
[edit] Outside radio
Joel's passions away from radio include the television soap opera Prisoner: Cell Block H, as well as a love for professional wrestling. He co-hosts The Sun's WrestleCast with journalist Simon 'LilsBoy' Rothstein, interviewing WWE and TNA wrestlers. His dream is to work in the USA full time and be involved with wrestling in some writing/broadcasting capacity.
[edit] References
- ^ Joel, JK (9/1/2008). "http://onegoldensquare.com/2008/09/new-arrival-by-clive-dickens/". One Golden Square. http://onegoldensquare.com/2008/09/new-arrival-by-clive-dickens/. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ^ "Listeners' Questions about Absolute Radio". VirginRadio.co.uk. 2008-09-01. http://www.virginradio.co.uk/about/questions.html. Retrieved 2008-09-01.[dead link]
- ^ Radio Aire gets new programme director Bauer Media Advertising
- ^ JK and Lucy join Heart Solent Radio Today, 16 January 2012
