Johnny Lewis (DJ)
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| Johnny Lewis | |
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| Born | 25 December 1958 Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
| Show | "KMFM Thanet Breakfast" |
| Station(s) | KMFM Thanet |
| Time slot | Monday - Friday |
| Style | Disc Jockey |
| Country | England |
Johnny Lewis (born 25 December 1958) is a DJ who has broadcast across numerous radio stations in his career including Radio Caroline and the KMFM stations.
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[edit] Early Years
Lewis was born in Ipswich, Suffolk. Originally deciding to become a farmer, he ended up at the Radio Caroline ship in 1977 to fix a generator. Due to seasickness by another presenter, he was asked to step in and began his career in broadcasting.[1]
[edit] Career
Lewis was Programme Controller of Kent-based station Invicta FM from 1992 to 1993 and also presented on the station. Since 1997 he has been broadcasting on the KMFM network, based at the Thanet studio, and was one of the first presenters on what was then TLR 107.2. He presents weekday breakfast on KMFM Thanet[1] (having formerly presented Saturday breakfast on KMFM Shepway and White Cliffs Country), and formerly presented a networked show, "The Vinyl Years", on Sunday evenings across all seven KMFM stations until September 2010.
[edit] Personal
His hobbies including cooking, golf and real ale.