Jon Hillcock
Jon Hillcock | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 January 1979 |
| Occupation | Radio Presenter |
Jon Hillcock (born 25 January 1979) is a British radio DJ, presenter, voiceover artist and writer. He is currently a deputy presenter on BBC Radio 6 Music.[1]
Media career[edit]
Radio[edit]
Hillcock began his radio career presenting on Loughborough Campus Radio, while studying at Loughborough University in 2001. Following graduation, material from the LCR show was used to secure employment as a DJ/presenter on Virgin Megastores’ national in-store radio station, VMR.
While working at VMR full-time as assistant manager and DJ, Hillcock also began working on John Kennedy's X-Posure at London station Xfm, which eventually led to him becoming a full-time presenter. Following a stint presenting early breakfast at Xfm alongside general relief cover across the schedule - including regular cover for John Kennedy - in September 2007 Hillcock was given his own Saturday night specialist music show. New Noise shared its name with a new music podcast he had also started producing and presenting that year.[2]
In 2009 Hillcock joined NME Radio[3] to continue presenting both his weekly specialist new music programme New Noise, alongside a new daily programme from 10 am to 2 pm.
Since 2010 Hillcock has been used as cover on a number of programmes for the BBC. For Janice Long on BBC Radio 2, and Tom Ravenscroft, Marc Riley, Tom Robinson, Gideon Coe, Now Playing at 6 Music, Steve Lamacq, Jon Holmes, Chris Hawkins and Nemone on BBC Radio 6 Music. Jon has most recently been found standing in for Shaun W Keaveny on his regular 'sick days'.
In 2011 Hillcock was invited to present a show on Domino Radio, a short-term radio station set up by Domino Records.[4]
Hillcock's new music podcast New Noise was renamed All Back No Front in October 2012. The relaunch coincided with the start of All Back No Front Live - a series of gigs curated and promoted by Hillcock in London.
Music writing[edit]
Since August 2011 Hillcock has written a weekly live music review column for Clash Magazine.[5] He has also contributed to Q Magazine and NME.
Voice work[edit]
Hillcock is voiceover artist and has lent his voice to many different album and single advertising campaigns. He has been a continuity announcer for ITV3, ITV4, Virgin 1/Channel One & Sky2 and is also a regular voice on BBC America.
Personal life[edit]
Hillcock has a sister, is married and has three daughters.
He is a fan of Charlton Athletic FC.
References[edit]
- ^ "TV & Radio Programmes". BBC. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ^ "Jon Hillcock: New Noise Podcast". podfeed.net. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ^ Plunkett, John (1 October 2009). "NME Radio hires Xfm's Jon Hillcock". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ^ "DOMINO RADIO IS LIVE!!!". Domino Records. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ^ Hillcock, Jon. "New Noise Live - August". Clash Music. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
