Jo Russell
Jo Russell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 December |
| Occupation | Radio Presenter |
| Known for | Presenting the weekend morning show on Absolute Radio |
| Website | Absolute Radio profile |
Jo Russell is an English radio DJ who was one half of the Sony Award winning [1]Jo And Twiggy on the Trent FM weekday breakfast show. As of 3 November 2008 she began presenting the weekend morning show on national Absolute Radio, replacing JK and Joel. She is well known for her ironic sense of humour.
There was recently an article in which Jo Russell from Absolute Radio said her Radio Dream Team was Hamish & Andy, they replied with "we wish it had been written by Ricky Gervais".
Awards
- SONY SILVER - BREAKFAST MUSIC 2002
- SONY SILVER - ENTERTAINMENT 2003
- SONY SILVER - DJ OF THE YEAR 2004
- SONY BRONZE - DJ OF THE YEAR 2005
- SONY NOMINATION – ENTERTAINMENT 2007
- SONY NOMINATION – BREAKFAST SHOW 2007
- SONY NOMINATION – ENTERTAINMENT 2008
- SONY NOMINATION – BREAKFAST SHOW 2008
- EUROPEAN RADIO AWARDS – BEST BREAKFAST SHOW 2007
- ARQUIVA AWARD NOMINATION – RADIO PRESENTER 2007
- ARQUIVA AWARD – COMMERCIAL RADIO PRESENTERS 2008
- GCAPMEDIA - BEST BREAKFAST SHOW 2005
- GCAPMEDIA - BEST COMMUNITY AWARD 2006
- GCAPMEDIA - BEST STUNT 2006
- GCAPMEDIA - BEST PRODUCTION 2006
- GCAPMEDIA - BEST BREAKFAST SHOW 2006
- NTL SOCIAL INTERACTION AWARD 2002
Radio career
Jo started working in radio worked at York Hospital Radio. She then moved on to weekends at Stray FM in Harrogate and then a full time gig at Minster FM in York.[2]
Jo eventually started working on the breakfast show of a local radio station in Derby, where she worked for three years. It was there she met Andy "Twiggy" Twigge, with whom she later partnered with. Two years later she and Twiggy moved to Trent FM, starting the Jo and Twiggy breakfast show, which ran for over ten years.
Trent FM
Jo worked alongside Twiggy for over ten years at Trent FM, during which time they picked up Sony Award after Sony Award beating among others, Stephen Fry, Ricky Gervais and Jonathan Ross.
Absolute Radio
In September 2008 it was announced that Jo was leaving Trent FM to take over the weekend mid-morning show on Absolute Radio as part of their new line-up. Jo replaced JK and Joel.[3][4]
Her team now includes Producer Paul and Newsreader Adrian. She is attracting regular guests which include Richard Hammond, Justin Lee Collins, Richard Madeley, Heston Blumenthal, John McCririck , Ray Parker Junior, The Script, Zac Efron, Anthony Daniels, C3PO, Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon, Michael C Hall
References
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