Jason King (also known as JK, born Jason Griffiths, 6 January 1975) is a radio DJ and TV presenter of programmes such as

Hider in the House ''Hider in the House'' is a British children's game show presented by Jason King and Joel Ross (aka JK and Joel). In the programme, a celebrity has to be hidden in a family's house by three children and a parent. If the family has fewer than t ...

and

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with friend and long-time colleague

Joel Ross Joel Ross (born Joel Hogg 31 May 1977) is a multi award winning British radio DJ and television presenter. He has worked with a co-host Jason King (known on-air as JK). He currently presents the Rock FM Breakfast Show. Career Best known ...

. He is currently employed by

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on Weekday drivetime from 4pm to 7pm. Also, King presents Saturday mid-mornings on

Heart FM Heart is a British radio network and brand of 13 adult contemporary local stations operated by Global throughout the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming. Ten of the Heart stations are owned by Global, while th ...

from 9am to 12PM Both radio shows are co-hosted with

Kelly Brook Kelly Ann Parsons (born 23 November 1979), known professionally as Kelly Brook, is an English model, actress, and media personality. She is known for her modelling work in the UK, and in the US for her role as Prudence on the NBC sitcom ''One ...

Career

Early radio career

Jason King has formerly presented for

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and 96.9 Viking FM in Hull, where he met, and was first paired on-air with,

JK and Joel

King had become breakfast show host in 1998 after two years on the lunchtime slot, while also hosting a weekend

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programme called "''Club 969''". After a year of presenting the breakfast slot alone, he was paired up with Ross (a long-time colleague and socialising partner). Initially, the arrangement was just for Ross 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 Ross was relieved of his afternoon duties and elevated to the role of breakfast co-host. Together, they won two Gold Sony Radio Academy Awards for 'Breakfast Show Of The Year' and a Silver for 'Entertainment Show'. This success led to the pair working together on many other projects in radio and television, until going their separate ways in 2013.

Other Work

JK took part in the

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series "'' The Games''" where he finished third. He recently appeared on "''Celebrity Poker''", but has since said that he "''won't be appearing on any more reality shows as

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been on too many''". For more information on his career visit the page dedicated to JK and Joel. JK also took part in

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and was the eventual winner From 23 January 2012 he co-presented''Heart Breakfast'' alongside

Lucy Horobin Lucy Clare Horobin (born 17 October 1979 in Canterbury, Kent) is a British radio presenter well-known for presenting Heart London Drivetime with Jason King. She attended Nottingham Trent University where she achieved a BA (Hons) in Broadcast ...

Heart Solent Heart Solent was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcast to southern and western parts of Hampshire, West Sussex, Dorset and Isle of Wight. The station launched on 30 July 2010 as a r ...

.JK and Lucy join Heart Solent
Radio Today, 16 January 2012 On 4 August 2012 he began co-presenting Saturday breakfast alongside Horobin across the

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. From 13 until 29 August 2012 he and Horobin presented ''Heart Breakfast'' on

, in the absence of Harriet Scott and

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, meaning they were absent from their usual show on Heart Solent. In 2013 JK along with his co-host Lucy moved to

to present weekday drivetime. Since 2019, JK is presenting his radio shows with model & actress

following Horobin's move to Heart Dance.

Personal life

Jason King attended Tenbury High School. Away from the media spotlight, JK is a football fan and an animal lover. A

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's son, he initially wanted to work for the

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. As a young child he lived on a dairy farm with his family. King started dating former ''

Hear'Say Hear'Say were a British pop group. They were created through the ITV (TV network), ITV reality TV show ''Popstars (British TV series), Popstars'' in February 2001, the first UK series of the international ''Popstars'' Media franchise, franchi ...

'' singer

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in December 2005, after appearing together on ''

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.'' The couple had been friends since Shaw's ''Hear'Say'' days, and lived together with Shaw's son in

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. They announced their engagement in August 2008, and the couple married on 14 June 2009. On 13 February 2012 it was announced the couple had separated. He is now married to radio DJ Charlie O'Brien who co-presented the weekday breakfast show for

Heart Kent Heart Kent (previously Invicta FM) was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcast to Kent from studios at John Wilson Business Park in Whitstable. History Invicta in the 80s Originall ...

with James Hemming. The couple have a son born February 2015 and a daughter born August 2017.

References

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