Nigel Williams, sometimes known as NJ Williams is a British broadcaster and

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Biography

Williams studied Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the

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where he became involved in the campus radio station as well as a broadcaster at Hospital Radio Wexham (Slough). In 1983, he began his professional radio career at

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in Guildford. Later, he presented programmes for Radio City, Chiltern Radio, The Superstation, Virgin Radio,

Magic 105.4 Magic Radio is a British digital radio station owned and operated by Bauer. The station is available on 105.4 FM in London and across the UK on Digital Radio, on the Magic Radio app, television and online. It had previously been a part of a ...

, Heart 106.2, BBC Surrey and

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. At Heart 106.2 Williams presented ''Late Night Love Songs''. The show featured true relationship stories sent in by listeners (Love Letters). Late Night Love Songs became the first show on the station to overtake Capital Radio as the market leader in London. A book of the best stories on Late Night Love Songs was published called 'Love Letters Straight from the Heart.' In recent years, Williams has been a mainstay of Jazz FM's daytime schedule – and is currently the station's breakfast presenter.
http://www.jazzfm.com/on-air/nigel-williams/] As a voice-over artist, Williams has been heard on commercials for McDonald's, '' PC World'',

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, Cheerios, Lloyds TSB etc. He was the image voice for LWT and

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from 1990 to 2004. He has been heard on

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, LBC News 1152 and the

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of radio stations. He voice has been used as the image voice of LBC,

BBC Northampton BBC Radio Northampton is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Northamptonshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Abington Street in Northampton. According to RAJAR, the station has a we ...

Compass FM Compass FM was an Independent Local Radio station serving Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham. Last owned by Bauer Radio, the station broadcast from 2001 to 2020, when it was subsumed by Greatest Hits Radio, as part of its Yorkshire region. L ...

Ridings FM Ridings FM was a local radio station serving the Wakefield District of West Yorkshire. The station was folded into Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire, as part of a rebrand, on 1 September 2020. Studios The station was originally based at Thornes Of ...

and

Rutland Radio Rutland Radio was an Independent Local Radio station which served the county of Rutland and the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire. It broadcast on 107.2 FM in Rutland and 97.4 FM across Stamford and launched on 13 December 1998 from Knights Ya ...

he continues to work as a voice-over talent from his own studios in London. Recent work includes

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, training programmes for

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and a controversial ad for the infidelity website Ashley Madison featured on the Howard Stern radio show. In January 2020, Williams was nominated for Best Music Presenter ARIAS https://www.radioacademy.org/arias/nominees-2020/

References

External links

Nigel Williams Official website

6th Vision Ltd Showbiz Agent

Nigel's YouTube Channel
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