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 for

Ross is best known for his work on

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and hosting BBC TV shows

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

Escape from Scorpion Island ''Escape from Scorpion Island'' is a BBC children's TV adventure game show in which contestants try to 'escape from an exotic island with a mind of its own' by doing various challenges to improve their chances of escaping. Series 1 was made by ...

Ross started out in radio as a presenter on his hometown station

Yorkshire Coast Radio Yorkshire Coast Radio was a local radio station serving Scarborough, Whitby & Bridlington. The station was folded into Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire, as part of a rebrand, on 1 September 2020. History For many years, several businessmen in S ...

in 1993, at the age of 16, presenting the evening show and ''Nothing But the 90's''. He left in late 1995 and went on to present various shows on

Minster FM Minster FM was a local radio station serving York and the surrounding areas such as Selby, Tadcaster, Thirsk, Northallerton and Goole. The station closed on 31 August 2020 and its frequency is now a relay of Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire York & ...

, A1FM, Sun City 103.4,

TFM Radio TFM is an Independent Local Radio station based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Teesside and surrounding areas of County Durham and North Yorkshire. As of Septem ...

and

Metro Radio Metro Radio is an Independent Local Radio station based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to County Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. As of September 2022, the ...

, as well as being a travel presenter for stations in the North.

JK and Joel

He joined

Viking FM Viking FM is an Independent Local Radio station based in Sheffield, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to the East Riding of Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire. As of September 2022, the s ...

in 1996, starting on the nightshift. He worked his way up to the late show, off-air breakfast producer, evening show host and afternoon show presenter. He was then offered the chance to pair up with JK on the breakfast show, which JK had hosted alone for the previous year.

Other work

In 2011, Ross became the host of Wrestle Talk TV. Originally a

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-based show talking about the recent wrestling action as well as interviews with both WWE and TNA wrestlers. The show debuted on Challenge on 26 August 2012. Ross was fired in March 2014 for making comments on social media which WTTV deemed "unacceptable". In January 2013, Ross joined

Heart West Midlands Heart West Midlands is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Heart network. It broadcasts to the West Midlands from studios in Birmingham. History Heart began broadcasting to the West Midlands on Tuesday 6 Septe ...

, presenting local weekend shows. He has also covered for

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on the networked evening show and the weekday breakfast show in the West Midlands. He joined

Heart North West Heart North West is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Heart network. It broadcasts to North West England from studios in the Spinningfields area of Manchester city centre. Overview Century Radio (1998–2009) ...

on 6 May 2014 as the station's breakfast show co-host, alongside Lorna Bancroft. In 2019, Heart nationalised their Breakfast show which brought an end to Joel and Lorna on

. Ross became the host of Rock FM's Breakfast Show .

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Joel 1977 births Living people Reality show winners British radio DJs People from Scarborough, North Yorkshire Capital (radio network) Heart (radio network) Top of the Pops presenters