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Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi (), known as OJ Borg (born 4 April 1979), is a British radio and television presenter employed by the

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Career

Radio

Borg is currently the presenter of

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's weekday overnight programme. He has previously deputised for

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, Steve Wright,

Scott Mills Scott Robert Mills (born 28 March 1973) is an English radio DJ, television presenter and occasional actor. He is best known for presenting the '' Scott Mills'' show on BBC Radio 1 from 2004 to 2022 and since then, on BBC Radio 2. Mills has also ...

and

Craig Charles Craig Joseph Charles (born 11 July 1964) is an English actor, comedian, television and radio presenter. He is best known for his roles as Dave Lister in the science fiction sitcom ''Red Dwarf'' and Lloyd Mullaney in the soap opera ''Coronation ...

. When Steve Wright was replaced by Scott Mills in 2022, Borg covered the Afternoon Show from 2 to 5pm for several weeks between the two presenters on Radio 2. Borg also co-owns his own production company - MegaCityDigital - through which he produces and hosts a cycling

podcast A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...

and a

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(MMA) podcast for the BBC, directed and presented '100 things to do on your bike' for the Bike Channel and produced social media content for the

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awards. Previously, he presented

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's cycling show ''BeSpoke''. For two years he was the presenter of ''The Hometime'' show on

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, before that he co-hosted the drivetime programme on

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with

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. In 2007, Borg presented ''The Saturday Breakfast Show'' on

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before the station was sold and renamed

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. In his early career he co-hosted the breakfast show on 96.2 The Revolution. From 2016-2017, he also presented ''Rock 'N' Roll Football'' on

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. In August 2018, Borg covered the Radio 2 drivetime Show with

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. In December 2020, he covered the Saturday breakfast show on Boxing Day from 8am-10am.

Television

In 2005, Borg moved to London to host a daily live show on VH1 - ''Radio Gaga'' - with

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. While working for MTV networks he also presented the ''Rewind'' and ''Ultimate'' charts, the film show ''Screen'', and fronted guides to the

Oxegen Festival Oxegen was a music festival in Ireland, first held from 2004–2011 as a rock and pop festival and again in 2013 with dance and chart acts only. The event was regularly cited as Ireland's biggest music festival, and, by 2009, it was being ci ...

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and the clubs of

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. He also presented '' TMF Kicks'', working first with

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, then

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. For three years, Borg was a regular presenter of the National Lottery and

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programmes on

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. On 12 September 2007, Borg, along with

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, launched the new

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channel

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, presenting the weeknight live shows along with

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''North vs South''. During this time he also presented with Chanelle Hayes and

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. Borg was a continuity voice on newly branded channel '' Fiver'', and took part in ''The Bullrun'', a

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style rally across the United States which was documented for Channel 4 and Nuts TV. Borg has a keen interest in MMA and is the post-fight interviewer for

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broadcasting live on Channel 5. He is also the host of the monthly magazine show

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Fighting Talk on

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. He has presented darts coverage for

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and recently presented at the

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for

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. On 27 December 2011, he appeared on ''

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'' on

. Taking

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as his specialist subject (and dressed as Princess Leia), he finished third with 21 points.

Esports

Borg worked with

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and ESL One Cologne 2019 as Stage host, as well as multiple other ESL and IEM events - most recently IEM Cologne 2022. He has also worked with ESL for the

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World League, where he hosted events in the European region. From October 2020, Borg has presented ''World of Zwift'', a weekly round-up of what's going on in

Zwift Zwift is a massively multiplayer online cycling and running physical training program that enables users to interact, train, and compete in a virtual world. Zwift was developed by Zwift Inc., which was co-founded by Jon Mayfield, Eric Min, Scot ...

racing.

References

External links

''OJ Borg''
(BBC Radio 2)
''One Hit Wonders with OJ Borg''
(BBC Radio 2) {{DEFAULTSORT:Borg, O. J. 1979 births Living people British people of Maltese descent British radio personalities English radio personalities People from Leicester Darts people BBC Radio 2 presenters