JK and Joel
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JK and Joel (Jason King - born Jason Griffiths in January 1975; and Joel Ross - born Joel Hogg in May 1977) are a British duo who have co-presented radio shows since 1999 and are the current hosts of the official UK chart and the early breakfast show (Monday - Thursday) on BBC Radio 1.
The two first worked together at Viking FM in Hull from 1996 when Ross joined the station to present the overnight programme. King was hosting the afternoon show at the time. In 1998 King took over the breakfast show and Ross, who was on the afternoon programme, later began reading the travel bulletins on the show. Eventually the two were paired up as co-hosts and together they won a bronze at the acclaimed Sony Radio Awards in 2000 for Best Breakfast show.
They left Viking FM to join Key 103 in Manchester in 2000, hosting the breakfast show there before going to Radio 1 in 2004. They initially hosted a weekend afternoon programme before moving to the Radio 1 Chart show in March 2005. Just weeks into their tenure, one of the most important moments in UK chart history materialised as for the first time downloads were now incorporated into physical sales. They also present the early breakfast show every Monday - Thursday from 4:00am - 6:55am as of September 2005, replacing Nemone Metaxas who left to join BBC 6 Music. Unusually they don't host the early breakfast show on a Friday, to compensate for their Sunday chart show commitments, being replaced by Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates of Top of the Pops fame for one day a week.
They have also hosted programmes for BBC Three, Pure Soap, and Men & Motors. Joel distinguished himself by winning Channel 5's 2005 Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver competition on September 25, 2005, despite the best efforts of JK, his co-driver. They were also seen every Saturday morning on CBBC show Top of the Pops Reloaded on BBC Two which ended in April 2006.
In January 2006, the duo won a "celebrity pairings" edition of The Weakest Link, raising £12,900 for the Five Star Appeal, a children's charity they had supported while working in Manchester.
| Preceded by Wes Butters |
BBC Radio One chart show presenter 2005 - |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
