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 most famous for hosting the the official UK chart (at one time, the most listened to radio show in Europe) on BBC Radio 1 between 2005 and 2007 and currently hosting on Virgin Radio, from 10am - 1pm at weekends and covering the breakfast show

1 Career
2 Sony Award
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

The two first worked together at Viking FM in Hull from 1996 when Ross joined the station from Yorkshire Coast Radio 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 both a bronze and silver award at the acclaimed Sony Radio Awards in 2000 for Best Breakfast show.

They left Viking FM to join Key 103 in Manchester in 2000, taking over from Mike Toolan as hosts of the breakfast show where they won a further 3 SONY radio awards, GOLD for UK best breakfast show, SILVER for UKs best presenters and Bronze for thr competition award. They went on to join BBC Radio 1 in Spring of 2004. They initially hosted a weekend afternoon programme before moving to the Radio 1 Chart show in March 2005. They also presented the early breakfast show every Monday - Thursday from 4:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. as of September 2005, replacing Nemone Metaxas who left to join BBC 6 Music. Unusually they didn't host the early breakfast show on a Friday, to compensate for their Sunday chart show and TV commitments, being replaced previously by Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates of Top of the Pops fame.

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 Stars Scanner Appeal, a children's charity they had supported while working in Manchester.

In February 2007 JK and Joel appeared on Virgin Media TV channel 999, 'Virgin iD' introducing the new features of the cable service.

JK is currently dating ex Hear'Say singer Suzanne Shaw. Joel recently split from his girlfriend TV/Radio presenter Lynsey Horn and has dated soap star Tina O'Brien.

In February 2007 the pair became presenters of the new CBBC show Hider in the House, where a celebrity has to be hidden in a house, without one parent finding out. The children involved must undergo a series of tasks to win prizes which they will receive if the parent doesn't find the celebrity. The last episode in the series of 20 finished at the end of May 2007. The second series of 22 episodes is still running on Sunday mornings on BBC2 at 9am and is one of the most watched kids programmes on the channel.

On 7 July 2007, JK and Joel launched on ITV with their new show music quiz show Sing It Back: Lyric Champion.

They decided to leave Radio 1 in October 2007, their last show being the chart show on September 30th. They were replaced by Greg James in the early breakfast slot, and Fearne & Reggie for the chart show.

They are currently at Virgin Radio presenting their 10am - 1pm slot at weekends. They are to present the next two series of Escape from Scorpion Island in Australia for BBC1 and ABC1.

JK and Joel are managed by Grant Michaels and their PR is with Golden Goose PR

[edit] Sony Award

The Breakfast Show Of The year GOLD JK & Joel @ Breakfast Producer: Euan McMorrow Presenters: Jason King & Joel Ross Performer: Simon Lowe News reader: Paul Lockitt "Great spontaneous broadcasting. A compelling combination of creative comedy and engaging content. JK & Joel's ability to capitalise on the contributions of their listeners is complimented by a solid grasp of presentation skills. This is radio which is original, funny, irreverent and close to the edge, it offers two presenters who naturally and genuinely connect with each other and their audience."

SILVER Christian O'Connell's Breakfast Show

BRONZE Wake Up To Wogan