Darryl Morris (presenter)

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Darryl Morris
Born (1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 33)
Bolton, England
NationalityBritish
Years active2006–present
Known forRadio
Website www.darrylmorris.co.uk

Darryl Morris (born 7 September 1990) is an English radio broadcaster. He currently hosts the weekend late show on national speech radio station Times Radio. [1]

Prior to joining Times Radio, he hosted the Early Breakfast show on sister station talkRADIO.

Morris began on school radio before being signed to present BBC World Service series Generation Next. He had brief stints at Manchester-based radio station Key 103 and digital station The Hits Radio, as well as working for BBC Radio Manchester as a researcher. [2]

In 2008, Morris appeared in Chicago Town Pizza television adverts. [2]

In 2009, he joined Global Radio to work across the now rebranded Capital Manchester, formerly Galaxy Manchester, and XFM Manchester. He also presented 12-4pm weekdays on 1458 Gold Radio.

On 24 June 2012 he returned to Bauer Radio (Key 103, Rock FM and The Hits Radio). [3]

He hosted Darryl Morris in the Morning, the breakfast show on The Hits and Bauer City 3 from 2013 [4] until August 2015. He also hosted a Saturday talk show on Liverpool's Radio City Talk.

He became presenter of Bauer Media Group's Evening Show in July 2016, broadcasting on 9 different radio stations including Key 103, Radio City and Metro Radio. [5] He also hosted the Breakfast Show on Rock FM. [6]

In 2019, Morris moved into speech radio and joined talkRADIO to host the overnight show before moving to Early Breakfast. [7]

In 2021, he produced and presented a documentary about manipulative web design, Dark Patterns, for BBC World Service. [8]

He has had articles in Grazia , The Guardian and HuffPost [9] and a weekly column in the Lancashire Evening Post . He can occationally be seen as a contributor on BBC News, Sky News and Good Morning Britain'Jeremy Vine (TV programme)on Channel 5

Morris lives in Manchester and is a season-ticket holder for Bolton Wanderers Football Club. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Darcy, Libby (2022-10-07). "Times Radio announces new evening schedule for Autumn". News UK. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  2. 1 2 "Triple A Media".
  3. ↑ "New late show host on Rock FM & Key 103". August 8, 2012.
  4. ↑ New talent and live breakfast for The Hits, Radio Today, 11 February 2013
  5. ↑ "More presenter changes across Bauer's City stations". Radio Today. 4 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Darryl Morris takes over Rock FM Breakfast". Radio Today. 12 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Overnight changes at talkRADIO and talkSPORT". RadioToday. 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  8. ↑ "BBC World Service - The Documentary, Dark patterns". BBC. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
  9. ↑ "Darryl Morris | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.co.uk.
  10. ↑ I left TalkTalk TV in September 2022Admin, BWFCST. "BWFC Legends Match | Edited highlights with commentary by Jack Dearden and Darryl Morris". www.bwfcst.co.uk.
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