Darryl Morris (presenter)

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Darryl Morris
Born (1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 34)[ citation needed ]
Bolton, England[ citation needed ]
NationalityBritish
Years active2006–present[ citation needed ]
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]

Morris was raised in Horwich and attended Rivington and Blackrod High School. [2]

Before joining Times Radio, he presented the Early Breakfast show on sister station talkRADIO.[ citation needed ]

Morris started out on school radio, and was a youth presenter on the 4 episodes of 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. [3]

In 2008, Morris appeared in Chicago Town Pizza television adverts. [3]

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

On 24 June 2012 he returned to Bauer Radio (Key 103, Rock FM and The Hits Radio). [4]

He hosted Darryl Morris in the Morning, the breakfast show on The Hits and Bauer City 3 from 2013 [5] until August 2015. He also hosted a Saturday talk show on Liverpool's Radio City Talk.[ citation needed ]

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. [6] He also hosted the Breakfast Show on Rock FM. [7]

In 2019, Morris moved into speech radio and joined talkRADIO to host the overnight show before moving to Early Breakfast. [8]

In 2021, he produced and presented a documentary about manipulative web design, Dark Patterns, for BBC World Service. [9]

He has had bylines in Grazia , The Guardian and HuffPost [10] and a weekly column in the Lancashire Evening Post .[ citation needed ] He occasionally contributes on BBC News, Sky News and Good Morning Britain , Jeremy Vine on Channel 5.[ citation needed ]

Morris lives in Manchester and is a season-ticket holder for Bolton Wanderers Football Club. [11] Morris left TalkTV in September 2022.[ citation needed ]

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