Darryl Morris (presenter)

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]

Darryl Morris
Born	(1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 33)^[citation needed] Bolton, England^[citation needed]
Nationality	British
Years active	2006–present^[citation needed]
Known for	Radio
Website	www.darrylmorris.co.uk

Prior to joining Times Radio, he hosted the Early Breakfast show on sister station talkRADIO.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[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).^[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.^{[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.^[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.^{[citation needed]} He can occasionally be seen as a contributor 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.^[10] Morris left TalkTV in September 2022.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Darcy, Libby (2022-10-07). "Times Radio announces new evening schedule for Autumn". News UK. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
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. Admin, BWFCST. "BWFC Legends Match | Edited highlights with commentary by Jack Dearden and Darryl Morris". www.bwfcst.co.uk.