He started at BBC Radio Cumbria working as a reporter and in 1991 joined BBC Radio 1 on the Newsbeat programme. Starting with 5 Live sport in 2001 he has worked on the 5 Live Breakfast programme from 2003 to 2008, before moving to 5 Live's Drive programme.[2] He then moved to Radio 2 to become the sports presenter on the Simon Mayo Drivetime programme, and was a member of the team which won the Sony Radio Academy Awards for Best Music Programme in 2011.[1][3]
matt, williams, radio, presenter, matt, williams, born, 1971, british, sports, presenter, reporter, radio, later, greatest, hits, radio, matt, williamsbornmatthew, williams1971, southport, lancashire, englandalma, materuniversity, bradfordoccupation, radio, pr. Matt Williams born 1971 1 is a British sports presenter and reporter on BBC Radio 2 and later on Greatest Hits Radio Matt WilliamsBornMatthew Williams1971 age 52 53 Southport Lancashire EnglandAlma materUniversity of BradfordOccupation s radio presenter reporterYears activec 1991 present on radio Background editBorn in Southport Lancashire Williams grew up in Formby near Liverpool and was educated at Holy Family High School in Thornton before studying French and Spanish at Bradford University He started at BBC Radio Cumbria working as a reporter and in 1991 joined BBC Radio 1 on the Newsbeat programme Starting with 5 Live sport in 2001 he has worked on the 5 Live Breakfast programme from 2003 to 2008 before moving to 5 Live s Drive programme 2 He then moved to Radio 2 to become the sports presenter on the Simon Mayo Drivetime programme and was a member of the team which won the Sony Radio Academy Awards for Best Music Programme in 2011 1 3 In addition to sports presenting Williams participated in Mayo s Confessions feature He also styled himself as Dr Mosh 4 on the Radio 2 show promoting loud rock hardcore punk and metal music with songs from artists such as Led Zeppelin Lawnmower Deth Black Sabbath Guns N Roses and Uriah Heep 5 After leaving Radio 2 in December 2018 he became the head of communications at the British Equestrian Federation 6 He was reunited with Simon Mayo in February 2021 on the DJ s new drivetime show for Greatest Hits Radio 7 References edit a b Simon Mayo And The Drivetime Team www bbc co uk Retrieved 9 May 2012 Full time for Matt www bbc co uk Archived from the original on 27 September 2009 Retrieved 9 May 2012 The Winners 2011 gt Best Music Programme www radioacademyawards org Archived from the original on 30 March 2012 Retrieved 9 May 2012 DR MOSH PRODUCTIONS LTD www cdrex com Archived from the original on 25 July 2013 Retrieved 10 May 2012 Radio 2 www bbc co uk Retrieved 9 May 2012 BEF appoint Matt Williams as Head of Communication British Equestrian Federation 17 December 2018 Retrieved 30 January 2019 Scott Hazel Get to know Greatest Hits Radio presenter Simon Mayo Greatest Hits Radio Bauer Media Group Retrieved 23 November 2023 External links editMatt Williams on Twitter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Matt Williams radio presenter amp oldid 1208513265, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
