about jed
From the dulcet Midlands tone, you may well be aware that I come from Nottingham although my school did try to beat that out of me. I have had a rather mixed career in radio where I worked at BBC GLR, Jazz FM and Wiltshire Sound in the UK and FM 92 in Canada. I also co-designed fantasy football as a newspaper game for the Daily Telegraph which led to me being a columnist for the newspaper, something I still do today. On the TV front, I joined ITV West (HTV) in 2000 as their Head of Sport. I immediately gave myself the job as sports presenter and have produced and presented many shows since, although I have given up producing. I won both the EDF Sports Journalist and the RTS TV Personality of the Year awards in 2007. Soccer Night returns on October 25. I also currently present at both ITV West and ITV Wales, write a column in the Bristol Evening Post and I am producing a documentary on Michael Jackson's Thriller LP which is 25 years old this year. It airs on BBC Radio 2 in December and I am hopeful to go one better and get a gold award at the Sony's having won a bronze this year for a documentary on songwriter Rod Temperton.
I've loved the opportunity to do the Breakfast Show at Original. It gets me out of bed in the morning which I am notoriously bad at as I do tend to spend too much time in the pub. I am not a classical DJ which means you never quite know what to expect from the Breakfast Show largely because I often engage my mouth long before my brain is into gear. One thing I try not to do is impressions. In the 90s I used to do voices of sports stars on BBC GLR (the station which spawned Chris Evans) rather than get the real people on the show. I was then offered a job on Radio 5 doing impressions and worked alongside Jon Culshaw every week. To say I was in awe was an understatement. At least I used to beat him at darts every week in the pub after the show was recorded. So make sure you listen every weekday between 7 and 10. Please. Thank-you. And you. And you...etc...
q & a
If they made the Original 106.5 movie my part would be played by...
Daniel Craig.
If you were not a DJ, what job would you be in?
I'd like to give TV a go.
If you could change any part of your body what would it be?
My pancreas.
Favourite holiday destination?
Las Vegas
If you could win any award, what would it be and who would you thank?
Sony Gold Award. Anyone who would have helped me.
If you could invite anyone to dinner who would it be?
My wife.
What is your favourite colour?
How can you have a favourite coiour?
When did you last go to the gym?
??????
Most embarrassing moment?
That last question.
What is in your pockets?
Money, keys and lots of pieces of paper I seem to always stuff in there.
Who is your hero?
George Clinton
What is your favourite place in Bristol?
My flat
Favourite website?
www.thefunkstore.com
What is the most you've ever spent of a pair of shoes?
£100
What is your most prized possession?
My LP collection
What is your favourite moment at Original 106.5 so far?
The day I was asked to do the breakfast show.
What was your last lie?
The answer to this question.
I want to get started in radio! (Your tip…?)
Spend as much time as you can hanging around a radio station.
