Danny Cox (radio presenter)
Danny Cox is a British radio presenter and journalist.
He currently presents music-based shows on Virgin Radio Anthems[1] and Virgin Radio 80s Plus;[2] he is also a journalist for BBC News Streaming,[3] a presenter of The Newsroom on the BBC World Service, and a presenter at BBC Radio Oxford.[4]
Career
[edit]Cox's career began at BBC Radio Leicester.[5]
In the 1980s, Cox presented the chart show on Radio Trent in Nottingham.[6] The show involved a countdown of the best-selling pop music songs of the week, with some or all of the songs being played in full.
In the latter half of the 1990s, he worked as a presenter at Fox FM (now known as Heart Oxfordshire) in Oxfordshire; during this time, he lost his fiancee, the broadcaster Sue McGarry, to suicide.[7]
Cox launched the Oxford Channel[5] in 1999.
In 2006, Cox was working as a presenter at BBC Radio Oxford, presenting on weekdays between 10am and 1pm.[8] In 2008, Louisa Hannan, also a presenter at BBC Radio Oxford at the time, joined Cox for a new mid-morning show on the station, "Daytimes with Danny and Lou". The show was created as a result of feedback from members of the BBC Radio Oxford audience, some of which was gathered at a special event.[9] The show included music, consumer advice and other content.[10] Cox and Hannan presented their last programme together in 2009.[11] Hannan continued to present the programme after Cox's departure from BBC Radio Oxford in 2009. In 2009, Cox was also working as a voiceover artist.[12]
In 2009, Cox was appointed Station Controller and presenter of the morning show at Mix 96 in Buckinghamshire.[13][5]
As of 2016, Cox was a sports presenter at BBC Radio Oxford.[14] He also presented the station's Saturday afternoon sports programme at this time. Cox is still a presenter of sports programmes for the station.[15] In addition, in the 2010s, Cox presented some travel bulletins for the station, live from the Traffic Control Centre of Oxfordshire.
Since 2014, Cox has been at the BBC World Service as a presenter of The Newsroom (a programme featuring reports from BBC journalists from around the world about the latest news stories); he has also presented BBC Outside Source (a programme featuring in-depth coverage of current news stories from across the world). As part of his duties as a presenter of The Newsroom, Cox also presents the BBC's Global News Podcast.
Cox is a presenter on Virgin Radio Anthems,[1] a radio station broadcasting nationally on DAB+ in the UK, and Virgin Radio 80s Plus, which broadcasts to some of the UK on digital radio.[2] He joined Virgin Radio Anthems no later than 2021.[16]
Cox is also a Senior Journalist at BBC News Streaming.[3]
Cox has been the sole voiceover for BBC Radio Derby.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Virgin Radio Anthems | Virgin Radio". virginradio.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
- ^ a b "Virgin Radio 80s Plus | Virgin Radio". virginradio.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
- ^ a b Cox, Danny. "Danny Cox (@dannycoxlive) | X". X. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ "BBC Radio Oxford - Danny Cox, 22/10/2024". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
- ^ a b c "Danny Cox to control Mix 96". RadioToday. 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ Lloyd, David (2020-06-28). "Trent 301 - Beginnings". davidlloydradio. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ Tarrant, Fiona (1998-09-21). "How I'll remember my Sue". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ BBC. "Danny Cox". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "Oxford's new mid-morning show". RadioToday. 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "BBC Radio Oxford - Daytime with Danny & Lou". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "BBC Radio Oxford - Daytime with Danny & Lou - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "Radio Oxford presenter to leave". Oxford Mail. 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ ResponseSource. "New programmer into the Mix". ResponseSource. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "BBC Local Live: Oxfordshire on Friday 22 January 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "BBC Radio Oxford - Danny Cox - Available now". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "Schedule changes for Virgin Anthems, Chilled and Groove". RadioToday. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2024-11-13.