Best known for Ross is best known for his work on
BBC Radio 1 and hosting BBC TV shows
Hider in the House and
Escape from Scorpion Island Ross started out in radio as a presenter on his hometown station
Yorkshire Coast Radio in 1993, at the age of 16, presenting the evening show and ''Nothing But the 90's''. He left in late 1995 and went on to present various shows on
Minster FM,
A1FM,
Sun City 103.4,
TFM Radio and
Metro Radio, as well as being a travel presenter for stations in the North.
JK and Joel He joined
Viking FM in 1996, starting on the nightshift. He worked his way up to the late show, off-air breakfast producer, evening show host and afternoon show presenter. He was then offered the chance to pair up with JK on the breakfast show, which JK had hosted alone for the previous year.
Other work In 2011, Ross became the host of Wrestle Talk TV. Originally a
YouTube-based show talking about the recent wrestling action as well as interviews with both WWE and TNA wrestlers. The show debuted on
Challenge on 26 August 2012. Ross was fired in March 2014 for making comments on social media which WTTV deemed "unacceptable". In January 2013, Ross joined
Heart West Midlands, presenting local weekend shows. He has also covered for
Neil 'Roberto' Williams on the networked evening show and the weekday breakfast show in the West Midlands. He joined
Heart North West on 6 May 2014 as the station's breakfast show co-host, alongside Lorna Bancroft. In 2019, Heart nationalised their Breakfast show which brought an end to Joel and Lorna on
Heart North West. Ross became the host of
Rock FM's Breakfast Show. In January 2024 Rock FM and
Radio City in
Liverpool introduced a shared weekday breakfast show, co-hosted by Ross and former Radio City presenter Leanne Campbell from Radio City's studios at
St. John's Beacon (until the closure of these studios at the end of 2024, with production moved to Bauer's studio complex in Castlefield, Manchester). In April 2024 Rock FM and Radio City were rebranded under the
Hits Radio identity, and in June 2025 local/regional breakfast shows on Hits Radio stations in England were replaced with a nationally syndicated show, ending the 'Leanne and Joel' pairing after a year and a half, Ross moving to host breakfast on national digital station Hits Radio 00s. ==References==