Let's take a trip down memory lane...

Once upon a time there was a baby born, called Jay. 
When he was two weeks old, Jay's dad thought it would be funny to make him wear his headphones...

Five years later, Jay's parents bought him a tape recorder and a microphone...

These innocent acts of kindness resulted in the creation of one man's obsession...  to become a radio dude!

Over the years, Jay grew up listening to the radio and learning from his favourite radio DJs on a variety of stations until he was old enough to actually start doing something about it himself. 

Following his departure from North Chadderton School in 1995 (ten years after Big Al left haha!) Jay went on to study media at The Oldham College, where he met a wide range of interesting and influential people...

It was through Jay's radio lecturer, he learned of a project in Oldham to launch its very own radio station, Oldham FM.  Through a series of trial broadcasts in 1997, Jay and some fellow students began reading the news.  At the next trial broadcasts, Jay read the Traffic & Travel news and got his own weekend show.  Then, finally when Oldham FM was granted a full time licence, it was launched in 1999...  as 96.2 The Revolution.

This provided Jay with his first full time paid radio job, presenting Traffic & Travel news for the Breakfast and Drivetime shows. 

Soon afterwards, he began covering absent shows on a regular basis, and presenting roadshows, spanning a 5 year period.  This long stint at a growing and successful radio station taught Jay a lot about the radio industry. 

Jay wandered off in early 2005 to experiment with other radio projects while various "changes" were happening at 96.2 The Revolution.  New projects included nationwide in-store radio for some well known organisations, including Asda FM, PC World and Topps Tiles FM, freelance voiceover projects in radio & video, training young people in radio skills and working for the BBC. 

Jay spent over a year working behind the scenes on Terry Christian's breakfast show at BBC Radio Manchester, and also had the good fortune to work with the late, great Tony Wilson on his weekly outside broadcast.  Working alongside these broadcasting veterans, along with presenting some early morning slots, allowed Jay to gain even more valuable experience in radio.

In September 2008, huge futher changes were made at 96.2 The Revolution that grabbed Jay's attention and made him decide that he wanted to return.

One hand-delivery of his demo CD, and several phone conversations later, Jay was able to return to the very station that gave him his first radio job almost 10 years ago.

You can join Jay every weeknight from 7pm on the Evening Show, right here on 96.2 The Revolution.

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