:Paul Hayes (radio presenter)
{{Short description|British radio presenter and voiceover artist}}Paul Hayes is a British radio presenter and voiceover artist who presents on the Magic family of stations and on Virgin Radio Chilled.
Background
Hayes grew up in Uckfield, East Sussex.{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Paul |title=(1) Paul Hayes š§ on X: "Congrats @RagNBoneManUK... |url=https://x.com/hayesonair/status/810568621558730757 |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=X}} At the age of 15, Hayes and a friend started a wedding disco business. He attended university for a year, but stopped attending because he was offered a job.{{Cite web |title=S03 E23 - Paul Hayes |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s03-e23-paul-hayes/id1644313527?i=1000659990842 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-GB}}
Career
Hayes' career in broadcasting started when he worked on the Young Good Morning programme on BBC One.{{Cite web |title=S1 E5 - Paul Hayes |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s1-e5-paul-hayes/id1773663713?i=1000685365335 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=AppleĀ Podcasts |language=en-CA}}
Hayes' radio career began when he started presenting on Neptune Radio in Kent, where he worked from 1998 until 1999.{{Cite web |date=2008-02-01 |title=heart - Paul Hayes |url=http://www.heart1062.co.uk/page/6 |access-date=2025-01-04 |archive-date=2008-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201080540/http://www.heart1062.co.uk/page/6 |url-status=bot: unknown }}
Around the turn of the millennium, Hayes presented the weekday late show on Southern FM. He then presented at Galaxy Yorkshire.
As of 2003, Hayes was a presenter of the weekday mid-morning show at TFM in Cleveland.{{Cite web |last=Live |first=Teesside |date=2003-07-23 |title=Top of the fashion pops |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/top-of-the-fashion-pops-3847046 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=Teesside Live |language=en}}
Between January 2004 and 2010, Hayes presented on Heart 106.2 in London and across the Heart Radio network.
In 2010, moved from Heart Sussex, where he was presenting the drivetime show, to presenting the drivetime show on Channel 4 FM in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.{{Cite web |date=2010-04-28 |title=No more Heart for Paul Hayes |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2010/04/no-more-heart-for-paul-hayes/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=RadioToday |language=en-GB}} While in Dubai, he also presented on Coast 103.2.{{Cite web |date=2011-10-23 |title=Paul Hayes joins Canadian station The Beat |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2011/10/paul-hayes-joins-canadian-station-the-beat/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=RadioToday |language=en-GB}}
Until 2013, Hayes presented for three years on 92.5 The Beat in Montreal, Canada.{{Cite web |date=2013-06-25 |title=Hayes to take over afternoons on Radio Aire - Prolific North |url=https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/hayes-take-over-afternoons-radio-aire/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |language=en-GB}} While at the station, he presented the Heartbeats show between 8pm and 11pm on weekdays, which focussed on love songs and listeners' dedications.
In 2013, Hayes began presenting a show between 10am and 3pm on weekdays on Radio Aire in Leeds. In the same year, Hayes began presenting on Magic Radio.{{Cite web |title=Paul Hayes {{!}} Presenter Biography - Magic Classical |url=https://hellorayo.co.uk/magic-classical/presenters/paul-hayes/ |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=Planet Radio}} As of 2021, Hayes presented the weekday early breakfast show between 4am and 6am and a 10pm-midnight show on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays on Magic Radio.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-12 |title=Simon Phillips and Sonali Shah among new shows on Magic Radio |url=https://ontheradio.co.uk/2021/04/simon-phillips-and-sonali-shah-among-new-shows-on-magic-radio/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=On The Radio |language=en-GB}}
In 2023, Hayes became the Content Editor at Radio News Hub,{{Cite web |date=2023-09-26 |title=Paul Hayes joins Radio News Hub as Content Editor |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/09/paul-hayes-joins-radio-news-hub-as-content-editor/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=RadioToday |language=en-GB}} which supplies bulletins of news and other information for radio stations across the world.{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} Radio News Hub |url=https://www.radionewshub.com/about |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=www.radionewshub.com}}
Hayes has presented across the Magic network of radio stations for several years. Hayes currently presents the weekday breakfast show between 7am and 10am on Magic Soul{{Cite web |title=Magic Soul Schedule {{!}} List of Upcoming Shows |url=https://hellorayo.co.uk/magic-soul/schedule/ |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=Planet Radio}} (which he began presenting in 2022{{Cite web |last=bauermediaadmin |date=2022-04-29 |title=Magic Radio welcomes a new presenter and schedule changes from May |url=https://www.bauermedia.co.uk/news/magic-radio-welcomes-a-new-presenter-and-schedule-changes-from-may/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Bauer Media |language=en-GB}}), the weekday drivetime show between 4pm and 8pm on Mellow Magic{{Cite web |title=Mellow Magic Schedule {{!}} List of Upcoming Shows |url=https://hellorayo.co.uk/mellow-magic/schedule/ |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=Planet Radio}} and the Monday-Thursday early breakfast show between 4am and 6am on Magic Radio.{{Cite web |title=Magic Radio Schedule {{!}} List of Upcoming Shows |url=https://hellorayo.co.uk/magic/schedule/ |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=Planet Radio}}
In addition, Hayes works at Virgin Radio Chilled, where he presents the weekend breakfast show between 6am and 10am.{{Cite web |title=Virgin Radio Chilled {{!}} Virgin Radio |url=https://virginradio.co.uk/play/virginradiochilled |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=virginradio.co.uk}}
As of 2017, Hayes was voiceover for Radio 2, a radio station broadcasting across the United Arab Emirates.